Chapter 15 - The Lord's Covenant People

1997 to 2009

As members of the Church, we also covenant to obey the law of chastity, to keep the Sabbath day holy, and to be honest...

He made a special covenant with Abraham and his descendants that blesses members of the Church and all nations of the earth and all nations of the earth today...

God made the same covenant with Abraham’s son Isaac and again with Isaac’s son Jacob. God changed Jacob’s name to Israel. Since that time, the descendants of Jacob, called Israelites, have been known as God’s covenant people...

When we are baptized into the Church, we are adopted enter into Abraham's family and have part in the covenant the Lord made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (see Galatians 3:26-29)...

We Worthy males have the right to hold the priesthood. Families can receive the blessings of the priesthood...

As the Lord's covenant people, we must should keep His commandments...

How blessed we are to be God's covenant people. To the faithful Saint, the Lord has promised, "All that my Father hath shall be given unto him" (D&C 84:38).