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Resources
for Members in Madrid
The Madrid
Temple
About LDS
Temples
Temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are
special buildings dedicated to the Lord. Worthy Church members may
go there to receive sacred ordinances and make covenants with God.
Like baptism, these ordinances and covenants are necessary for our
salvation. They must be performed in the temples of the Lord.
We also go to the temple to learn more about Heavenly Father and his
Son, Jesus Christ. We gain a better understanding of our purpose in
life and our relationship with Heavenly Father and Jesus. We are
taught about our premortal existence, the meaning of earth life, and
life after death.
All temple ordinances are performed by the power of the
priesthood. Through this power, ordinances performed on earth are
sealed, or bound, in heaven. The Savior taught his Apostles,
"Whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in
heaven" (Matthew 16:19; see also D&C 132:7).
Only in the temple can we be sealed together forever as families.
Marriage in the temple joins a man and woman as husband and wife
eternally if they honor their covenants. Baptism and all other
ordinances prepare us for this sacred event.
When a man and woman are married in the temple, their children also
become part of their eternal family. Couples who have been married
civilly can receive these blessings by preparing themselves and
their children to go to the temple and be sealed to each other.
In June 2000, the Church had 85
operating temples and another 36 now under construction or in the
planning stages. (For a complete list of temple locations, see
"Temples
of the Church.")
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