The Church is the scaffolding needed to work on the temple of “us.” We are the temple of God. We need to receive his gospel in order to be saved. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints provides the necessary ordinances with the required priesthood authority, without which we could not receive the fullness of the "exceeding great and precious promises" available that were referenced by the apostle Peter (see 2 Peter 1:4). "Therefore, in the ordinances thereof, the power of godliness is manifest” (D&C 84:20-21).
