Today is the 183rd Anniversary of the Restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood.
On May 15th, 1829, John the Baptist (as a resurrected being, see Matthew 27:52-53 and 3 Nephi 23:11) came to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery on the bank of the Susquehanna River. He then Ordained them to the Priesthood which he held, which is the same Priesthood that Christ was Baptized by.
Without this Authority nothing that we do in this life would be of any effect out of this life.
When asked who the Apostles said Jesus was, Peter replied,
"Thou art the Christ, the Son of the Living God."
It was upon this, the Testimony of the Godhead, that is the keystone of the Church, upon which the Devil has no power to overthrow.
Christ then stated:
"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."
It is through this Sealing Power, to bind on Earth and in Heaven, that we may be with our Families Forever.
Without the proper Authority of the Priesthood, nothing done in any religious ceremony is of any effect after we depart this life. Only by doing what God has Commanded, in the way He commanded it, may we truly be saved at the last day.
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