Why Is It Important to Wear the Temple Garment? // Elder Martinez & Sister Eubank

[@-tikla]

I've been thinking about how through the sacrament Christ feeds us food for our hunger, water for our thirst, followed by an initiatory in the temple where he clothes our nakedness and the verses in Matthew came to mind, "For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me"

[@patriciamcintyre840]

In deed our Heavenly Father knows all of our needs. He fullfills his roll of provider by feeding and clothing us. Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? 32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

[@jessicagall6580]

Wow! ❤️

[@rocxyification]

That’s not why you partake in sacrament/communion. It’s about his body broken.l for us. His blood shed for us that we may have life in abundance and unity with thr father through thr HS. What Christ did on the cross is everything and we must meditate and examine that when taking the elements. Just read the Bible in the gospel of Matthew and you will see

[@whitneylin4297]

I’m grateful for the beautiful covenants I’ve been able to make in the temple, and for the sacred garment I wear daily to remind me of my covenants, and the power and protection I receive from Jesus Christ as I live those covenants.

[@StompMom5]

I LOVE my garments!! I live in St George Utah so we're exposed to some pretty hot weather and still love my garments. It's great we're being taught the importance of wearing them since there never has been much teaching concerning them.

[@strawberryme08]

Amen

[@rdancranston]

Really? Cause I knew about the importance of wearing garments for 40 years

[@joshuavanwagoner7039]

You’re taught the importance of wearing the garment every time you attend the temple, it’s also in the temple recommend questions..

[@audriabuchanan244]

I have switched to garments made of 100% cotton. They are cozy in winter and 'breathe' in summer. I love mine. I feel as though I'm taking upon myself the name of Christ as we are counseled to do. To not wear them is to put off the name of Christ. I want the same blessings Adarm and Eve were promised when they received and wore the coats of skin prepared by Christ at the first sacrifice in the Garden of Eden.

[@brechelt1]

I've worn garments for 20 years, now. I NEVER heard that they're a "symbol of the veil" until this video. It's extremely obvious now - like I feel kind of dumb - I just don't know why I was never taught that. OR... why I WAS and it didn't hit me until now. Glad I watched. New perspective and something I will be pondering for a few days.

[@Silentpartner2176]

@@Jeanie-nv7lo Still many things are not clear.

[@Silentpartner2176]

@@Jeanie-nv7lo True.

[@krishavice2655]

I've been wearing garments for over 50 years. They have been a reminder of who I am following, a protection from danger, both physical and unseen. They bond me to my husband who passed 15 years ago, a promise to me that my family will continue throughout eternity, and a comfort knowing I can return to the presence of my loving Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ if I remain worthy to wear them. They have never been a burden but a but, blessing that helps to keep me from the temptations of this world.

[@brandeeburt6366]

Ilove my garments so, so much. I have had some very beautiful insights and direction from the Lord about my garments. He has admonished me to wear them at all times I can, even while I'm swimming. I can wear them while I'm swimming, I have swim shorts and swim shirts that completely cover them. He also instructed me not to partake in any public activity that would force me to take them off, such as specific sports. As I listened and obeyed the blessings have poured out abundantly in all aspects of my life.

[@myeyepie]

Amen to that!

[@rconger24]

When we were born our parents dressed us. When we were born _again_ our Heavenly Parents dressed us!

[@davidfrey5654]

I love the sign and symbol of our garments. I also love that we don't have to wear those one pieces. LOL But seriously, I'm an ordinance worker and I love helping patron symbolically put on upon themselves the holy garment, which is a reminder of taking upon ourselves the name of Jesus Christ and being his disciple and a reminder of our covenants we've made with him. Our Heavenly Father does every single thing he can to help remind us of who we are.

[@RoyEbarle-pq4of]

It's very different ways of garments tailoring and holy garments. Holy garments is hidden to the lord. But in this world is for business.

[@joshuavanwagoner7039]

Huh?…

[@jayb266]

What garments did Jesus Christ, John the Baptist and all of Christ's apostles wear again? I can't find that in the scriptures anywhere.

