Contributed by: Ann Scriptures
John
7:17
17 If any man will do
his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of
myself.
Matt. 22:37-40
37 Jesus said unto
him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with
all thy mind.
38 This is the first and great commandment.
39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy
neighbour as thyself.
40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the
prophets.
James 1:27
27 Pure religion and
undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their
affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
D&C 1:30
30 And also those to
whom these commandments were given, might have power to lay the foundation of this church,
and to bring it forth out of obscurity and out of darkness, the only true and living
church upon the face of the whole earth, with which I, the Lord, am well pleased, speaking
unto the church collectively and not individually--
Quotations
Quote 1
"Testimony
… is an abiding, living, moving conviction of the truths revealed in the gospel of
Jesus Christ" (Marion G. Romney, "How to Gain a Testimony," New Era, May
1976, p. 8; italics added).
Quote2
"It is by the
performance of the plain, simple, everyday duties that devolve upon us that we will grow
in the spirit of God" (Heber J. Grant, in Conference Report, Apr. 1900, p. 22).
Quote 3
"If there are
any of us who lack faith in this work it is because we have not kept the commandments of
God. If there are any who do not know that this is the work of our Father, it is because
they have not done their duty. I know as I know that I live that this is the Lord’s
work and that knowledge comes as a result of keeping his commandments" (George Albert
Smith, in Conference Report, Oct. 1915, pp. 27-28).
Quote 4
"A sure
testimony is the most valuable possession a person can have. It gives him the knowledge,
the hope, and the assurance that he himself can, through obedience to the laws and
ordinances of the gospel, become a partaker of all the promised blessings" (Marion G.
Romney, "How to Gain a Testimony," p. 9).
Quote 5
"The testimony
you have today will not be your testimony of tomorrow. Your testimony is either going to
grow and grow until it becomes as the brightness of the sun, or it is going to diminish to
nothing, depending on what you do about it" (Harold B. Lee, "When Your Heart
Tells You Things Your Mind Does Not Know," New Era, Feb. 1971, p. 3).
Quote 6
"Testimony
isn’t something you have today, and you are going to have always. A testimony is
fragile. It is as hard to hold as a moonbeam. It is something you have to recapture every
day of your life" (Harold B. Lee, in J. M. Heslop, "Directs Church; Led by the
Spirit," Church News, 15 July 1972, p. 4).
Quote 7
"A group of high
school seniors … worked on a special project side by side with some handicapped
employees at a Deseret Industries plant. One young man said, ‘I’ll never be the
same again.’
Quote 8
"While on their
summer vacation a quorum of deacons in Australia decided to go all out as volunteer
laborers on the construction of their new meetinghouse. They still refer to it as our
building.
Quote 9
"A class of
Laurel girls … selected a nearby hospital for volunteer service during the summer.
They donated over 600 hours for others. In a testimony meeting at the end of the summer,
one girl said, ‘It is like heaven on earth.’
Quote 10
"Then there was
the bishop’s youth committee … that decided to fix up a widow’s home. One
young man commented, ‘When I saw her cry, I decided then and there that I had finally
found the key to real happiness.’ A girl commented, ‘I never knew till now what
my teachers meant when they taught us about "pure religion and undefiled before God.
…" ’ (James 1:27.)"
Quote 11
Elder Robert L.
Simpson, who reported these experiences, concluded: "There are hundreds of such
examples all over the Church as young people in every part of the world gain a sweet
confirmation of testimony by the gift of the Spirit as they do his will. Just learning
about it is not enough. You’ve got to get in on the action yourself" ("How
to Gain and Hold onto Your Testimony," New Era, Mar. 1972, p. 6).
Quote 12
"Every
Latter-day Saint must gain a firm testimony for himself—a personal knowledge that
Jesus is the Christ and the Son of the living God, that Joseph Smith is the prophet
through whom the gospel has been restored, and that The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints is ‘… the only true and living church upon the face of the
whole earth. …’ (D&C 1:30.)
"Anyone can acquire this testimony by following the
established procedure by which the Lord gives a testimony. There are no shortcuts. A
desire to know is imperative. To learn the doctrine is essential. To do his will will
sanctify that teaching in your heart" (Robert L. Simpson, "How to Gain and Hold
onto Your Testimony," p. 6).
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