YOU, BROTHERS, FOR THAT
BEAUTIFUL AND INSPIRING MUSIC.
WE ARE PLEASED TO HAVE PRESIDENT
HENRY B. EYRING AS OUR
DEVOTIONAL SPEAKER THIS MORNING.
HE WAS SUSTAINED AS FIRST
PRESIDENCY IN THE SECOND
PRESIDENCY OF THE CHURCH OF
JESUS CHRIST OF LAINT LAINT IN
OCTOBER 2007.
PREVIOUSLY HE SERVE UNDERSTAND
THE QUORUM OF THE TWELVE
APOSTLES IN THE QUORUM OF THE
SEVENTY AND HE HAS SERVED AS
FIRST COMMISSIONER OF THE
BISHOPRIC, A MEMBER OF THE
GENERAL SUNDAY SCHOOL BOARD AND
AS A BISHOP.
HE IS A NATIVE OF PRINCETON, NEW
JERSEY.
HE WAS PRESIDENT OF RICK'S
COLLEGE FROM 1972 TO 1977 AND ON
THE FACULTY AT STANFORD
UNIVERSITY'S GRADUATE SCHOOL OF
BUSINESS FROM 1962 TO 1971.
HE HOLDS A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN
PHYSICS IN FR THE UNIVERSITY OF
UTAH AND MASTERS OF DOCTORAL
DEGREES IN BUSINESS AT ARE
ADMINISTRATION FROM HARVARD,
UNIVERSITY.
HE AND HIS WIFE, KATHLEEN
JOHNSON EYRING, ARE THE PAR
FROM HOW CA
HOW CANS MAJORING FROM FINANCE.
IT'S A GREATS PRIVILEGE TO
WELCOME YOU TO BRIGHAM YOUNG
UNIVERSITY.
>> PRESIDENT HENRY B. EYRING: I
AM GRATEFUL FOR THE HONOR AND
THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH
YOU TODAY.
IT IS AN HONOR BECAUSE YOU ARE
PRECIOUS CHILDREN OF OUR
HEAVENLY FATHER.
IN THE LIFE BEFORE THIS, YOU
WERE HIS PUPILS, SO I AM HONORED
BY THIS INVITATION FROM THE
FIRST PRESIDENCY TO TEACH.
IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE YOU
HAVE CHOSEN TO LISTEN, AMONG THE
MANY THINGS YOU COULD BE DOING.
SO YOU MUST HAVE AT LEAST A HOPE
THAT I WILL SAY SOMETHING USEFUL
TO YOU.
I PRAY THAT WILL BE TRUE.
WE ARE UNIQUE.
NO TWO OF US ARE IN EXACTLY THE
SAME CIRCUMSTANCES.
WE HAVE NOT HAD AN IDENTICAL
CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE PAST, NOR
DO WE HAVE A SINGLE VISION OF
WHAT HAPPINESS IN THE FUTURE
WOULD BE FOR US.
THERE WILL BE PEOPLE FROM EVERY
PART OF THE UNITED STATES AND
MANY COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD
LISTENING.
BECAUSE OF THAT VARIETY, I HAVE
PRAYED TO KNOW WHAT HELP GOD
WANTS TO OFFER US ALL.
AN ANSWER FINALLY CAME.
SO TODAY, I WISH TO BEAR WITNESS
OF GOD'S POWER OF DELIVERANCE.
AT SOME POINT IN OUR LIVES, WE
WILL ALL NEED THAT POWER.
EVERY PERSON LIVING IS IN THE
MIDST OF A TEST.
WE'VE BEEN GRANTED BY GOD THE
PRECIOUS GIFT OF LIFE IN A WORLD
CREATED AS A PROVING GROUND AND
A PREPARATORY SCHOOL.
THE TESTS WE WILL FACE, THEIR
SEVERITY, THEIR TIMING, AND
THEIR DURATION, WILL BE UNIQUE
FOR EACH OF US.
BUT TWO THINGS WILL BE THE SAME
FOR ALL OF US.
WE ARE PART OF THE DESIGN FOR
MORTAL LIFE.
FIRST, THE TESTS AT TIME WILL
STRETCH US ENOUGH FOR US TO FEEL
THE NEED FOR HELP BEYOND OUR
OWN.
AND, SECOND, GOD IN HIS KINDNESS
AND WISDOM, HAS MADE THE POWER
OF DELIVERANCE AVAILABLE TO US.
