Principle: The ordinances of the Gospel all testify of Jesus Christ.
Read: 1 Nephi 15:19-15:36
What does Nephi's example teach you about prophets today? How do prophets, seers, and revelators help deepen your understanding of the gospel of Jesus Christ?
Ponder what Elder Bruce R. McConkie taught regarding the ordinances of the gospel.
“Every divine ordinance or performance ordained of God, every sacrifice, symbolism, and similitude; all that God ever gave to his people—all was ordained and established in such a way as to testify of his Son and center the faith of believing people in him and in the redemption he was foreordained to make.” (The Promised Messiah: The First Coming of Christ[1978], 28)
Study the following scriptures and look for how covenants and ordinances testify of Jesus Christ.
Understanding comes line upon line and the Lord expects you to make a lifetime of effort to come to know the depth of His symbolic teaching. Devin G. Durrant First Counselor in the Sunday School General Presidency taught "Small efforts sustained over time can produce significant results." (My Heart Pondereth them Continually, October 2015)
Moses 6:63 teaches: “And behold, all things have their likeness, and all things are created and made to bear record of me, both things which are temporal, and things which are spiritual; things which are in the heavens above, and things which are on the earth, and things which are in the earth, and things which are under the earth, both above and beneath: all things bear record of me.” (Moses 6:63)
What is an ordinance, symbol, type, or shadow that has great meaning to you? Why? How can you use what you have learned over the last few days to help deepen your understanding of the symbols taught in the scriptures?