![]() ![]() They pursue family history research and have the temple ordinance work done by others. “Yet there are many members of the Church who have only limited access to the temples. Doing work for others is accomplished in two steps: first, by family history research to ascertain our progenitors and second, by performing the temple ordinances to give them the same opportunities afforded to the living. “We must accomplish the priesthood temple ordinance work necessary for our own exaltation then we must do the necessary work for those who did not have the opportunity to accept the gospel in life. Some members may not be able to do both works because of health or distances to temples. They are connected together like the ordinances of baptism and the gift of the Holy Ghost. ![]() Temple and family history work is one work divided into two parts. Every prophet since Joseph Smith has emphasized the imperative need to provide all ordinances for ourselves and our deceased ancestors. Through further revelation to Joseph Smith and subsequent prophets, there has come an understanding of and the provision for temple work and the family history effort that supports it. The prophet Elijah committed the keys for vicarious work to Joseph Smith in the Kirtland Temple 4 to fulfill the Lord’s promise that “he shall plant in the hearts of the children the promises made to the fathers, and the hearts of the children shall turn to their fathers.” 5 In an epistle written over 150 years ago, Joseph Smith stated: “The Saints have the privilege of being baptized for … their relatives who are dead … who have received the Gospel in the spirit, through … those who have been commissioned to preach to them.” 2 Later he added, “Those Saints who neglect it in behalf of their deceased relatives, do it at the peril of their own salvation.” 3 His Atonement conquered death, and He permits the worthy deceased to receive all ordinances of salvation vicariously. He made salvation available to every repentant soul. This glorious doctrine is another witness of the all-encompassing nature of the Atonement of Jesus Christ. The Lord’s revelation that through proper priesthood authority, baptism could be performed vicariously for the dead preserved the justice of His statement: “Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.” 1 Vicarious baptism can mercifully provide this essential ordinance for all worthy deceased who did not receive it in mortality. They taught the baptized were rewarded with endless joy while all others faced eternal torment without hope of redemption. That light came when other Christian churches taught that death irrevocably, eternally, determined the destiny of the soul. Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young have been friends for many years, but they’ve only shared the same stage a handful of times.The Lord revealed to the Prophet Joseph Smith sublime doctrine concerning the sacred ordinance of baptism. While none of this was enough to elect John Kerry, it was a pretty amazing night. Early on in Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s set at Minnesota’s Excel Energy Center on October 5th, he came out for smoking renditions of “Souls of the Departed” and “All Along the Watchtower.” Later in the night, he returned for “Rockin’ in the Free World” with Springsteen, John Fogerty and members of R.E.M. On October 2nd, Young sat in with Pearl Jam in Toledo for a killer five-song set, and the next day he sat in with James Taylor and the Dixie Chicks in Detroit – then ran over to Auburn Hills that same night to join Dave Matthews Band for “All Along the Watchtower,” “Cortez the Killer” and “Rockin’ in the Free World.”īut Young saved his best Vote For Change appearance for last. But he wanted to help then-Democratic candidate John Kerry any way he could, so he decided to make surprise appearances at many of the shows. citizen citizen, Neil Young was reluctant to officially take part in the 2004 Vote For Change tour. ![]()
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