Mormonism and Covenants
Mormonism is a life full of covenants. Simply put, covenants are promises made to God... promises to keep God's commandments.Matthew teaches us in the New Testament that the first and greatest commandment is to love God, and the way to love God is by keeping His commandments.
"36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
38 This is the first and great commandment."
(Matthew 22:36-38)
This life of covenants starts with baptism; with baptism, we covenant to keep God's commandments. From there, Mormons renew
this covenant each week with the taking of the Sacrament. (Jesus Christ
implemented the Sacrament for His followers near the end of His mortal
life.) Mormonism and keeping God's commandments requires faith -- the first principle of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We first need to choose to exercise faith in Christ (believing that He is who He tells us He is -- our Savior) in order to have the desire to keep God's commandments.
Once I chose faith in Christ and desired to keep His commandments, then I made covenants through the choice of baptism to evidence to God that I would do all I humanly can to be obedient to His commandments.
I trust, or have faith, that maintaining my covenants to God to keep His commandments will bring me happiness in this life and the life to come despite the many trials in this world.
Obedience to parental guidance exemplifies the importance of obedience to our Heavenly Father.
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