Why Not Now?
Elder Neal A. Maxwell
- Assistant to the Council of the Twelve
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📖 general conference
The speaker suggests that thinking about the importance of love at home can lead to a powerful realization of its necessity in a world full of orphans with parents.
Do not think too much, either, about other doctrines, such as the importance of love at home; because if you think about them very long"”in a world full of orphans with parents"”you will be grasped by a reality that will make your teeth chatter.
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Why Not Now?
Elder Neal A. Maxwell
- Assistant to the Council of the Twelve
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📖 general conference
The talk discourages reading the Book of Mormon seriously, as it may lead to the discovery of its significant insights.
Do not dare to read the Book of Mormon seriously, or you may suddenly realize that it is inlaid with incredibly important insights from a millennium of sacred history.
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Why Not Now?
Elder Neal A. Maxwell
- Assistant to the Council of the Twelve
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📖 general conference
The speaker warns against overpacking for the afterlife, emphasizing that only eternal things are portable.
Do not overpack the luggage you plan to take with you when you leave this world, for we simply cannot get most mortal things by celestial customs; only the eternal things are portable.
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Why Not Now?
Elder Neal A. Maxwell
- Assistant to the Council of the Twelve
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📖 general conference
The talk cautions against praying, as it may result in answers from a loving Father, implying a deeper engagement with faith.
Do not pray, for you will get answers from a listening and loving Father.
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Why Not Now?
Elder Neal A. Maxwell
- Assistant to the Council of the Twelve
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📖 general conference
The speaker advises against reflecting on social, political, and economic indicators that suggest a gathering storm, as it may lead to the realization of the connection between commandment-keeping and societal well-being.
Do not let yourself reflect too much on the social, political, and economic indicators that suggest the gathering storm, lest you realize that there is an inseparable connection between the keeping of the commandments and the well-being of society.
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Why Not Now?
Elder Neal A. Maxwell
- Assistant to the Council of the Twelve
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📖 general conference
The talk discourages searching the scriptures to see if good people need the Church, as it may lead to the understanding that individual goodness is insufficient against evil.
Do not search the scriptures to see if good people still need the Church, for the best being who ever lived organized the Church"”because random, individual goodness is not enough in the fight against evil.
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Why Not Now?
Elder Neal A. Maxwell
- Assistant to the Council of the Twelve
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📖 general conference
The speaker urges not to be honest about the hypocrisy in the Church, as it may lead to the realization of another form of hypocrisy—appearing less committed than one really is.
Do not be fully honest about the hypocrisy of those in the Church who may pretend to be better than they are, or you will soon realize that there is also another form of hypocrisy"”appearing to belesscommitted than one really is!
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Why Should It Be Incredible?
Elder LeGrand Richards
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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📖 general conference
A man in Los Angeles considers the temple there to be the eighth wonder of the world.
Two weeks ago last night I was in a group in Los Angeles, and a man who had traveled all around the world indicated that he thought the temple there was the eighth wonder of the world.
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Why Should It Be Incredible?
Elder LeGrand Richards
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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📖 general conference
A man in South Carolina saw two missionaries in a dream a year before they actually came to his door, and he recognized them as bearers of the gospel.
We had a man down in South Carolina, when I was there, who told us that he saw two missionaries in a dream come to his home a year before they actually knocked at his door, and when they knocked at his door, he said, "Come in, you have the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ for me."
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Why Should It Be Incredible?
Elder LeGrand Richards
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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📖 general conference
In Central America, two lady missionaries were approached by a man who recognized them from a dream as bearers of the truth and invited them to teach his family.
Brother and Sister Romney are sitting down here on the front row. He just presided in the Central American Mission. I toured that mission with him a year ago last January, and two of the lady missionaries said they were walking along the street one day, and a man came up to them and said, "I know who you are. I have seen you in a dream. You have the truth. Will you come to our home and teach it to us?"
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Why Should It Be Incredible?
Elder LeGrand Richards
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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📖 general conference
A missionary from Berlin reports that mentioning the Mormon Choir, which recently visited Europe, helps them gain access to people's homes for missionary work.
One of the great events of the last year as far as the Church is concerned was the choir trip to Europe. I thought I would like to pass on to its members this morning, since they are here, comments that came in a missionary's letter from Berlin a few days ago. He said, "When we go out tracting now and we announce ourselves as representatives of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and the people do not quite understand, we say, 'The Mormon Choir that was just here,' and they say, 'Oh ... (continued)
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Why Should It Be Incredible?
Elder LeGrand Richards
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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📖 general conference
Apostle Paul and the early Christians were often spoken against, and those who join the Church today must overcome similar opposition.
I am wondering now if you had lived in the days of the Savior or the Apostle Paul, and you had heard their testimonies, knowing that they were evil spoken of by all people2 Pet. 2:2would you have believed them? You remember when Paul was brought in chains to Rome, the high priests said, ". . . we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against"Acts 28:22Those who join this Church have to pass through and penetrate th ... (continued)
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Why Should It Be Incredible?