NOW, YOU MIGHT WELL ASK, SINCE
HEAVENLY FATHER LOVES US, WHY
DOES HIS PLAN OF HAPPINESS
INCLUDE TRIALS WHICH COULD
OVERWHELM US?
IT IS BECAUSE HIS PURPOSE IS TO
OFFER US ETERNAL LIFE.
HE WANTS TO GIVE US A HAPPINESS
WHICH IS ONLY POSSIBLE AS WE
LIVE IN GLORY WITH HIM IN
FAMILIES FOREVER.
AND TRIALS ARE NECESSARY FOR US
TO BE SHAPED AND MADE FIT TO
RECEIVE THAT HAPPINESS WHICH
COMES AS WE QUALIFY FOR THE
GREATEST OF ALL THE GIFTS OF
GOD.
TODAY WE WILL TALK ABOUT SOME OF
THE TRIALS AND THE POWER OF
DELIVERANCE AVAILABLE TO US AS
WE PASS THROUGH THEM.
NOW, THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT
TESTS.
BUT TODAY WE WILL SPEAK OF ONLY
THREE.
FOR EACH, THE POWER OF
DELIVERANCE IS AVAILABLE, NOT TO
ESCAPE THE TEST, BUT TO ENDURE
IT WELL.
LET'S CONSIDER THREE.
YOU MAY BE IN ONE OF THOSE TESTS
NOW.
THE FIRST IS THIS: WE CAN FEEL
OVERCOME WITH PAIN AND SORROW AT
THE DEATH OF A LOVED ONE.
SECOND, EACH OF US WILL STRUGGLE
AGAINST FIERCE OPPOSITION, SOME
OF WHICH COMES FROM DEALING WITH
OUR PHYSICAL NEEDS AND SOME FROM
ENEMIES.
AND, THIRD, EACH OF US WHO LIVE
PAST THE AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY
WILL FEEL THE NEED TO ESCAPE
FROM THE EFFECTS OF SIN.
EACH OF THOSE TESTS CAN PROVIDE
THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SEE
THAT WE NEED THE POWER OF GOD TO
HELP US PASS THEM WELL.
SOME OF YOU MAY FEEL THE
PRESSURES OF THOSE TESTS NOW,
BUT ALL OF US WILL FACE THEM.
IT HELPS TO KNOW THAT THEY DO
NOT COME FROM RANDOM CHANCE OR
FROM A CRUEL GOD, AND IT HELPS
TO ENDURE THEM WELL TO KNOW WHAT
WONDERFUL REWARD LIES AHEAD.
THE PROPHET JOSEPH SMITH NEEDED
AND GOT THAT ASSURANCE WHEN HE
WAS FEELING DESERTED AND NEARLY
OVERWHELMED BY PERSECUTION AND
CONTENTION AMONG THOSE HE LED
AND LOVED.
MY SON, BE PEACE UNTHY SOUL.
THINE ADVERSITY AND THINE
AFFLICTION SHALL BE BUT A SMALL
MOMENT.
AND THEN IF THOU ENDURE IT WELL,
GOD SHALL EXALT THEE ON HIGH.
THE LORD TOLD JOSEPH THAT HIS
TRIALS WOULD BE FOR A SMALL
MOMENT.
THAT WAS TRUE FOR HIM, AND IT
WILL BE FOR US AS WE COMPARE THE
DURATION OF ANY EARTHLY TRIAL
WITH THE ENDLESSNESS OF ETERNI
ETERNITY.
AND THE REWARD FOR PASSING THE
TEST WELL IS TO BECOME WORTHY OF
ETERNAL LIFE.
THAT ASSURANCE WILL HELP US WHEN
ENEMIES DEFAME US OR DOCTORS
DELIVER A GRIM PROGNOSIS.
THAT BRINGS US TO THE FIRST
CATEGORY OF TRIALS WE WILL
CONSIDER, THE TRAGEDY WHICH
DEATH CAN BRING.
LIFE ENDS EARLY FOR SOME AND
EVENTUALLY FOR US ALL.
EACH OF US WILL BE TESTED BY
FACING THE DEATH OF SOMEONE WE
LOVE.
JUST THE OTHER DAY, I MET A MAN
I HAD NOT SEEN SINCE HIS WIFE
DIED.
