Keep the Ordinances, As I Delivered Them

Lesson 34: “Keep the Ordinances, As I Delivered Them” –Scriptures and Quotes

1Corinthians 11:2

Reading 1 –1 Corinthians 11:17-20, 23-29

Reading 2 – Doctrineand Covenants 59:8-9

Reading 3 –Elder Jeffrey R. Holland taught: “With so very much at stake, [the sacrament]should be taken more seriously than it sometimes is. It should be a powerful,reverent, reflective moment. It should encourage spiritual feelings andimpressions. As such it should not be rushed. It is not something to ‘get over’so that the real purpose of a sacrament meeting can be pursued. This is the realpurpose of the meeting” (in Conference Report, Oct. 1995, 89; or Ensign, Nov.1995, 68).

Reading 4 –President David O. McKay wrote: "The partaking of the sacrament of theLord's Supper is one of the most sacred ordinances of the Church of JesusChrist. Associated with it are principles fundamental in character building andessential to man's advancement and exaltation in the kingdom of God. Too fewcommunicants attach to this simple though sublime rite the importance andsignificance that it merits. Unfortunately, the form of worship is frequentlyan outward—compliance without the true soul acknowledgment of its deepspiritual significance." (Gospel Ideals, p71)

Reading 5 –1 Corinthians 12:1,7-11

Reading 6 – Elder Bruce R. McConkie wrote: "If thesaints are to be saved, they must accept, understand, and experience the giftsof the Spirit. Since religion itself is of the Spirit, and deals with spiritualthings, it can be received and known only by the power of the Spirit. Thuswhere the gifts of the Spirit are manifest, there is true religion; and wherethe gifts of the Spirit are not manifest, there true religion is not."(DNTC, 2:366)

“These gifts are infinite innumber and endless in their manifestations because God himself is infinite andendless, and because the needs of those who receive them are as numerous,varied, and different as there are people in the kingdom. All saints arecommanded to seek earnestly the best gifts.” ((Bruce R. McConkie, A New Witnessfor the Articles of Faith, p.270 – p.271)

Doctrine and Covenants 46:8-9

Reading 7 –1 Corinthians 13:1-3,8,13

Third Article of Faith

1 Corinthians 15:12

Reading 8 – 1 Corinthians 15:3-8

Reading 9 –1 Corinthians 15:20-23

Romans 6:3-6

1Corinthians 15:29,32

Reading 10 –1 Corinthians 15:35-44