Date
September 16, 2019
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Bautismo!
Hi family and friends, this week I am writing my email from the phone, so here are some thoughts.
Do we, as the members of the church, have a stronger testimony in Jesus Christ, or in periferal Doctrine, such as what we dont eat or drink?
Are we proud of what the prophets ask us to be, to do, and to wear or are we ashamed and try to push the limits as far as we can?
Do we stand up as valiantly for what is truly right and wrong as we do our beliefs and opiniones?
Do we go to the temple at least once a month? Are we really worthy to go?
Do we attend church every sunday?
Lets be valiant in our testimony of the Lord.
From the liahona President Joseph F. Smith (1838–1919) said, “One fault to be avoided by the Saints, young and old, is the tendency to live on borrowed light [and] to permit … the light within them to be reflected, rather than original.” President Heber C. Kimball (1801–68), a counselor to President Young, said: “The time will come when no man nor woman will be able to endure on borrowed light. Each will have to be guided by the light within himself. If you do not have it, how can you stand? … “… If you don’t have it you will not stand; therefore seek for the testimony of Jesus and cleave to it, that when the trying time comes you may not stumble and fall.” The 76th section of the Doctrine and Covenants refers to the three degrees of glory and compares the celestial glory to the sun. Then it compares the terrestrial kingdom to the moon and the telestial kingdom to the stars (see also 1 Corinthians 15:41). It is interesting that the sun has its own light, but the moon is reflected light or “borrowed light.” Speaking of those who inherit the terrestrial kingdom, verse 79 states, “These are they who are not valiant in the testimony of Jesus.” We cannot obtain the celestial kingdom and live with God the Father on borrowed light. Be grateful if you have had goodly parents who have testimonies and have taught you the gospel. However, you need your own testimony. The philosopher Goethe said, “What from your father’s heritage is lent, earn it anew to really possess it.” Each individual has the responsibility to make righteous choices and to seriously ponder the five areas of advice I have set forth. Your principal goal is to build your personal faith. World conditions increasingly require deepening individual conversion to, and strengthening faith in, Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ and His Atonement.