[@RoyEbarle-pq4of]

That's your assignment. The more you ask the more you get. . I cannot answer your question.. maybe you can learn the salvation not onto these secret (sacred). Humanity are not allowed by higher code. It's personal to God. That's why god end quote

[@luec0n0]

I just love this. When the Lord spoke to his people in the past He said He wanted them to be a Nation of Priests. This is Zion. What may be hard for other religions to accept is that The Church of Jesus Christ does not have a "priest" or leader other than the few men he called from a random cohort of a nation of priests. They can see why the reverend, the father, the nun, the levite had to wear priestly clothes but they cannot accept why a regular member would wear priestly clothes. But the Lord clearly stated that in His kingdom there are only priests so.... I will gladly be the levite and enjoy the trust that is being renewed in me every time I repent, take up my cross and follow Him!.

[@Tk.utelab]

Full armor of God.

[@corazonjavierketchem9947]

That certainly makes sense from a perspective of one wanting to fully live up to the power and authority we receive from God though our temple covenants. 🙏❤️

[@destinyvids2918]

Thank you for your videos. They are my favorite LDS videos. You have a true talent for this art form.

[@rebeccalarson7995]

I am so grateful for my garments and my covenants. What a blessing both of them are to me!

[@thekolobsociety]

We should look for reasons to wear our garments rather than look for reasons to take it off. Someone who understands the promises related to wearing the garment will always look for reasons to wear it when possible.

[@kyokushinutah3328]

Excellent point! 👏🏼

[@chrisblanc663]

So true!

[@Hettav_Blackwater]

Galatians 3 26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

[@lauriesmith3443]

So grateful garments are Finally being addressed. He is coming soon and we need to be ready!

[@Christina_Bodmer]

Wow! Thank you so much for this podcast! It was touching and exactly what I needed to hear. I appreciate your testimony!

[@MyChannel-x8m]

Thanks for good content Parker stay Blessed

[@jeannettehilton9478]

Thank you so much for your videos!

[@JoannHofhine]

love what you are posting Thank you for getting our message out.

[@mmmckaysquad]

I was at this presentation and you guys did really well. It was very motivating.

[@angelalewis3645]

Powerful

[@myeyepie]

Question, with the availability of nylon garments that shed water like a duck, as well as swim shirts and knee length swim shorts, WHY exactly do we need to remove the garment for swimming? Having had three very strange close calls in water where it made no sense to drown, I can say that once I got my garments and kept them on, that never happened again. The term "throughout" is key in when we should wear our garment. Throughout means "in every part", "through and through", "from end to end" or "entirely". Remove your garment only when you don't need protection from Satan. Or when you don’t need the Savior.

[@Silentpartner2176]

Good, point. Why do we have to take our garments off to swim? I was always told it's not appropriate to get them wet?

[@TheHappyNarwhals]

You get them wet every time you wash them. It’s a personal choice when to and when not to wear them, Most Saints don’t wear them swimming because they wear the cotton/poly blend and that would be awful to swim in.

[@myeyepie]

@@TheHappyNarwhals I find the terminology "personal choice" ambiguous. Every choice is a personal choice in life with consequences. That term seems to be used to imply that whether we keep the instruction to wear the garment or not is somehow not important but it is. Yes we can choose to set aside our covenants and treat Christ as a byword as the scriptures describe. But that has a consequence. We can not choose to set aside the garment, the name of Christ, the garment of the Holy Priesthood, the symbolic covering given us by the Lord to wear for our entire lives, and expect the same blessings promised as if we did keep them. None of us would say it was a personal choice to keep the law of chasitity and fidelity to our spouse. I mean it is our choice. But we know very well that breaking such would have consequences. Treating the garment like something we can set aside to fit in with the world more and to not stand out to them, so we can be of the world and not just in the world, has very real consequences to how consecrated we are and how much the atonement is able to do in our lives. Christ can't save or protect people that reject his requirements. "If ye love me keep my commandments".

[@annw1395]

I always wear the dry silk garments. They are comfortable, breathable, quick-drying, and they wick away sweat. They are literally more comfortable than not wearing them! They are not nylon; they're absolutely the best, IMO.

[@av2155]

Can you please explain what the symbols mean on the garments? 😊|•LV

[@angelobrunolucasdeoliveira6578]

How can I see the full video?

[@dannyrocket77]

I remove my Garment when i work out at the gym, but only top, i wear a muscle shirt si i can see the arm muscles im working. I immediately put it back on when im done. Sometimes though, if im just working out my legs and back. Ill wear it all. Yeah it gets sweaty 🥵 but thats why i have a lot of pairs.

