Talent of
Greatest Worth is Spirituality Bruce R. McConkie
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two persons are born with the same talents and capacities; no two are
rooted in the same soil of circumstances; each is unique. The cares
of this world, gold and honor and power and renown, the lusts of the
flesh, the chains of past sins, and a thousand other things--all exert
their influence upon us. But in the final sense the answer stems back
to premorality. We all lived as spirit beings, as children of the Eternal
Father, for an infinitely long period of time in the premortal existence.
There we developed talents, gifts, and aptitudes; there, by obedience
to law, we were endowed with the power, in one degree or another, to
believe the truth and follow the promptings of the Spirit. And the talent
of greatest worth was that of spirituality, for it enables us to hearken
to the Holy Spirit and accept that gospel which prepares us for eternal
life. Men are not born equal. They enter this life with the talents and capacities developed in pre-existence ... And as it is with the prophets, so is it with all the chosen seed. "God's elect," as Paul calls them (Romans 8:33), are especially endowed at birth with spiritual talents. It is easier for them to believe the gospel than it is for the generality of mankind. Every living soul comes into the world with sufficient talent to believe and be saved, but the Lord's sheep, as a reward for their devotion when they dwelt in his presence, enjoy greater spiritual endowments than their fellows. (Bruce R. McConkie, A New Witness for the Articles of Faith, p. 34) |
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