"The Lord has clearly taught that only men and women who are sealed as husband and wife in the temple, and who keep their covenants, will be together throughout the eternities. He said, “All covenants, contracts, bonds, obligations, oaths, vows, performances, connections, associations, or expectations, that are not made and entered into and sealed by the Holy Spirit of promise … have an end when men are dead.”
"Thus, if we unwisely choose to live telestial laws now, we are choosing to be resurrected with a telestial body. We are choosing not to live with our families forever.
"So, my dear brothers and sisters, how and where and with whom do you want to live forever? You get to choose." – President Russell M. Nelson, "Think Celestial!", October 2023 General Conference
Another truth taught by the Lord's living prophet during this past General Conference was that of eternal families. Most people believe that if they live good lives they will be together forever with their families in heaven. This is not true. To be together forever as families there must be covenants made in the holy temple and kept. This is basic doctrine.
Parents must be sealed together in the Lord's house, the holy temple. Then they must live worthily and keep their covenants. Only then can they be together forever as families in the Celestial Kingdom.
Sorry to disappoint anyone with this basic truth. But those are the facts. We get to choose which laws we will follow. Thereby choosing our eternal destiny.
Will we choose to live celestial laws so that we may live with Heavenly Father and our families for eternity? Or will we choose to follow terrestrial or telestial laws and choose not to live with our families forever?
That's the beauty of agency in our Heavenly Father's plan. We get to choose our eternal destiny. I hope we will all follow President Nelson's counsel to "think celestial".
That's my two cents.
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