Marriage Ultimate Happiness W4

"Our Father’s house is a house of order. We go to His house to enter into that order of priesthood which will entitle us to all that the Father hath, if we are faithful. For as the Lord has revealed in modern times, Abraham’s seed are “lawful heirs” to the priesthood. (See D&C 86:8–11.)"President Ezra Taft Benson

God wants us to follow his plan because it is the one that will bring the most joy to us in the long run. Things don't always make sense at the time but they will always work out in the end for the best. There are steps to be taken in order to receive the fullness of the power of God. We find those steps in the temple.

And in 1843 the Prophet said: "If a man gets a fullness of the priesthood of God, he has to get it in the same way that Jesus Christ obtained it, and that was by keeping all the commandments and obeying all the ordinances of the house of the Lord." (Documentary History of the Church, Vol. 5, p. 244.)

"you cannot receive the fullness of the priesthood and the fullness of eternal reward unless you receive the ordinances of the house of the Lord; and when you receive these ordinances, the door is then open so you can obtain all the blessings which any man can gain."

President Joseph Fielding Smith

Among these blessings and ordinances received in the temple is eternal marriage. When a couple have the use the atonement of Jesus Christ they will only get closer and closer over the years. The goal is to become in tune with God's will. Once we are in tune with His will we are able to know what we should do in every moment. Know when we need to be sharp or gentle, firm or relaxed. Without this guide it is easy to do the wrong things.



As a husband and wife are each drawn to the Lord (see 3 Ne. 27:14), as they learn to serve and cherish one another, as they share life experiences and grow together and become one, and as they are blessed through the uniting of their distinctive natures, they begin to realize the fulfillment that our Heavenly Father desires for His children. Ultimate happiness, which is the very object of the Father’s plan, is received through the making and honoring of eternal marriage covenants.
Elder Bednar