Baptismal Font at Latter Day Saint Temple

Baptismal Font at the Temple

You may think that doing baptisms for the dead is a crazy idea.  But it is not.  It is an example of the fairness of our just God.  We believe that Heavenly Father and His Son Jesus Christ are infinitely fair.  Let me explain:  We believe that Jesus is the Son of God.  So what happens to someone who never has heard of Jesus and dies without ever believing in Him?  Do they go to hell?  That would be very very unfair and unjust.  

We believe that in the next life, in the Spirit World, those who have not had the chance to hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ will have that chance.  Then those on Earth can be baptized by proxy for and in behalf of the person who is dead and yet living in the Spirit World.   

So doing baptisms for the dead does NOT mean that we dig up dead  bodies and baptize them.  Doing baptisms for the dead means we are giving others the opportunity to accept the Gospel in the next life and have the saving ordinance of baptism done for them by those who are still in mortality.  

When Joseph Smith, the prophet we believe restored the true and complete church of Christ was visited by a newspaper man in Nauvoo Illinois Joseph talked about baptisms for the dead.  The newspaper man said, when he left, that Joseph Smith was the most fair minded man he had ever met.  

So we members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints research our ancestors and we go to the Temple to be baptized for them.  We hope that they have accepted the Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Spirit World.  We also do sealing for husband and wife and parents to child so that they can live together as families in the next life.  

We believe that one day we will all be resurrected. . . or get our bodies back in a glorified and perfected state.  We also beleive that our relationships as husband and wife will continue for eternity if we are sealed in the Temple, believe in the Atomenent of Jesus Christ,  and we strive to keep God's Commandments.   We believe that all men and women sin and we ALL need the saving power of the Atonement of Jesus in our lives.  

If you follow my blog you know that I usually post something from my drawing I do during church meetings on Sunday.  I drew this last Sunday, I just did not post it until tonight.  All drawings available by clicking on top button labled     Religous    or      All Printables.