Comments on: Must I be sealed to my deceased spouse to obtain the Celestial Kingdom? https://askgramps.org/must-sealed-deceased-spouse-obtain-celestial-kingdom/ Moral answers to everyday concerns, curiosities, and uncertainties. Gramps considers all questions on all topics from all sources. Sun, 01 Jun 2025 15:29:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Tim https://askgramps.org/must-sealed-deceased-spouse-obtain-celestial-kingdom/#comment-35223 Thu, 04 Aug 2016 03:55:00 +0000 http://en.elds.org/askgramps-org/?p=35557#comment-35223 In the August 2016 Ensign, President Eyring gave an excellent talk that touched on this subject and revealed an aspect to the doctrine of eternal families I had not heard expressed in this manner. In a slightly different context, but still applicable, he stated:

“For some, that eternal joy may seem a faint or even a fading hope. Parents, [spouses], children, brothers, and sisters may have made choices that seem to disqualify them from eternal life. You may even wonder whether you have yet been qualified through the Atonement of Jesus Christ.

“A prophet of God once offered me counsel that gives me peace. I was worried that the choices of others might make it impossible for our family to be together forever. He said, ‘You are worrying about the wrong problem. You just live worthy of the celestial kingdom, and the family arrangements will be more wonderful than you can imagine.’ ”

My own thought on your situation is that you should be sealed to your deceased spouse unless you feel a strong spiritual prompting to not be sealed to him. Perhaps the Lord is preparing someone else that you could be sealed to in the future. But if you don’t feel that prompting to not be sealed to your deceased husband, be sealed to him. You will have complied with the ordinance required for exaltation. Following that sealing, apply the doctrine set forth by President Eyring, quoted above. Live worthy of the celestial kingdom, “and the family arrangements will be more wonderful than you can imagine.”

I wish you well with your decision!!

]]> By: Horace https://askgramps.org/must-sealed-deceased-spouse-obtain-celestial-kingdom/#comment-35167 Sun, 10 Jul 2016 08:33:00 +0000 http://en.elds.org/askgramps-org/?p=35557#comment-35167 I think Gramps has some very good points here in explaining doctrine. I have a family member who was sealed in the temple, and later divorced. She has shared with me some of her understanding of how her temple covenants still impact her even though her marriage has legally been dissolved. That’s a different issue of course, but it is similar in that it is a covenant relationship involving an additional party that is current not the ideal. In this case I think it is more appropriate for this sister to counsel with her priesthood leaders regarding what steps she should take. Have those church leaders who hold the keys and interpret doctrine issued general guidelines for someone in this sister’s position? This is a very intimate issue we are dealing with here (of course it was her decision to take it to the internet). She can also ask God if there is another man she should search for to be an eternal companion.

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