Monthly topic 9 · original study companion
You are blessed by priesthood keys and authority
Mosiah 18:13 names Alma’s authority as he baptizes Helam. This selected passage offers a connection to the topic of authority while leaving the broader teaching about priesthood keys to the official guide.
Read and consider
Chapter 25, The Waters of Mormon, includes the baptism of Helam. This page treats that account as a related passage about authority, without presenting it as a complete treatment of priesthood keys.
Quoted Book of Mormon
And when he had said these words, the Spirit of the Lord was upon him, and he said: Helam, I baptize thee, having authority from the Almighty God, as a testimony that ye have entered into a covenant to serve him until you are dead as to the mortal body; and may the Spirit of the Lord be poured out upon you; and may he grant unto you eternal life, through the redemption of Christ, whom he has prepared from the foundation of the world.
Mosiah 18:13
Where this appears in Go and Do
- Chapter 25: The Waters of Mormon Mosiah 18 · closest related account: Mosiah 18:13 names authority in the baptism of Helam; this is a selected connection to the broader official topic.
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- Mosiah 18:13 describes authority in a baptismal account. Use the official Gospel Library topic for the Church’s wider teaching on priesthood keys.
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