President
Howard W. Hunter said, “The gospel proclaimed to the world by the Latter-day
Saints is the gospel of Jesus Christ as restored to the earth in this
dispensation and is for the redemption of all mankind. The Lord himself has
revealed what is essential for the salvation and exaltation of his children.
One of these essentials is that temples are to be erected for the performance
of ordinances that cannot be performed in any other place.”
In 1
Corinthians 15:29 we read, “Else what shall they do which are baptized for the
dead, if that dead not rise not at all? Why are they then baptized for the
dead?