No member of the church is considered better
than any other member. They are
considered equal to each other by the Lord.
As with the Prophets and Apostles and the
General Authorities of the church, a
vote is required by the members of the church. This can be for sustaining them or not.
The same
vote is required for any other position in the church, Stakes, Wards, quorum or in the auxiliaries.
These votes are important. These votes are noted by the leaders and are
also recorded in Heaven.
The Lord gave this Revelation to the Prophet
Joseph Smith 19 January 1841about this procedure:
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Verily I say unto you, I now give unto you the officers belonging to my
Priesthood, that ye may hold the keys thereof, even the Priesthood which is after the order of Melchizedek, which is after
the order of mine Only Begotten Son.
144 And a commandment I give unto you that you should fill all these offices and approve of those
names which I have mentioned, or
else disapprove of them at my
general conference.
For
the General Authorities, this vote is in General
Conference.
For Stake
or Wards or auxiliaries it is in other meetings in those Stakes
and Wards by the members of those Stakes and Wards.
65 No
person is to be ordained to any office in this church, where there is a
regularly organized branch of the same, without the vote of that church.
This
is a special procedure that is only in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day
Saints.
The Lord established His church, and set it
up for the members to fill all the positions in it.
The men having the Priesthood of God, Aaronic
and Melchizedek, to hold specific positions.
There are no seminaries or institutes that they have to go through for
Authority from God because they do
not have it. These institutions
only can give authorized Earthly authority.
To have Authority
that is RECOGNIZED by GOD during and
after this life, it has to come
from God through His appointed servants to those who He wants to be ordained
and exercise His authority.
Peter
was an ordinary man, a fisherman, but was chosen by the Lord to be one of His
Apostles and was given the Keys of the Kingdom.
The Lord asked Peter who he thought that He
was, Peter said that He was the Christ, the Son of the Living God. This is when the Lord said, “Peter, Upon This Rock I will build my
church”.
He was NOT calling Peter the Rock,
He was telling Peter that the REVELATION
that he had received was from God the
Father, that (REVELATION),
was the ROCK by which he
would build his church.
16 And
Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
17 And
Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh
and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in
heaven. (By
Revelation)
18 And
I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock (The Rock of Revelation) I will build my church;
and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
(If the priesthood listens to the revelations and inspiration of the
Lord, no matter what Satan or Hell will do, the Work of the Lord will go
forward.)
19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the
kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be
bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be
loosed in heaven.
(Those KEYS are here on the Earth, with the Priesthood NOW.)
Those chosen, weak and simple men are the servants
of the Lord on earth today have this sealing
power and perform the saving ordinances of the gospel for the living and
the dead.
God’s authority is not given by man-made
institutions as all other religions do.
Their authority is only for this life and to conform to the
laws in their Earthly communities.
That is why they do not marry for Eternity, because they only have
authority to marry for this life.
All real Priesthood Authority from God that
is given to man is recorded here and in Heaven.
Each
man in this church can show their authority, man by man, back to Jesus Christ.
They usually have it on them, but if not, since
it is recorded, they can get it.
The women would be set apart to hold high
positions in the areas that are best for them, like Relief Society, (the largest
women’s organization in the world), the Young Women’s
Organization or the Primary Organization.
All
positions are important to the Lord and are needed
for His church to function as a whole.
Each man or women’s position is not greater than the other. All is needed.
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Behold, mine house is a house of order, saith the Lord God, and not a house of
confusion.
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