Lesson Notes

Today our lesson was "Becoming Saviors on Mount Zion". What does it mean to become a Savior on Mount Zion? God has placed upon us a great responsibility to seek after our dead. The Bible Says, "I will send you Elijah the Prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord; and he shall turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to the fathers..." We are charged with finding out who our kindred dead are and perform the saving ordinances for them in the Temple of the Lord.

How do we become Saviors on Mount Zion? "By building their temples, erecting their baptismal fonts, and going forth and receiving all the ordinances, baptisms, confirmations, washings, anointings, ordinations and sealing powers upon their heads, in behalf of all their progenitors who are dead, ad redeem them that they may come forth in the first resurrection and be exalted to thrones of glory with them..."

We also should gather our living relatives they we all may be sealed together. The prophet Joseph Smith said, "I would advise all the saints to go to with their might and gather together all their living relatives to the temple, that they may be sealed and saved, that they may be prepared against the day that the destroying angel goes forth..."

The Doctrine of salvation for the dead shows the greatness of God's wisdom and compassion. He has allowed a way for all His children to be saved, even those who have not had the opportunity to learn the gospel for themselves while in this life.