THE LORD'S COVENANT PEOPLE
From the beginning, the Lord has made covenants with His children on earth. When His people make covenants (or pomises) with Him, they know what He expects of them and what blessings they may expect from Him.
Within the gospel, a covenant means a sacred agreement or mutual promise between God and a person or a group of people. In making a covenant, God promises a blessing for obedience to particular commandments. He sets the terms of His covenants, and He reveals these terms to His prophets. if we choose to obey the terms of the covenant, we recieve promised blessings. If we choose not to obey, He withholds the blessings, and in some instance's a penalty also is given.
The fulness of the gospel is called the new and everlasting covenant. It includes the covenants made at baptism, during the sacrament, in the temple, and at any other time. The Lord calls it everlasting because it is ordained by an everlasting God and because the covenant will never be changed.
When we accept the new and everlasting covenant, we agree to repent, be baptized, receive the Holy Ghost, recieve our endowments, receive the covenant of marriage in the temple, and follow and obey Christ to the end of our lives. As we keep our covenants, our Heavenly Father promises us that we will recieve exaltation in the celestial kingdom.
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