Section 84

This section contains the blessings and covenants pertaining to the obtaining of and righteous use of the priesthood. 

33 For whoso is faithful unto the obtaining these two priesthoods of which I have spoken, and the magnifying their calling, are sanctified by the Spirit unto the renewing of their bodies.

 34 They become the sons of Moses and of Aaron and the seed of Abraham, and the church and kingdom, and the elect of God.

 35 And also all they who receive this priesthood receive me, saith the Lord;

 36 For he that receiveth my servants receiveth me;

 37 And he that receiveth me receiveth my Father;

 38 And he that receiveth my Father receiveth my Father’s kingdom; therefore all that my Father hath shall be given unto him.

 39 And this is according to the oath and covenant which belongeth to the priesthood.

I like the fact that covenanting with the Lord brings new names.  Like when I was baptized I received a new name: Jesus.  When I came to earth I received a new name: Walter James Stone.

When I received the priesthood I received three new names: Abraham, Aaron, and Moses. 

It’s just the way the Lord does things.  If you make a promise with him he is likely to give you a new name as a reference point, a commemoration, an acknowledgment of new relationships and responsibilities, an adoption, with new adoptive parents and new protective and familial kinship.

I am overjoyed to know that I am the spirit son of Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother. I am also thrilled to be a son of David Ray and Beverlee Bee, Jesus, Abraham, Aaron, and Moses and through priesthood temple ordinances and covenants, an eternally sealed son of all of the above.  I am also humbled and eternally grateful to have entered into temple sealing covenants with my dear Jean and to know that our posterity is sealed to us for eternity.