For “The Temporal Salvation of All Saints in the Last Days”
Doctrine and Covenants 89:1–2
1 A Word of Wisdom, for the benefit of the council of high priests, assembled in Kirtland, and the church, and also the saints in Zion—
2 To be sent greeting; not by commandment or constraint, but by revelation and the word of wisdom, showing forth the order and will of God in the temporal salvation of all saints in the last days—
President Russell M. Nelson said:
“Remarkable as your body is, its prime purpose is even of greater importance—to serve as tenement for your spirit. . . .
“Your spirit acquired a body at birth and became a soul to live in mortality through periods of trial and testing. Part of each test is to determine if your body can become mastered by the spirit that dwells within it. . . .
“If you yield to anything that can addict, and thus defy the Word of Wisdom, your spirit surrenders to the body. The flesh then enslaves the spirit. This is contrary to the purpose of your mortal existence. And in the process of such addiction, your life span is likely to be shortened, thereby reducing the time available for repentance by which your spirit might attain self-mastery over your body.”
(“Self-Mastery,” Ensign, Nov. 1985, 30–31.)
