CONCLUSION: SECURING THIS GREAT TREASURE, Chapter 16 of Holy Priesthood Volume 6

CONCLUSION: SECURING THIS GREAT TREASURE, Chapter 16 of Holy Priesthood Volume 6

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Pages 302 to 314

And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp. * * * And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? Would God that all the Lord’s people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his spirit upon them! (Num. 11:27, 29)

By now we should have learned several important things pertaining to the “keys of the Priesthood.” First and foremost, it is the Melchizedek Priesthood that contains “the keys” to the following:

1. “of all spiritual blessings of the Church”
2. “of receiving the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven”
3. “to have the heavens opened unto them”
4. “to commune with the general assembly and church of the Firstborn”
5. “to enjoy the communion and presence of God, the Father, and Jesus, the mediator of the new covenant.” (D & C 107:18-19)

We should keep in mind that

1. These powers and keys come from the Priesthood–not a man, a group of men, or the Church. [303]
2. Only those holding the Melchizedek Priesthood have the power to bind or loose on earth and in heaven.
3. Men who hold the Priesthood may be called upon by the Lord to perform a specific labor or mission that may not be under the jurisdiction of the mainstream Church.
4. Any man, church or group who changes, discards or opposes the eternal laws, principles, ordinances and doctrines of the Priesthood, will lose their keys to the Priesthood–if they ever had them in the first place.

All of this means that the whole responsibility of a man’s salvation rests upon him and the Priesthood he holds; he cannot depend on someone else, or their keys, to save him. See TPJS, p. 238.