[@davidsradioroom9678]

💌💌💌💌

[@Seer_96]

✨️ ✨️ ✨️

[@cdeanneeckles]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@RoyEbarle-pq4of]

I'm not using garments(tailor) So, do you mean im in other words? I'm blind? So, you are sure to yourself..? It's not in error? Are you not afraid the consequences? How brave!!!

[@joshuavanwagoner7039]

Huh? Your Ramblings make no sense…

[@RoyEbarle-pq4of]

You pretend knowing what it's meant to have garments. Your garments is definitely different of mine garments. Like Moroni almost naked. ​@@joshuavanwagoner7039

[@timheavrin2253]

For the inevitable muck slingers out there who see this informative video, remember the proverb that only fools mock.

[@Hala-ataa]

Why didn’t any of the Nephites wear garments?

[@ShiningSakura]

and many more things did jesus command them not to write down..... how do we know they didn't? That's something that is neither here nor there as far as your covenants are concerned.

[@Hala-ataa]

@@ShiningSakura Jesus commanded them not to write the absolute most important part? Dang. I guess we don’t have to learn what He said through revelation or by becoming like Him. We can just use that verse as a blank check to insert whatever masonic practices we wish He had taught.

[@ShiningSakura]

@@Hala-ataa Jesus also spent 40 days with his apostles and other parts of the bible elude to more content that was there prior that is now gone that early christians knew, practiced, and had access to. That part of the bible is missing as well where jesus gave further instruction and help for their mission further on in their life without him. Temple covenants aren't written down word for word either. Many sacred things are kept private because the reader would mock that which was too sacred to write down. Doesn't make it any less sacred or not needed in your life. Where did the masons and egyptians get their temple practices from....... Think really hard......

[@Hala-ataa]

@@ShiningSakura I don’t think you have ever even read the scriptures if you use the “too sacred to share” line. 1. The scriptures contain so many things twice as bizarre as a temple ritual. You think God would allow a talking donkey and a prophet marrying a prostitute to be written, but not a handshake or a throat-slitting gesture? 2. The scriptures contain hundreds of things more sacred than the temple. You think God allowed a detailed record of His Son bleeding, crushed by the sins of the world, stripped naked, tortured, and murdered - but somehow it’s “too sacred” to write down a ceremony about funny robes and handshakes? The rituals in the Books of Moses alone are more detailed than the temple we have. Why was it not too sacred to write those down but only for ours? The Lord was actually present in the tabernacles back then- He literally killed the high priest if there was an impurity. I hope you’re not insinuating that Egyptians and Solomon’s masons received temple rituals from God. That would be quite an uneducated claim.

[@ShiningSakura]

@@Hala-ataa I have read the scriptures many times over and I am quite educated with my claims. Does that worry you?

[@davehof8854]

Nowhere in the Bible, does it say that you must wear a garment that is foolishness you’re either a Christian or you’re not

[@Silentpartner2176]

The Bible doesn't have the fullness of the Gospel in it. Many parts of the doctrines of Christ have been removed from it before we got access to it in our day. The Bible has passed through many hands before our generation.

[@TheHappyNarwhals]

Actually it describes the garment of the priests very well- even describing that they go down to the thigh. We believe when the veil was rent by Christ’s death it now opened the way for all of us to be the holy nation of priests he talked about. So since we make these covenants and are committing to be/become these priests and priestesses to God, it is appropriate that we would wear the same “ linen breeches” described in the Bible. Which is our garments- they represent us covenanting with God, and remind us of our covenants.

[@cabarete2003]

As a convert, this is one of those questions I don't understand why we have to ask. It is like "what is a woman." Just wear it or don't make the covenants.

[@JIKOKALOL]

Symbols are okay as long as they dont become religious idols.

[@JIKOKALOL]

I like to wear my little leather bracelet with a cross on it.

[@seminolekilla]

If you make a covenant with God to do something, like wear a garment, you should do it. It doesn’t make the garment an idol.

[@VincentNoot]

The s-s: sports, sex, shower, swimming, sleep (if you’re into that).

[@AllisonDunlap-m2f]

If say, an earthquake were to happen in the middle of the night or maybe the return of the Savior happened like a "thief in the night" I would most definitely want my protective garments of Light to be on my body in both of those circumstances. Most of all my covenant to Christ is why I sleep in my holy garment. This is the commitment I want to show to him.

