Thursday, May 5, 2011

Alma 30-31
Diane Adair - May 3, 2011


 Quotes for Alma 30-31
 


"Ancient and modern scriptures are clear in their commands to care for the poor and the needy.  Their passages on this subject are too numerous and too well known to permit extensive quotation…when the Lord sent prophets to call Israel back from apostasy, in almost every instance one of the first charges was that the poor had been neglected.  Thus part of John the Baptists message of repentance was…'He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise'."                           
Dallin H. Oaks


"When we reject the counsel which comes from God, we do not choose to be independent of outside influence.  We reject the protection of a perfectly loving, all-powerful, all-knowing Father in Heaven, whose whole purpose, as that of His Beloved Son, is to give us eternal life, to give us all that He has, and to bring us home again in families to the arms of His love.  In rejecting His counsel, we choose the influence of another power, whose purpose is to make us miserable and whose motive is hatred.  We have moral agency as a gift of God.  Rather than the right to choose to be free of influence, it is the unalienable right to submit ourselves to whichever of these powers we choose."                             
Henry B. Eyring; May Ensign, 1997; page 25




The Book of Mormon brings men to Christ through two basic means. First, it tells in a plain manner of Christ and his gospel. It testifies of his divinity and of the necessity for a Redeemer and the need of our putting trust in him. It bears witness of the Fall and the Atonement and the first principles of the gospel, including our need of a broken heart and a contrite spirit and a spiritual rebirth. It proclaims we must endure to the end in righteousness and live the moral life of a Saint.
Second, the Book of Mormon exposes the enemies of Christ. It confounds false doctrines and lays down contention. (See 2 Ne. 3:12.) It fortifies the humble followers of Christ against the evil designs, strategies, and doctrines of the devil in our day.
President Ezra T. Benson; May, Ensign 1975; page 64





Alma 30-31 - Diane Adair - May 3, 2011 (Audio)