IT WAS A CHANCE MEETING IN A
PLEASANT SOCIAL HOLIDAY
SITUATION.
HE WAS SMILING AS HE APPROACHED
ME.
REMEMBERING HIS WIFE'S DEATH, I
PHRASED THE COMMON GREETING VERY
CAREFULLY.
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
THE SMILE VANISHED, HIS WISE
MOIST AND HE SAID I'M DOING
FINE, BUT IT'S VERY HARD.
IT IS VERY HARD, AS MOST OF YOU
HAVE LEARNED AND ALL OF US WILL
SOMETIME KNOW.
THE HARDEST PART OF THAT TEST IS
TO KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THE
SORROW, THE LONELINESS, AND THE
LOSS WHICH CAN FEEL AS IF A PART
OF US HAS BEEN LOST.
GRIEF CAN PERSIST LIKE A CHRONIC
ACHE AND FOR SOME, THERE MAY BE
FEELINGS OF ANGER OR INJUSTICE.
THE SAVIOR'S ATONEMENT AND
RESURRECTION GIVE HIM THE POWER
TO DELIVER US IN SUCH A TRIAL.
THROUGH HIS EXPERIENCE, HE CAME
TO KNOW ALL OUR GRIEF.
HE COULD HAVE KNOWN IT BY THE
INSPIRATION OF THE SPIRIT, BUT
HE CHOSE INSTEAD TO KNOW BY
EXPERIENCING THEM FOR HIMSELF.
THIS IS THE ACCOUNT.
AND BEHOLD HE SHALL BE BORN OF
MARY AT JERUSALEM WHICH IS THE
LAND OF OUR FOREFATHERS, SHE
BEING A VIRGIN, A PRECIOUS AND
CHOSEN VESSEL, WHO SHALL BE
OVERSHADOWED AND CONCEIVED BY
THE POWER OF THE HOLY GHOST AND
BRING FORTH A SON, YEA EVEN A
SON OF GOD.
AND HE SHALL GO FORTH, SUFFERING
PAINS AND AFFLICTIONS AND
TEMPTATIONS OF EVERY KIND AND
THIS, THAT THE WORD MIGHT BE
FULFILLED WHICH SAITH HE WILL
TAKE UPON HIM THE PAINS AND
SICKNESSES OF HIS PEOPLE, AND HE
WILL TAKE UPON HIM DEATH THAT HE
MAY LOOSE THE BAND OF DEATH
WHICH BIND HIS PEOPLE AND HE
WILL TAKE UPON HIM THEIR
INFIRMITIES, THAT HIS BOWELS MAY
BE FILLED WITH MERCY ACCORDING
TO THE FLESH, THAT HE MAY KNOW
ACCORDING TO THE FLESH HOW TO
SUCCOR HIS PEOPLE ACCORDING TO
THEIR INFIRMITIES.
GOOD PEOPLE AROUND YOU WILL TRY
TO UNDERSTAND YOUR GRIEF AT THE
PASSING OF A LOVED ONE.
THEY MAY FEEL GRIEF THEMSELVES.
BUT THE SAVIOR, NOT ONLY
UNDERSTANDS AND FEELS GRIEF, HE
FEELS YOUR PERSONAL GRIEF WHICH
ONLY YOU FEEL, AND HE KNOWS YOU
PERFECTLY.
HE KNOWS YOUR HEART.
SO HE CAN KNOW WHICH OF THE MANY
THINGS YOU CAN DO TO INVITE THE
HOLY GHOST TO COMFORT YOU.
HE KNOWS WHAT WILL BE BEST FOR
YOU TO GET THAT BLESSING.
HE WILL KNOW WHERE IT IS BEST
FOR YOU TO START.
SOMETIMES IT WILL BE TO PRAY.
IT MIGHT BE TO GO TO COMFORT
SOMEONE ELSE.
I KNOW OF A WIDOW WITH A
DEBILITATING ILLNESS WHO WAS
INSPIRED TO VISIT ANOTHER WIDOW.
I WASN'T THERE, BUT I AM CERTAIN
THAT THE LORD INSPIRED A
FAITHFUL DISCIPLE TO REACH OUT
TO ANOTHER AND SO WAS ABLE TO
SUCCOR THEM BOTH.
THERE ARE MANY WAYS THAT THE
SAVIOR CAN SUCCOR THOSE WHO
GRIEVE.
