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One of the most solemn and sacred oaths available to man is the celestial contract known as “the oath and covenant of the priesthood” (D&C 84:33-42.) Joseph Fielding Smith explained: “There is no exaltation in the kingdom of God without the fullness of the priesthood, and every man who receives the Melchizedek Priesthood does so with an oath and a covenant that he shall be exalted.” The covenant on man’s part is that he will magnify his calling in the priesthood and that he will live by every word that proceedeth forth from the mouth of God, and that he will keep the commandments.” The covenant on the Lord’s part is that if man does as he promises, then all that the Father hath shall be given unto him; and this is such a solemn and important promise that the Lord swears with an oath that it shall come to pass.” (CR, Apr. 1970, pp. 58-59.) To receive “all that the Father hath” is “to inherit the same power, the same glory and the same exaltation, until you arrive at the station of a God, and ascend the throne of eternal power, the same as those who have gone before.”Share
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