President Henry B. Eyring, second counselor within the First Presidency, presided over the Saturday afternoon session of the final convention of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Church operations had been directed by President Dallin H. Oaks, First Counselor within the First Presidency.

After the church service, a mixed choir from Brigham Younger College, which offered the music for the session, sang How Agency of Basis and set the tone for the various completely different talks given within the session.

Elder Dale G. Renlund spoke about entry to God’s energy by covenants. Earlier than the earth was created, God established covenants because the mechanism by which we, His kids, might unite with Him, he mentioned. Based mostly on everlasting, immutable legislation, he specified the non-negotiable situations by which we’re reworked, saved and exalted. On this life, we make these covenants by taking part in priesthood ordinances and promising to do what God asks of us, and in return God guarantees us sure blessings.

We develop into God’s covenant kids and heirs of his kingdom, particularly once we determine ourselves utterly with the covenant, defined Renlund.

The time period covenant path refers to a sequence of covenants by which we come to Christ and join with Him. By this bond of covenant we’ve entry to his everlasting energy, mentioned Renuind. The trail begins with religion in Jesus Christ and repentance, adopted by baptism and receiving the Holy Spirit. Jesus Christ confirmed us easy methods to enter the trail when he was baptized.

Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles spoke about Jesus Christ being the energy of fogeys. Have you ever ever thought in regards to the huge threat our father in heaven takes each time he sends a toddler to earth? These are his religious little children. They’ve limitless potential. They’re destined to develop into wonderful beings of goodness, grace and fact, he mentioned. And but they arrive to earth utterly helpless, barely capable of do something however cry out for assist. The reminiscence of their time in God’s presence is obscured, together with the information of who they are surely and who they’ll develop into. They type their understanding of life, love, God, and His plan based mostly on what they observe from folks round them, particularly their mother and father, who’re truthfully nonetheless attempting to determine issues out for themselves.

Uchtdorf mentioned God gave mother and father a sacred responsibility to boost their kids lovingly and righteously, offering for all their wants each bodily and religious and educating them to comply with God’s commandments.

Devil will work towards you, distract you, attempt to discourage you, he mentioned. However each little one has acquired the sunshine of Christ as a direct line to heaven. And the Savior will show you how to, information you, and encourage you. Search his assist. Ask the Lord! Simply as Jesus Christ is the energy of youth, Jesus Christ can be the energy of fogeys.

Uchtdorf added: Your efforts could seem small in comparison with the loud voices your kids hear on the planet. At instances it might not really feel like you’re engaging in a lot. However do not forget that the Lord can produce nice issues with small means.’

Elder Peter F. Meurs of the Seventy testified that Christ has the ability to heal the pains and sorrows of his followers.

When our Savior Jesus Christ seems at us, He sees and understands the ache and burden of our sins. He sees our addictions and challenges. He sees our struggles and sufferings of each sort and is full of compassion for us, he mentioned.

Meurs invoked the phrases of the Church’s present prophet when President (Russell M. Nelson) mentioned: When the Savior atoned for all mankind, He opened a approach for many who comply with Him to entry His therapeutic, strengthening, and redeeming energy. These religious privileges can be found to all who search to listen to him and comply with him.’

Elder Randall Okay. Bennett of the Seventy spoke of the instructions acquired by private patriarchal blessings.

Every patriarchal blessing is sacred, confidential and private, Bennett mentioned. An individual who receives a patriarchal blessing ought to treasure its phrases, ponder them, and reside to be worthy to obtain the promised blessings on this life and in eternity.

President Russell M. Nelson has repeatedly taught the significance of a patriarchal blessing, that it provides every recipient a declaration of descent again to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and that it’s a private scripture for you,’ Bennett famous.

Elder Craig C. Christensen of the Seventy mentioned that God’s kids had been created to have pleasure.

That’s our meant future as kids of a loving Heavenly Father, he mentioned. He needs to share his pleasure with us. The prophet Lehi taught that God’s plan for every of us is that we are able to have pleasure. As a result of we reside in a fallen world, pleasure typically appears past our attain. However Lehi additionally defined that the Messiah (got here to) redeem (the believers) from the Fall.’

Christensen informed convention listeners that pleasure is made attainable by redemption by Jesus Christ.

The message of the gospel is a message of hope, of fine information of nice pleasure and the means by which all could expertise peace and alternatives for pleasure on this life and obtain a fullness of pleasure within the life to come back, he mentioned. The enjoyment we communicate of is a present to believers, but it surely comes with a worth. Happiness just isn’t low cost or casually given. Moderately, it was bought with the valuable blood of Christ. If we really understood the worth of true, godly pleasure, we’d not hesitate to sacrifice any worldly possessions or make the required life modifications to obtain it.

Elder Evan A. Schmutz of the Seventy spoke to members about trusting the teachings of Christ.

The phrase belief has been outlined as a assured reliance on the character, capability, energy, or fact of somebody or one thing. That somebody is Jesus Christ and that one thing is his doctrine, Schmutz mentioned. So how would aware belief within the teachings of Christ change the way in which we reside our lives? If we belief Christ’s teachings, we are going to belief Christ sufficient to reside by his each phrase. We’ll make a lifelong research of Jesus Christ, His ministry, His teachings, and His infinite atonement. We’ll research his guarantees and the situations of these guarantees.

As we research, we shall be full of larger love for the Lord. If we belief the teachings of Christ, we are going to strategy our Heavenly Father each day in humble, secret prayer, expressing gratitude for the reward of His Son and for our blessings, he added.

Elder Benjamin De Hoyos of the Seventy spoke of the blessings of the temple and the restored sealing keys and the start of household historical past analysis. Latter-day Saints are requested to take part in household analysis to assist households unite perpetually.

The FamilySearch Facilities are designed so that just about anybody can discover their households with a bit assist, De Hoyos mentioned. Doing it will contact our hearts. The work of the temple and the work of the household are the identical.

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