“The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is properly
known as a family-centered Church. But not well understood is the reality that
our family-centeredness is not limited to mortal relationships. Eternal
relationships are also fundamental to our theology. The mission of the restored
Church is to help all the children of God qualify for what God desires as their
ultimate destiny. By the redemption provided through the Atonement of Christ,
all may attain eternal life (exaltation in the celestial kingdom), which Mother
Eve declared ‘God giveth unto all the obedient.’ This is more than salvation.
President Russell M. Nelson has reminded us that in God’s eternal plan, ‘salvation
is an individual matter; but exaltation is a family matter.’ Fundamental to us
is God’s revelation that exaltation can be attained only through faithfulness
to the covenants of an eternal marriage between a man and a woman.” – President
Dallin H. Oaks
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