Primary 140 - The temple of God

Class, 

While I was studying the gospel and the letters to the Philippians and Collissians I realized that the church and it's temple goers turned warship on it's head. In the world of polytheism the gods and goddesses were given tribute and served because they were in the image of man; made by man. The God of Israel does the opposite. There is no idols in the image of man as because the God of Israel seems to teach bless and serve us through our obedience. We are in His image and He meets us at the temple to be with us and not the other way around. 

Some may say, but we give tithes. Isn't that tribute? When we serve and contribute to the success of the Lord to pay Him back for all of His blessing and revelations, it is continuely rewarded so we are in constant debt to the one who has given us everything. 

Heavenly Father want to teach and give to us and when we see how he has blessed us we want to give back. When we go to church or the temple, think of it as going to school. As we go to serve others, we are taught through plain and simple ways. We are taught through all of the senses, sight, sound and smell and the Holy Ghost seems to open our understanding to new things.

Class, do coats change the weather? Nope but it does change how we face the weather. Paul was in jail, beaten and his life was in danger constantly. It was the Atonement that made his life exciting. His experience didn't change but the shelter the Apostle in his struggles. When we recognize how we are covered or endowed by the Spirit we can endure a lot more then we could without the Spirit.

When we are preparing food, I have learned, I don't bake; I prepare food for the oven to bake. The Holy Ghost is the same. We prepare ourselves and others so that the Spirit can "bake" the lessons we learn, in us. It does mean we need to put ourselves in a place to learn both physically and spiritually. The Spirit is ready to teach if we are ready to learn. The Apostle showed us that the temple and church are great places and all of the prophets teach that the home can be the best for such learning. 

As the primary song says Home can be a Heaven on Earth. We need to work to keep the Spirit and then we can learn, and grow like we did in our heavenly home. 

Please know the Savior wants to protect you and the Holy Ghost wants to teach and inspire you. Heavenly Father wants you to come home. All three will help you, forgive you and praise you in all you're effort.

See you tomorrow. Again remember we love you as your teachers.


Brother Bingham 

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