- We are born into this world with a body fashioned in the likeness of those of the gods. (Christ is the creator of all things in heaven and in earth.)
- The light of Christ is given to each person who comes into this world, to teach them the difference between good and evil. Everyone knows the difference, but each of us gets to say which one is good and which one is evil for us.
- By the light of Christ everyone will eventually be able to locate the Holy Spirit and its teachings. It will teach us of Christ.
- By the Holy Spirit, each of us will eventually receive and recognize the Gospel of Jesus Christ as taught by those who have the true authority of God. They will invite us to be baptized.
- As we accept baptism, we covenant to be willing to take upon us His name, to remember Him always, and to keep all the commandments He gives us.
- When we make the covenant of baptism, we are given the right to the Gift of the Holy Ghost. The Gift is the constant companionship, differing from the occasional witness which led us to the true Gospel of Jesus Christ.
- If we actually receive the Holy Ghost when we are confirmed, or after, we also receive at least one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit.
- As we treasure the constant companionship of the Holy Ghost by being humble and obedient, and as we use well the gift of the spirit we have been given, we become heir to all of the other gifts of the spirit.
- As we learn well to serve others, young men are given the Aaronic Priesthood to enhance the power of their service to bless others temporally.
- As a young man serves well in the offices and responsibilities of the Aaronic Priesthood, he becomes ready and receives the Melchizedek Priesthood, which further increases his power to serve and bless others. There are three steps in receiving the full power of the Melchizedek Priesthood:
a. Conferring of the Melchizedek Priesthood and ordaining to the office of elder. This grace gives one the power to bless others spiritually.
b. Receiving one’s endowment (gift from God) in the holy temple. This enables one to resist the power of Satan and overcome the world.
c. Being sealed to one’s spouse in the holy temple by the power of God. This gives a man and a woman the right to have children and to preside over their posterity as an eternal kingdom. - Callings and opportunities to serve in the Kingdom of God on earth come (but none is greater or more important than the opportunity to preside over and bless one’s own posterity). The person grows in power and ability as he or she is faithful in family and church responsibilities.
- The ultimate grace is to overcome the world through faith in Jesus Christ and to be given the gift of a pure heart. He who has the pure heart has everything. He who lacks the pure heart is still nothing. He and she who receive the pure heart will be exalted, will become one with the Father and the Son. The scriptures call this gift, “charity.”