EACH FITTED TO THEM.
BUT YOU CAN BE SURE THAT HE CAN
AND THAT HE WILL DO IT IN THE
WAY THAT IS BEST FOR THOSE WHO
GRIEVE AND FOR THOSE AROUND
THEM.
THE CONSTANT WHEN GOD DELIVERS
PEOPLE FROM GRIEF IS PEOPLE
FEELING CHILDLIKE HUMILITY
BEFORE GOD.
A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE POWER OF
THAT FAITHFUL HUMILITY COMES
FROM THE LIFE OF JOB.
THEN JOES AROSE AND RENT HIS
MANLE AND SHAVE HAD HAD HEAD AND
SAID NAKED CAME OUT OF MY
MOTHER'S WOMAN.
THE LORD GAVE AND HATH TAKEN
AWAY.
BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD.
IN ALL THIS, JOB SINNED NOT, NOR
CHARGED GOD FOOLISHLY.
HUMILITY IS ONE CONSTANT IN
THOSE WHO ARE DELIVERED FROM
GRIEF.
THE OTHER, WHICH JOB HAD, IS
ABIDING FAITH IN THE POWER OF
THE SAVIOR'S RESURRECTION.
WE ALL WILL BE RESURRECTED.
THE LOVED ONE WHO DIES WILL BE
RESURRECTED AS THE SAVIOR WAS.
THE REUNION WE WILL HAVE WITH
THEM WILL NOT BE ETHEREAL, BUT
WITH BODIES THAT NEED NEVER DIE
NOR AGE, NOR BECOME INFIRMED.
WHEN THE SAVIOR APPEARED TO HIS
APOSTLES AFTER THE RESURRECTION,
HE NOT ONLY REASSURED THEM IN
THEIR GRIEF, BUT ALL OF US WHO
MIGHT EVER GRIEVE.
HE REASSURED THEM AND US THIS
WAY.
PEACE BE UNTO YOU.
BEHOLD MY HANDS AND MY FEET,
THAT IT IS I MYSELF.
HANDLE ME AND SEE.
FOR A SPIRIT HATH NOT FLESH AND
BONES AS YE SEE ME HATH.
>> HE CAN DELIVER US FROM GRIEF
IN THE WAY BEST SUITED FOR US.
WE CAN INVITE THE HOLY GHOST IN
HUMBLE PRAYER.
WE CAN CHOOSE TO SERVE OTHERS
FOR THE LORD.
WE CAN TESTIFY OF THE SAVIOR OF
HIS GOSPEL AND OF HIS
RESTORATION OF HIS CHURCH.
WE CAN KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS,
ALL OF THOSE CHOICES INVITE THE
HOLY GHOST.
IT IS THE HOLY GHOST WHO CAN
COMFORT US IN THE WAY SUITED TO
OUR NEED.
AND BY THE INSPIRATION OF THE
SPIRIT, WE CAN HAVE THE
TESTIMONY OF THE RESURRECTION
AND A CLEAR VIEW OF THE GLORIOUS
REUNION AHEAD.
I HAVE FELT THAT COMFORT AS I
LOOKED DOWN AT THE GRAVESTONE OF
SOMEONE I KNEW AND LOVED AND
WHERE I WAS SURE I COULD
SOMETIME HOLD IN MY ARMS.
I WAS NOT ONLY DELIVERED FROM
GRIEF, BUT FILLED WITH HAPPY
ANTICIPATION.
NOW, HAD THAT LITTLE PERSON
LIVED TO MATURITY, SHE WOULD
HAVE NEEDED DELIVERANCE IN
ANOTHER SET OF TRIALS.
SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN TESTED TO
STAY FAITHFUL TO GOD THROUGH THE
PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL
CHALLENGES WHICH COME TO
EVERYONE.
EVEN THOUGH THE HUMAN BODY IS A
MAGNIFICENT CREATION, KEEPING IT
FUNCTIONING IS A CHALLENGE THAT
TESTS US ALL.
FOR TOO MANY IN THE WORLD, FOR
INSTANCE, IT IS HARD TO FIND
ENOUGH FOOD AND CLEAN WATER TO
GET THROUGH THE NEXT DAY.
EVERYONE MUST STRUGGLE THROUGH
ILLNESS AND THE EFFECTS OF
AGING.
