The ROME, ITALY temple will be dedicated this Sunday, March 10, 2019. It is the first time in history that all 12 apostles along with the First Presidency will be at a temple dedication outside of the U.S.A. all together.
SALT LAKE CITY — For many outside The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the church’s temples may seem a mystery.
Only faithful members of the church are invited to participate in what Latter-day Saints believe to be sacred rituals and ceremonies inside the temple — though the public is welcome to tour the buildings before they are dedicated for sacred use.
In an “unprecedented” new video released Thursday, however, two Latter-day Saint apostles walk viewers through a virtual tour of the newly-constructed Rome, Italy, temple and explain the symbolism, rooms and rituals inside.
We live in a time where evil, hatred, and violence are swirling about us. The world is in commotion. Satan knows his time is short and he is working in full force to split apart families and insert divisive wedges between relationships. He wants us to be miserable like unto himself. He wants to derail us from the pathway that leads to happiness, fulfillment, and joy.
This battle is not new and from the beginning he has been waging war against faithful followers of Christ. In the beginning he was trying to take away our agency. Today he is trying to destroy our happiness and spiritual progression. We live in a fallen state and must choose daily who we will serve and follow. He wants us to oppose the plan of our maker and follow the ways of this world. He is very good at what he does in blinding the hearts and minds of many...
BUT... we do NOT have to heed or follow his enticings. We are taught that there is opposition in all things. We know that wickedness never was happiness. We can overcome evil by exercising faith in Jesus Christ and following His teachings. As we act in faith and repent of our wrong doings we are empowered with the armor of God to withstand the storms of life.
23 Therefore, acheer up your hearts, and remember that ye are bfree to cact for yourselves—to dchoose the way of everlasting death or the way of eternal life.
Opposition = the action of opposing, resisting, or combating; antagonism or hostility.
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2 Nephi 2:11For it must needs be, that there is an aopposition in all things. If not so, my firstborn in the wilderness, righteousness could not be brought to pass, neither wickedness, neither holiness nor misery, neither good nor bad. Wherefore, all things must needs be a compound in one; wherefore, if it should be one body it must needs remain as dead, having no life neither death, nor corruption nor incorruption, happiness nor misery, neither sense nor insensibility.
Jesus Christ invites each of us to Come Unto Him. He stands at the door and knocks but we must open the door and let Him into our lives. I bear witness that when we turn unto Christ, He turns to us with open arms of love. He wants to help us and lift us.
20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and aopen the door, I will bcome in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
As we build our lives upon the foundation of Christ and His teachings we are able to bear the burdens that we face. We are able to withstand the fiery darts of the adversary and find strength and peace through His spirit. We are set free.