[@branten123]

So there is northing magical about it

[@mr.mensch1557]

Yes (as in No, they are not magical; I confirm your statement). They’re religious & symbolic clothing. To consider them “magical” would be like calling a Jewish Yamaka a "wizard's cap"

[@DaveCowan]

Nope, not in the slightest, that's just a slang or slur term that the world uses because someone erroneously related a story that the garments stopped a bullet from hitting them. They have sacred context yes, but they're not magical.

[@silverfoxidm]

Honestly, if people r balking @ so marvelous an oppty which the Lord provides by wanting to go back to their little kid underpants instead of the apparel of kings & queens they r not fit for the promises of the Lord!

[@willnadauld]

Its because, jesus loved all things secret. secret names handshakes etc.. His life was totally about making his gospel like an exclusive club. In fact, he surrounded himself and served only those steeped in ritual and hierarchy.

[@RandyMills-o7w]

ALL who are willing to truly show their love for Christ through obedience are welcome.

[@wendijade5188]

If the garment benefited members other than proving their compliance, they wouldn’t have to be encouraged to wear them.

[@myeyepie]

Nah. Sign seeking is still a bad idea no matter how we dress it up. The signs follow after the trial of our faith. Many of us have seen the protection and have no problem acknowledging it.

[@RandyMills-o7w]

Our relationship with the Savior Jesus Christ is not a transactional set of benefits sought. It is an acknowledgment of our dependence on Him and a lifetime commitment to repent and become like Him. Therefore, as imperfect humans, we fall short and need to be reminded of our commitment, which is always voluntary and never a forced compliance. Thankfully, Christ is merciful and kind, unlike many of us as humans…

[@jake8882]

Oh boy oh boy. What an idea. To think you have to wear something to show your connection and testimony of christ. The crazy thing is you have to pay to get these sacred emblems. Thats sacrilegious

[@abundantacre9]

Yes, I suppose believing that some action and self sacrifice in life might be required to show my devotion to Christ, does sound crazy. I want an eternity of everything good. How wrong of me to think I’d have to do anything. As far as “paying”, the vast majority of us (informed adults) are very happy to pay our tithing, especially to an organization that isn’t using it to line their personal pockets. I absolutely love the vast worldwide good that the LDS church is able to do because of willing givers.

[@jake8882]

@abundantacre-modernpioneer3865 oh don't get me wrong. Tithing is good. But not when it's required in order to live with heavenly father.

[@stevehumble8865]

And yet, millions of LDS church members disagree with you. We are all free to follow Jesus Christ according to our own free will.

[@jake8882]

@stevehumble8865 well if we are to take and use church doctrine in our lives, we might as well make our kids pay to live with us. Oh and btw...to add to your stats...there are more non believers by the billions to your measly millions of members. So by your logic. The church is not true

[@jake8882]

@stevehumble8865 well if we are to take and use church doctrine in our lives, we might as well make our kids pay to live with us. Oh and btw...to add to your stats...there are more non believers by the billions to your measly millions of members. So by your logic. The church is not true

[@wendijade5188]

Christ is not in the garment and should not be reduced to LDS underwear.

[@seminolekilla]

Nothing in the video said Christ is in the garment.

[@ShiningSakura]

Its putting on yourself the name of christ and has more to do about symbolism.... not literal.

[@Silentpartner2176]

If only you knew.

[@wendijade5188]

Every time you take off the garment you are taking off Christ? EI - people who don’t wear garments don’t have Christ. Nonsense.

[@No.Coincidences]

If you understand the condescension of God, then your oversimplified response is lacking depth to the symbolism of taking upon yourself the name of Christ. It’s a deeper commitment that is offered to everyone. If you choose to not wear it that doesn’t mean Christ cannot be with you. If you covenant with God in His temple It means you need added protection. However, God meets everyone where they are in understanding and opportunity and gives us all protection when we seek Him out. When individuals follow Christ, Satan works on them harder to try and get them off that path. Which is the symbolism behind armor of God. If you are at the frontlines you need more armor. If you’re not fighting or are passive, you don’t need armor. Hopefully that makes more sense.

[@cathyjo5259]

This is absolutely ridiculous!