7 Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of Hosts. But ye say: Wherein shall we return?(3 Nephi 24:7)I have gained a greater appreciation this week for the ordering function of... Continue Reading →
After the Order of the Son – Alma 13:8-9
8 Now they were ordained after this manner--being called with a holy calling, and ordained with a holy ordinance, and taking upon them the high priesthood of the holy order, which calling, and ordinance, and high priesthood, is without beginning or end-- 9 Thus they become high priests forever, after the order of the Son,... Continue Reading →
That They Might Look Forward to Him – Alma 13:16
16 Now these ordinances were given after this manner, that thereby the people might look forward on the Son of God, it being a type of his order, or it being his order, and this that they might look forward to him for a remission of their sins, that they might enter into the rest... Continue Reading →
What Doth It Profit That We Have Kept His Ordinances? – 3 Nephi 24:13-18
13 Your words have been stout against me, saith the Lord. Yet ye say: What have we spoken against thee?14 Ye have said: It is vain to serve God, and what doth it profit that we have kept his ordinances and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of Hosts?15 And now we call... Continue Reading →
They Were Strict in Observing the Ordinances of God – Alma 30:3
3 Yea, and the people did observe to keep the commandments of the Lord; and they were strict in observing the ordinances of God, according to the law of Moses; for they were taught to keep the law of Moses until it should be fulfilled.(Alma 30:3)In the chapters preceding this verse, the Nephites welcomed a... Continue Reading →
A Law of Performances and Ordinances – Mosiah 13:30
30 Therefore there was a law given them, yea, a law of performances and of ordinances, a law which they were to observe strictly from day to day, to keep them in remembrance of God and their duty towards him.(Mosiah 13:30)The Gospel Topics section of lds.org defines an ordinance as "a sacred, formal act performed by the... Continue Reading →