D&C 109-110

​Doctrine & Covenants 109
The Lord’s Temple: A House of Glory and Power

By Yurito Kazuto

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In One Word, What is the Temple for You?

• Temples are literally houses of the Lord and the only places on earth where families can be united forever.

• In temples, we draw nearer to our Heavenly Father and His Son, Jesus Christ.

What are Temples

Multiple Choice

1. What is the 1st Temple Dedicated

• Manila Temple

• Kirtland Temple

• Salt Lake Temple

• Nauvoo Temple

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2. Re-arrange the Philippines Temple announcements in order from oldest to latest. If Manila is 1st, what comes next?

• Cebu Temple

• Urdaneta Temple

• Alabang Temple

• Cagayan De Oro Temple

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• 2
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Multiple Choice

3. Which of the Following is not a Temple Ordinance

• Initiatory

• Endowment

• Baptism & Confirmation

• Sealing

Multiple Choice

4. What is the Longest Operating Temple in the Church

• Salt Lake Utah Temple

• St. George Utah Temple

• Nauvoo Illinois Temple

• Kirtland Temple

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5. What is the Statement that is In Every Temple, Found in Exodus 28:36 (re arrange the words)

• Holiness

• to the

• Lord

• the House

• of the Lord

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Doctrine & Covenants 109

The Saints worked for nearly three years to build the Kirtland Temple, the first temple built in this dispensation. Doctrine and Covenants 109 is the dedicatory prayer revealed by the Lord to the Prophet Joseph Smith. This prayer contains blessings we can receive today.

Read Doctrine and Covenants 109:1–4, looking for how this inspired dedicatory prayer began.

• What was meaningful to you in these verses?

• Why do you think we dedicate a Temple to the Lord?

• What stands out to you about the attitude of the Saints?

• “What do these verses reveal about the Lord

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Read Doctrine and Covenants 109:1–4, looking for how this inspired dedicatory prayer began.

• What was meaningful to you in these verses?

• Why do you think we dedicate a Temple to the Lord?

• What stands out to you about the attitude of the Saints?

• “What do these verses reveal about the Lord

What is the Purpose of Building a Temple

Doctrine & Covenants 109

• 5, 12-13

• 14-16

• 20-24

What can these truths help us learn about Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ? Why is that valuable to you?

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What is the Purpose of Building a Temple

Doctrine & Covenants 109

• 5, 12-13 The Saints built the temple to honor God and follow His commandment to build and dedicate it to Him. The temple is to be a place where God’s glory may rest and where His people offer prayer, fasting, faith, and learning.

• 14-16 Those who enter should be taught wisdom from on high and receive knowledge and power to go forth and serve God.

• 20-24The temple must be kept holy by the clean and repentant, and those who worship worthily will be armed with power to gather Israel and testify of the gospel.

FORMER PRES. RUSSELL M. NELSON

[The temple] is His house. It is filled with His power. Let us never lose sight of what the Lord is doing for us now. … I promise that increased time in the temple will bless your life in ways nothing else can.

PRINCIPLE

As we strive for worthiness, we prepare our hearts for the revelation, peace, and spiritual renewal awaiting us in the temple.

​Doctrine & Covenants 110 PT1
The Savior Will Manifest Himself to His Saints in the Temple

By Yurito Kazuto

What would you feel if the Savior Was Here?

​The Savior Manifested himself to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery

On the afternoon of Easter Sunday, April 3, 1836, a sacrament meeting was held in the newly dedicated Kirtland Temple. After the sacrament was administered to the congregation, Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery went behind the curtain that covered the altar to pray silently. There they beheld the series of divine visitations recorded in Doctrine and Covenants 110. (See Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days, vol. 1, The Standard of Truth, 1815–1846 [2018], 239–40.)

• What stood out to you about the way the Savior introduced Himself in verse 4?

• What does it mean to you that the Savior is our Advocate with the Father? (see Doctrine and Covenants 45:3–5).

Doctrine & Covenants 110: 1-4

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• What stood out to you about the way the Savior introduced Himself in verse 4?

• What does it mean to you that the Savior is our Advocate with the Father? (see Doctrine and Covenants 45:3–5).

Doctrine & Covenants 110: 1-4

• What stood out to you about the way the Savior introduced Himself in verse 4?

• How might verses 5 and 8 help us prepare to come closer to the Lord in the temple?

• Other than appearing physically, what are some other ways the Savior might manifest Himself to us in the temple? (Some examples appear in verses 8–9.)

Doctrine & Covenants 110: 5-10

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• What stood out to you about the way the Savior introduced Himself in verse 4?

• How might verses 5 and 8 help us prepare to come closer to the Lord in the temple?

• Other than appearing physically, what are some other ways the Savior might manifest Himself to us in the temple? (Some examples appear in verses 8–9.)

Doctrine & Covenants 110: 5-10

If we keep the commandments and strive to be clean before the Lord, He will manifest Himself to us in His temple.

PRINCIPLE

Doctrine & Covenants 42:41 "And let all things be done in cleanliness before me".

• Why do you think the Lord wants us to strive to keep the commandments in order to come closer to Him in the temple?
  

• What does it mean to you to be clean or worthy before the Lord?

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​Doctrine & Covenants 110 PT2
The Restoration of Priesthood Keys

By Yurito Kazuto

​What Are Priesthood Keys?

• Priesthood keys are the authority God has given priesthood leaders to direct and govern the use of His priesthood on earth.

• President Dallin H. Oaks, First Counselor in the First Presidency, taught: “All keys of the priesthood are held by the Lord Jesus Christ, whose priesthood it is. He is the one who determines what keys are delegated to mortals and how those keys will be used.

• The President of the Church has authority from the Lord to exercise all the priesthood keys that are needed for the Church to function (see Doctrine and Covenants 132:7).

• Who appeared?

• What did he restore?

​​D&C 110: 11

• Who appeared?

• What did he restore?

​​D&C 110: 12

• Who appeared?

• What did he restore?

​​D&C 110:13-16

“To turn the hearts of the fathers to the children”

• Malachi 4:5–6

• 3 Nephi 25:5–6

• Doctrine and Covenants 2:1–3

• Doctrine and Covenants 110:14–16

• Joseph Smith—History 1:36–39

• Why do you think this prophecy was mentioned in each of these books of scripture?

• How is Heavenly Father blessing the world through Elijah’s mission to turn the hearts of families toward each other?

​Questions:

• What did the Holy Ghost tell you when you heard his message?

• What are you doing to prepare to be endowed from on high?

• With Pres. Nelsons Passing, what is your favorite Lesson from him?

• What did you like about Pres. Nelson teaching about the Temple?

• As a Young Individual what can you do to better in helping Israel "Gods People Who let him prevail" (not the Country) gather on both sides of the veil?

THANK YOU!