Gospel Principles
Unit 8: Family Salvation
Chapter 38: Eternal Marriage
Concept 1: Introduction


"Marriage is ordained of God.  The Lord has said, "Whoso forbiddeth to marry is not ordained of God, for marriage is ordained of God unto man." (D&C 49:15).  Since the beginning, marriage has been a law of the gospel.  Marriages are intended to last forever, not just for our mortal lives.

Adam and Eve were married by God before there was any death in the world.  They had an eternal marriage.  They taught the law of eternal marriage to their children and their children's children.  As the years passed, wickedness entered the hearts of the people and the authority to perform this sacred ordinance was taken from the earth.  Through the restoration of the gospel, eternal marriage has been restored to earth.


Discussion

When was eternal marriage first performed on the earth?"


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Moroni 10:4-5
  "4 And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost.
  5 And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things."

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