Temple Standard
Elder Scott D. Whiting
Of the Seventy
October 2012 General Conference
By requiring exacting standards of construction down to
the smallest of details, we not only show our love and respect for the Lord
Jesus Christ, but we also hold out to all observers that we honor and worship
Him whose house it is.
Even though mortal eyes and hands may never see or feel a
defect, the Lord knows the level of our efforts and whether we have done our
very best.
“And inasmuch as my people build a house unto me in the
name of the Lord, and do not suffer any unclean thing to come into it, that it
be not defiled, my glory shall rest upon it;
“Yea,
and my presence shall be there, for I will come into it, and all the pure in
heart that shall come into it shall see God.
“But if it be defiled I will not come into it, and my
glory shall not be there; for I will not come into unholy temples.” Doctrine
and Covenants 97:15-17
The high standards of temple building employed by this
Church are a type and even a symbol of how we should be living our own lives.
“Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the
Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
“If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God
destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.” --1 Corinthians 3:16-17
We are each made of the finest materials, and we are the
miraculous result of divine craftsmanship.
The
temple standard that we are asked to meet is not that of perfection, although
we are striving for it, but rather that we are keeping the commandments and
doing our best to live as disciples of Jesus Christ.
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