Christ
takes the Slums out of People Ezra Taft Benson
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not the progress of the Church increase dramatically today with an increasing
number of those who are spiritually reborn? Can you imagine what would
happen in our homes? Can you imagine what would happen with an increasing
number of copies of the Book of Mormon in the hands of an increasing
number of missionaries who know how to use it and have been born of
God? . . . The Lord works from the inside out. The world works from
the outside in. The world would take people out of the slums. Christ
takes the slums out of the people, and then they take themselves out
of the slums. The world would mold men by changing their environment.
The world would shape human behavior, but Christ can change human nature...Yes,
Christ changes men, and changed men can change the world. Men changed
for Christ will be captained in Christ...Finally, men captained by Christ
will be consumed in Christ. To paraphrase President Harold B. Lee, they
set fire in others because they are on fire. Their will is swallowed
up in his will. They do always those things that please the Lord. Not
only would they die for the Lord, but more importantly they want to
live for him. Enter their homes, and the pictures on their walls, the
books on their shelves, the music in the air, their words and acts reveal
them as Christians. They stand as witnesses of God at all times, and
in all things, and in all places...When we awake and are born of God,
a new day will break and Zion will be redeemed. (Ezra Taft Benson, Conference Report, October 1985, pp. 5-6) |
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Mosiah 1-6 Mosiah |
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