2/29/2016 Temple

Question 1

To be prepared to go to the temple, what counsel is given in Psalm 24?

Answer 1

He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.

Question 2

What are some of the purposes of temples noted in the Doctrine and Covenants?

Answer 2

“Organize yourselves; prepare every needful thing; and establish a house, even a house of prayer, a house of fasting, a house of faith, a house of learning, a house of glory, a house of order, a house of God”

Question 3

True or False: If parents cease to be faithful to their temple covenants, the blessings of being born in the covenant no longer flow to the children.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

What should you do to prepare to go to the temple?

Answer 4

“Preparation for the ordinances includes preliminary steps: faith, repentance, baptism, confirmation, worthiness, and a maturity and dignity worthy of one who comes invited as a guest into the house of the Lord”- Packer

Question 5

What can you do to help nonmember parents or relatives, or those who cannot qualify for a temple recommend, feel that they are part of the marriage?

Answer 5

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Question 6

What instruction has been given regarding the wearing of the garment?

Answer 6

wear it day and night

Question 7

What is the primary purpose of temples?

Answer 7

to provide the ordinances necessary for exaltation in the celestial kingdom—for both the living and the dead.

Question 8

Name the three primary ordinances, for the living, received in the temple.

Answer 8

Initiatory, Endowment, Sealing

Question 9

Of what two things is the initiatory ordinance comprised?

Answer 9

washing and anointing

Question 10

How do the initiatory ordinances prepare us for the endowment?

Answer 10

Washing was a symbol of spiritual cleansing and purification from sin. Once cleansed and anointed, a person was considered prepared to make covenants with the Lord

Question 11

Why must a person be endowed before being sealed? How does the endowment prepare us for the marriage sealing?

Answer 11

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Question 12

An endowment is a gift. What three gifts do we receive with the endowment?

Answer 12

Power, knowledge, blessings

Question 13

Name the four primary covenants we make in the temple.

Answer 13

obedience, sacrifice, chastity and consecration

Question 14

What is the position of the Church on exchanging rings in the temple?

Answer 14

Exchanging rings is not part of the temple marriage ceremony. However, couples may exchange rings after the ceremony in the room where the ceremony takes place

Question 15

What is the position of the Church on exchanging vows, outside the temple, after a temple marriage?

Answer 15

there should be no exchanging of vows