The Lord’s Promise in the Sacrament

K. Douglas Bassett

Moro. 4:3

“All of us face different family circumstances and home situations. All of us need strength in dealing with them. This strength comes from faith in the Savior’s love and in the power of his atonement. If we trustingly put our hand in the Savior’s, we can claim the promise of the sacramental prayer to always have his Spirit with us. All problems are manageable with that strength, and all other problems are secondary in urgency to maintaining a strong spiritual life.” (Chieko N. Okazaki, Ensign, Nov. 1993, p. 94)
“Do we always stop to think, on that sacred Sabbath day when we meet together to partake of the sacrament, that we witness, promise, obligate ourselves, in the presence of one another, and in the presence of God, that we will do certain things? … The first: We are willing to take upon ourselves the name of the Son. In so doing we choose him as our leader and our ideal: and he is the one perfect character in all the world. Second: That we will always remember him. Not just on Sunday, but on Monday, in our daily acts, in our self-control. When our brother hurts us, we are going to try to master our feelings and not retaliate in the same spirit of anger… . That’s the spirit of the Christ, and that’s what we have promised—that we will do our best to achieve these high standards of Christianity, true Christian principles. The third: We promise to ‘… keep his commandments which he has given …’ —tithing, fast offerings, the Word of Wisdom, kindness, forgiveness, love. The obligation of a member of the Church of Jesus Christ is great, but it is as glorious as it is great, because obedience to these principles gives life, eternal life.” (David O. McKay, Gospel Ideals, p. 146)

Latter-Day Commentary on the Book of Mormon

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