12/31/2023 0 Comments General conference talks 2021![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Fortunately, the current generation has not had a Third World War to fight, nor have we experienced a global economic crash like the one in 1929 leading to a Great Depression. 7īrothers and sisters, we do see too much conflict, anger, and general incivility around us. Two thousand years ago, the Savior warned that in the last days there would be “wars, and rumors of wars,” 4 later saying that “peace be taken from the earth.” 5 Surely this Prince of Peace, who taught emphatically that contention is of the devil, 6 must weep, along with His Divine Father, over those in the human family in our day who are “without affection,” the scripture says, and who cannot figure out how to live together in love. Of course, my theory about latter-day contention isn’t very original. One of the obvious reasons for this emphasis is that inasmuch as the Book of Mormon was written for a latter-day audience, these authors (who experienced so much of war themselves) prophetically warn us that violence and conflict will be a signature characteristic of relationships in the last days. It lies in the staggering number of verses in the Book of Mormon devoted to conflict of one kind or another, from Laman and Lemuel’s eternally annoying behavior up to final battles involving hundreds of thousands of soldiers. Realizing what difficult hours lay ahead for Christ as He moved toward the cross and for His disciples as they would take His gospel to the world in the meridian of time, go with me now to a related message for members of the Savior’s Church in the latter days. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” 1Ĭhallenging times come in this mortal world, including to the faithful, but the reassuring message of Christ is that although He, the paschal lamb, would go like “a sheep before shearers,” 2 He would nevertheless rise, as the psalmist said, to be “our refuge and strength, very present help in trouble.” 3 “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. “I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. … “Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. … However, sensing the concern and perhaps even outright fear some of those men must have exhibited, He said this to them ( and to us): Prior to that first Easter, as Jesus concluded the new sacramental ordinance He had administered to the Twelve, He began His majestic farewell discourse and moved toward Gethsemane, betrayal, and crucifixion. ![]()
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