fatherofone Posted August 24, 2014 Posted August 24, 2014 What exactly is the ministering of angels, I know the aaronic priesthood holds the keys of the ministering of angels but what is the ministering of anges?? Many thanks in advance
Ahab Posted August 24, 2014 Posted August 24, 2014 Ministering is about serving, as in doing things for other people, and angels are messengers who someone sends to give messages to other people. So put that together and ministering angels are messengers who someone sends to give messages and do things for other people.And people with keys to send them can send them.
fatherofone Posted August 24, 2014 Author Posted August 24, 2014 Ministering is about serving, as in doing things for other people, and angels are messengers who someone sends to give messages to other people. So put that together and ministering angels are messengers who someone sends to give messages and do things for other people.And people with keys to send them can send them.so why would you need the authority of the aaronic priesthood to do this or have this key?
janderich Posted August 24, 2014 Posted August 24, 2014 The Aaronic Priesthood holds the authority to cleanse us from sin through baptism and the sacrament. When we are clean we have the ability to hear the spirit and to exercise spiritual power. Those who are in communication with spirit speak as the Lord would speak and do as he would do. Their words are carried out as if the Lord had spoken them, for they are the same. It is through the spirit that angels minister unto men.
Que Posted August 24, 2014 Posted August 24, 2014 In LDS terminology minister can mean to teach (as opposed to administer, which is to perform an ordinance). I think the case may be made that this refers to the authority to perform the 1st half of the temple endowment... the angels being the company of saints... just a thought... Q
Calm Posted August 24, 2014 Posted August 24, 2014 https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1998/10/the-aaronic-priesthood-and-the-sacrament?lang=engDallin Oaks discusses this.
The Nehor Posted August 25, 2014 Posted August 25, 2014 Several meanings. One is that they can minister as angels. Another is that they have the right to have angels minister to them (seen or unseen).
Rob Osborn Posted August 25, 2014 Posted August 25, 2014 Of special interest is that baptism and the sacrament are ordinances that give to others the ability to "have the spirit". Thus, through the operation of the Aaronic priesthood, the ministering angels are given access to minister to worthy members through obedience to those ordinances. "Keys" are directive powers/ access powers.
Scott Lloyd Posted August 25, 2014 Posted August 25, 2014 https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1998/10/the-aaronic-priesthood-and-the-sacrament?lang=eng Dallin Oaks discusses this.Thanks for this link, Cal. In sum, then, the ministering of angels pertains to the companionship of the Spirit, through which the ministering of angels and other gifts of the Spirit are accessed.
fatherofone Posted August 25, 2014 Author Posted August 25, 2014 thanks for the answers, kind of cleared the air
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