That the rights of the priesthood are inseparably connected with the powers of heaven, and that the powers of heaven cannot be controlled nor handled only upon the principles of righteousness.
That they may be conferred upon us, it is true; but when we undertake to cover our sins, or to gratify our pride, our vain ambition, or to exercise control or dominion or compulsion upon the souls of the children of men, in any degree of unrighteousness, behold, the heavens withdraw themselves; the Spirit of the Lord is grieved; and when it is withdrawn, Amen to the priesthood or the authority of that man
Section 121 of the Doctrine and Covenants is one of my favorite sections. There is a lot for a priesthood holder to learn in this section. When I think of "power" I think how lucky we are to have the priesthood on Earth, and also how lucky we are to have electricity. We use electricity every day in our lives and I think that may of us take it for granted. We all know what it is like to have a power outage. The same can be said for the Priesthood. May of us take it for granted and assume that it will always be there. We need to be extremely grateful for the things we have.
I like your insite Scott. No wonder they like to have you speak in Church. Good luck on your next talk a week from tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteI hope all the priesthood holders in our family will always be worthy to use it when they need to.
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