Christ Takes
the Slums Out of People President 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 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.
Christ changes men, who then change 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 important 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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