Power of Alignment with Keys and Powers of Heaven

Priesthood keys are always aligned with Christ and the powers of heaven.

When person holding those keys is aligned, greater spiritual blessings and powers available to all children of God over whom he holds presiding authority.

When person holding those keys is not aligned, he is depriving himself of the full privileges and powers available to himself and to all children of God over whom he holds presiding authority.

Fully aligned authority opens the conduit of heaven’s powers to all.

When we fail to give heed to the words of the apostles and prophets, we have failed to align and will be cut off. D&C 1:14 [compare 1 Nephi 11:35 – the house of Israel gather as part of the great and spacious building to “fight against the twelve apostles of the Lamb.”]

Jesus Christ

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President of Church

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Quorum of the First Presidency

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Quorum of the Twelve

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Stake President

                        

                   Bishop                            Elders Quorum President

                                                          

Teachers Quorum       Deacons Quorum                 Elders and families

President                 President                                                 

                    Saints                                           All of God’s Children    

Teachers               Deacons                                                   

                                                                             

All of God’s Children                                                                      

Presiding Key (Jesus Christ)

Jesus Christ holds all the keys pertaining to His Church.

• Handbook 2

• Handbook 2.1.1
• Priesthood keys are the authority God has given to priesthood leaders to direct, control, and govern the use of His priesthood on earth. The exercise of priesthood authority is governed by those who hold its keys (seeD&C 65:2; 81:2; 124:123). Those who hold priesthood keys have the right to preside over and direct the Church within a jurisdiction.
• Jesus Christ holds all the keys of the priesthood pertaining to His Church. He has conferred upon each of His Apostles all the keys that pertain to the kingdom of God on earth. The senior living Apostle, the President of the Church, is the only person on earth authorized to exercise all priesthood keys (see D&C 43:1–4; 81:2;107:64–67, 91–92; 132:7).
• Seventies act by assignment and by the delegation of authority from the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Area Presidents are assigned to administer areas under the authorization of the First Presidency and the Twelve. The Presidency of the Seventy are set apart and are given the keys to preside over the Quorums of Seventy.
• The President of the Church delegates priesthood keys to other priesthood leaders so they can preside in their areas of responsibility. Priesthood keys are bestowed on presidents of temples, missions, stakes, and districts; bishops; branch presidents; and quorum presidents. This presiding authority is valid only for the designated responsibilities and within the geographic jurisdiction of each leader’s calling. When priesthood leaders are released from their callings, they no longer hold the associated keys.
• Counselors to priesthood leaders do not receive keys. They are set apart and function in their callings by assignment and delegated authority.
• All ward and stake auxiliary organizations operate under the direction of the bishop or stake president, who holds the keys to preside. Auxiliary presidents and their counselors do not receive keys. They receive delegated authority to function in their callings.

Presiding High Priest (President)

President of the Church

• Handbook 1

• Handbook 2

• Handbook 2.2.1
• Priesthood keys are the authority God has given to priesthood leaders to direct, control, and govern the use of His priesthood on earth. The exercise of priesthood authority is governed by those who hold its keys (seeD&C 65:2; 81:2; 124:123). Those who hold priesthood keys have the right to preside over and direct the Church within a jurisdiction.
• Jesus Christ holds all the keys of the priesthood pertaining to His Church. He has conferred upon each of His Apostles all the keys that pertain to the kingdom of God on earth. The senior living Apostle, the President of the Church, is the only person on earth authorized to exercise all priesthood keys (see D&C 43:1–4; 81:2;107:64–67, 91–92; 132:7).
• Seventies act by assignment and by the delegation of authority from the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Area Presidents are assigned to administer areas under the authorization of the First Presidency and the Twelve. The Presidency of the Seventy are set apart and are given the keys to preside over the Quorums of Seventy.
• The President of the Church delegates priesthood keys to other priesthood leaders so they can preside in their areas of responsibility. Priesthood keys are bestowed on presidents of temples, missions, stakes, and districts; bishops; branch presidents; and quorum presidents. This presiding authority is valid only for the designated responsibilities and within the geographic jurisdiction of each leader’s calling. When priesthood leaders are released from their callings, they no longer hold the associated keys.
• Counselors to priesthood leaders do not receive keys. They are set apart and function in their callings by assignment and delegated authority.
• All ward and stake auxiliary organizations operate under the direction of the bishop or stake president, who holds the keys to preside. Auxiliary presidents and their counselors do not receive keys. They receive delegated authority to function in their callings.

• D&C 107:64-67:
• 64 Then comes the High Priesthood, which is the greatest of all.
• 65 Wherefore, it must needs be that one be appointed of the ^aHigh Priesthood to preside over the priesthood, and he shall be called President of the High Priesthood of the Church;
• 66 Or, in other words, the ^aPresiding High Priest over the High Priesthood of the Church
• 67 From the same comes the administering of ordinances and blessings upon the church, by the ^alaying on of the hands.
• D&C 107:91-92:
• 91 And again, the duty of the President of the office of the High Priesthood is to ^apreside over the whole church, and to be like unto ^bMoses—
• 92 Behold, here is wisdom; yea, to be a ^aseer, a ^brevelator,a translator, and a ^cprophet, having all the ^dgifts of God which he bestows upon the head of the church.