Elder LeGrand Richards
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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📖 general conference
Paul's testimony before Festus and King Agrippa about his vision of Christ and the incredulity it was met with.
When Paul stood before Festus and King Agrippa and bore that marvelous testimony, how he had seen a light and heard a voice and how the Son of God said to him, ". . . Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks"Acts 26:14and then as Paul reasoned before these two great Romans he said, "Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you that God should raise the dead?"Acts 26:8To be able to accept the message of Paul in those days that God reall ... (continued)
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Why Should It Be Incredible?
Elder LeGrand Richards
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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📖 general conference
Joseph Smith's vision of the Father and the Son and the prejudice it aroused, compared to Paul's experience.
Now the Prophet Joseph Smith declared that the Father and the Son appeared to him when he was a mere lad, not quite fifteen, and the thing that he could not understand was the prejudice that that statement aroused in the minds of leaders of men and leaders of religion, for he was a boy of no great pretense, just a farmer's boy without education, and he said he could understand, but he said he felt as he imagined Paul felt. He knew that he had seen a light. He knew that he had heard the voices of ... (continued)
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Why Stay Morally Clean
Elder Boyd K. Packer
- Of the Council of the Twelve
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📖 general conference
The speaker discusses the plan of Heavenly Father for his children, which includes leaving his presence to experience life in mortality, receiving a mortal body, and being tried and tested.
In the beginning, prior to your mortal birth, you lived with our Heavenly Father. He is real. He actually lives. There are those living upon the earth who bear witness of his existence. We have heard his servants do so in this session. He lives, and I bear testimony of it.
He knew you there. Because he loved you, he was anxious for your happiness and for your eternal growth. He wanted you to be able to choose freely and to grow through the power of correct choice, so that you may become much as ... (continued)
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Why Stay Morally Clean
Elder Boyd K. Packer
- Of the Council of the Twelve
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📖 general conference
The speaker explains the sacred power of creation given to Adam and Eve and its purpose within the bonds of marriage, and warns of the dangers of its misuse.
Under the accepted plan, Adam and Eve were sent to the earth as our first parents. They could prepare physical bodies for the first spirits to be introduced into this life.
There was provided in our bodies"”and this is sacred"”a power of creation, a light, so to speak, that has the power to kindle other lights. This gift was to be used only within the sacred bonds of marriage. Through the exercise of this power of creation, a mortal body may be conceived, a spirit enter into it, and a new so ... (continued)
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Why Stay Morally Clean
Elder Boyd K. Packer
- Of the Council of the Twelve
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📖 general conference
The speaker warns that Satan, who was cast out and prevented from having a mortal body, is envious and seeks to entice the youth to misuse the power of creation, leading to potential loss of eternal progression.
Now there are other things that I will tell you as a warning. In the beginning there was one among us who rebelled at the plan of our Heavenly Father. He vowed to destroy and to disrupt the plan.
He was prevented from having a mortal body and was cast out"”limited forever from establishing a kingdom of his own. He became satanically jealous. He knows that this power of creation is not just an incident to the plan, but a key to it.
He knows that if he can entice you to use this power prematurel ... (continued)
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Why Stay Morally Clean
Elder Boyd K. Packer
- Of the Council of the Twelve
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📖 general conference
The speaker offers hope and a path to cleansing for those who have misused the sacred power of creation, through baptism, repentance, and the atonement, allowing them to stand clean before God.
I am sure that within the sound of my voice there is more than one young person who already has fallen into transgression. Some of you young people, I am sure, almost innocent of any intent, but persuaded by the enticements and the temptations, already have misused this power.
Know then, my young friends, that there is a great cleansing power. And know that you can be clean.
If you are outside the Church, the covenant of baptism itself represents, among other things, a washing and a cleansing.
F ... (continued)
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Why Stay Morally Clean
Elder Boyd K. Packer
- Of the Council of the Twelve
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📖 general conference
The speaker envisions a future of happiness for the youth, where they can experience the full and righteous expression of the powers of creation within marriage, leading to a family life filled with love and joy.
Then one day you can know the full and righteous expression of these powers and the attendant happiness and joy in righteous family life. In due time, within the bonds of the marriage covenant, you can yield yourselves to those sacred expressions of love which have as their fulfillment the generation of life itself.
Someday you will hold a little boy or a little girl in your arms and know that two of you have acted in partnership with our Heavenly Father in the creation of life. Because the youn ... (continued)
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Why Temples
Elder ElRay L. Christiansen
- Assistant to the Council of the Twelve
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📖 general conference
The ancient Israelites, including King Solomon and later civilizations, built temples with great dedication and sacrifice, causing the people to weep and rejoice at their completion.
The magnificent structure built by King Solomon about 1000 B.C., and later the temple known as Jerubabal, and the temple built during the reign of King Herod the Great were erected by great numbers of dedicated people. It is said that after the heavy labor and enormous personal sacrifices involved, the people wept and rejoiced at the completion of these structures.
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