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Mormon Temples and Salvation
January 4, 2007 by Giuseppe Martinengo Leave a Comment | Filed in Mormon Church, Mormon Temples
Mormon Temples are special places of peace, inspiration, and learning. But this is not all. They are the place where families can be sealed for eternity together.
This life is a time of probation for humankind and it is not uncommon that faithful parents have troubles with some their sons. How can a family be together in the eternity if the children make wrong decisions ?
I don’t know the perfect answer to this question, but this is something interesting coming from the Prophet Joseph Smith:
“‘The Prophet Joseph Smith declared–and he never taught more comforting doctrine–that the eternal sealings of faithful parents and the divine promises made to them for valiant service in the Cause of Truth, would save not only themselves, but likewise their posterity. Though some of the sheep may wander, the eye of the Shepherd is upon them, and sooner or later they will feel the tentacles of Divine Providence reaching out after them and drawing them back to the fold. Either in this life or the life to come, they will return. They will have to pay their debt to justice; they will suffer for their sins; and may tread a thorny path; but if it leads them at last, like the penitent Prodigal, to a loving and forgiving father’s heart and home, the painful experience will not have been in vain’ (Orson F. Whitney, in Conference Report, Apr. 1929, 110).”
This can be of some comfort to many and an interesting point for those who want to know more about the Mormon Church and the importance of the Mormon Temple.
