The procreative powers that Heavenly Father has blessed us with
are one of the most sacred ways we can use our bodies. They open the door to
the spirit world and allow Father's children to come to the earth and obtain
bodies so they can continue to progress. It is the very key to their
progression. Satan is damned and cannot progress anymore because he has no
body. The proper use of those powers is the very thing that that will make us
gods ourselves. In D&C 132:19 in the very last lines it says, ". . .
which glory shall be a fulness and a continuation of seeds forever and
ever." This is referring to posterity. Verse 20 begins, "Then
shall they be gods, because they have no end..." This is not referring to
living forever because everyone who comes to earth will be resurrected and live
forever. This again is referring to posterity. It goes on to say, ". .
.therefore shall they be from everlasting to everlasting, because they
continue. . ." Again, a reference to having posterity. In verse 22 it
says, "For strait is the gate, and narrow the way that leadeth unto the
exaltation and continuation of the lives . . . " (Note that it is the
continuation of lives, plural). The only people who will
have the opportunity to use the power to procreate after this life are those
who go to the highest degree of the Celestial Kingdom and are gods. All others
will lose that ability. You can see why Satan, the father of lies (by the way,
that and the father of contention are the only ways he can be a father), works
so hard to get us to misuse those powers. He knows that if he does, and we
don't repent, that we will lose our exaltation. That is why he spreads so many
lies saying that there is nothing wrong with pornography, homosexuality,
adultery, fornication,etc. all those things strike at the very core of our
existence and the reason for our being on earth. Heavenly Father safeguards
mostly closely how we come into this world and how we go out. Sexual sins and
murder have the most severe penalties of all other sins. The thing that will
protect us is the truth about how to use those powers.
The Proclamation
on the Family is very clear-
"In The Premortal realm, spirit sons and daughters knew
and worshipped God as their eternal Father and accepted his plan by which his
children could obtain a physical body and gain earthly experience to
progress toward perfection and ultimately realize their divine destiny as heirs
of eternal life. The divine plan of happiness enables family relationships
to be perpetuated beyond the grave. Sacred ordinances and covenants
available in holy temples make it possible for individuals to return to the
presence of God and for families to be united eternally.
"The first commandment that God gave to Adam and Eve
pertained to their potential for parenthood as husband and wife. We declare
that God's commandment for his children to multiply and replenish the earth
remains in force. We further declare that God has commanded that the
sacred powers of procreation are to be employed only between man and
woman, lawfully wedded as husband and wife.
"We declare the means by which mortal life is created
to be divinely appointed. . ."
Understanding those truths is like putting on the armor of
God. It is "girding your loins with truth."
(Comments on "girding about your loins with truth" Nov 2013 By Don Edwards retired S&I)
