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JON - Where in the Bible and BOM can we find that even though Jesus Christ is perfect, by example he needed to complete the 1st Ordinance of Baptism and Holy Ghost by one in authority.
JOEL - Jesus Christ, being God, and perfect, did not "need" any ordinances in the same way we that we mortals do; rather He performed them to fulfill all righteousness as stated in Matthew when He came to John the Baptist, who as a direct descendant of Aaron, held the proper authority to baptize:
"Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.
But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of
God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:" (Matt 3: 13-17)
The Book of Mormon further explains His example to us of humility and following Gods comandments:
"And now, if the Lamb of God, he being holy, should have need to be baptized by water, to fulfil all righteousness, O then, how much more
need have we, being unholy, to be baptized, yea, even by water!
And now, I would ask of you, my beloved brethren, wherein the Lamb of God did fulfil all righteousness in being baptized by water?
Know ye not that he was holy? But notwithstanding he being holy, he showeth unto the children of men that, according to the flesh he humbleth
himself before the Father, and witnesseth unto the Father that he would be obedient unto him in keeping his commandments.
Wherefore, after he was baptized with water the Holy Ghost descended upon him in the form of a dove.
And again, it showeth unto the children of men the straitness of the path, and the narrowness of the gate, by which they should enter, he having set the example before them." (2 Nep 31:5-9)
JON - Do we know if he completed the other requirements to the celestial kingdom by marriage and family.
JOEL - We don't "know" that he did, but a lot of LDS and non-LDS scripture scholars are of the opinion that He probably was at least married based
on what we know about Jesus and the times He lived in.
A Protestant scholar, William E. Phipps, wrote an entire book on the subject called, Was Jesus Married?, where he considers both historical
and scriptural evidence for his conclusions. Phipps said:
"According to Semitic tradition it was as obligatory for a father to find a wife for his son as to teach him and circumcise him. Hence, even
if there were no reference in the Gospels to Jesus's circumcision, it would be wrong to conclude that his father neglected or rejected that
duty. Just as the Koran does not mention circumcision and takes the obligation of marriage for granted, so the Gospels do not mention the
circumcision or marriage of most of the men who are discussed in it. This is due to the fact that those social institutions were practiced in
a thoroughgoing manner in the Semitic culture. Deviations from normative behavior are more likely to be remembered and thus lodged in oral
and written traditions, so it makes sense to assume that Jesus and his apostles were all circumcised and married." (1973:44-45)
Dr. Malachi Martin, a Catholic scholar and a former member of the Vatican's Pontifical Institute, "conceded that there was ultimately no real theological objection to a married Jesus".
LDS Apostle Orson Hyde once said: "Did the Savior of the world consider it his duty to fulfill all righteousness? And if the Savior of the world found it his duty to fulfill all righteousness to obey a command of far less importance than that of multiplying his race, would he not find it his duty to join with the race of the faithful ones in replenishing the earth?" (Orson Hyde, Journal of Discourses, volume II, page 79.)
Jesus and His parents were known to properly follow all the Jewish customs of the day. If that is true, included in those customs would be that of the father arranging for his son's marriage, as early as 16 years old; which means that Jesus could have been married for as many as 10 to 15 years before He started His misistry.
Also, during His ministry, none of those critical of Jesus made any accuations of Him not following the strict tradition of marriage;
possibly because they knew that He was married. It is interesting to note also that Jesus was referred to by a title only given to married teachers, that of Rabbi(John 1:38, 49; John 6:25).
There are elements in the wedding account(John 2:1-10) that suggest it was the wedding of Jesus. The fact that Mary(His mother) was worried about the supply of wine and that she presented the problem to Jesus, suggests that Mary was the hostess of the wedding and that Jesus was the groom. Traditionally, the mother of the groom was the wedding hostess and it was the groom's responsibility to provide the wine.
Besides all these opinions and speculations, the scriptures are silent on other ordinances that Jesus might have participated in; although since one of the requirements for exaltation is eternal mariage, we would have to assume He obeyed that commandment as well to fulfill all righteousness.
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