BEYOND THE CHALLENGES OF THE
BODY WHICH COME FROM WITHIN, WE
FACE THE OPPOSITION OF ENEMIES
FROM WITHOUT.
THERE IS ANGER AND HATRED IN THE
WORLD.
IT'S ALL AROUND US.
AND SOME OF US WILL AT TIMES BE
DIRECTED AT US.
AS THE PROPHET JOSEPH LEARNED,
THE OPPOSITION FROM WITHOUT GREW
AS HE BECAME MORE VALUABLE TO
THE LORD'S PURPOSES.
THE POWER OF DELIVERANCE FROM
THESE TRIALS IS IN PLACE.
IT WORKS IN THE SAME WAY AS THE
DELIVERANCE FROM THE TRIAL WHICH
COMES FACING THE DEATH OF LOVED
ONES.
JUST AS THAT DELIVERANCE IS NOT
ALWAYS TO HAVE SPARED THE LIFE
OF A LOVED ONE, THE DELIVERANCE
FROM OTHER TRIALS MAY NOT BE TO
REMOVE THEM.
IT MAY NOT BE TO HAVE PERFECT
HEALTH OR TO HAVE ENEMIES VANISH
OR IGNORE US.
IT MAY NOT GIVE RELIEF.
HE MAY NOT GIVE RELIEF UNTIL WE
DEVELOP FAITH TO MAKE CHOICES
WHICH WILL BRING THE POWER OF
THE ATONEMENT TO WORK IN OUR
LIVES.
HE DOES NOT REQUIRE THAT OUT OF
INDIFFERENCE, BUT OUT OF LOVE
FOR US.
HERE IS HIS WARNING.
FOR BEHOLD THE LORD HATH SAID.
I WILL NOT SUCCOR MY PEOPLE IN
THE DAY OF THEIR TRANSGRESSION,
BUT I WILL HEDGE UP THEIR WAYS
THAT THEY PROSPER NOT AND THEIR
DOING SHALL BE AS A STUMBLING
BLOCK BEFORE THEM.
THERE IS A GUIDE FOR RECEIVING
THE LORD'S POWER OF DELIVERANCE
FROM OPPOSITION IN LIFE.
IT WAS GIVEN TO THOMAS B. MARSH,
THEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE QUORUM
OF THE TWELVE APOSTLES.
HE WAS IN DIFFICULT TRIALS AND
THE LORD KNEW HE WOULD FACE
MORE.
HERE WAS THE COUNSEL TO HIM
WHICH I TAKE FOR MYSELF AND
OFFER YOU.
BE THOU HUMBLE AND THE LORD
SHALL LEAD YE BY THE HAND AND
GIVE THEE ANSWER TO THAT I
PRAYERS.
THE LORD ALWAYS WANTS TO LEAD US
TO DELIVERANCE THROUGH OUR
BECOMING MORE RIGHTEOUS.
THAT REQUIRES REPENTANCE AND
THAT TAKES HUMILITY.
SO THE WAY TO DELIVERANCE ALWAYS
REQUIRES HUMILITY IN ORDER FOR
THE LORD TO BE ABLE TO LEAD US
BY THE HAND WHERE HE WANTS TO
TAKE US THROUGH OUR TROUBLES AND
ONTO SANK TY FIX.
YOU MIGHT MAKE THE MISTAKES THAT
ILLNESS, PERSECUTION AND PROMPT
WILL BE HUMBLING ENOUGH.
BUT THEY DON'T ALWAYS PRODUCE BY
THEMSELVES.
THE KIND AND DEGREE OF HUMILITY
WE WILL NEED TO BE RESCUED.
TRIALS CAN PRODUCE RESENTMENT OR
DISCOURAGEMENT.
THE HUMILITY YOU AND I NEED TO
GET THE LORD TO LEAD US BY THE
HAND COMES FROM FAITH.
IT COMES FROM FAITH THAT GOD
REALLY LOVES US, AND WHAT HE
WANTS, HARD AS IT MAY BE, WILL
ALWAYS BE THE BEST FOR US.
THE SAVIOR SHOWED US THAT
HUMILITY.
YOU HAVE READ OF HOW HE PRAYED
IN THE GARDEN, HOW HE WAS
SUFFERING A TRIAL ON OUR BEHALF,
BEYOND OUR ABILITY TO
COMPREHEND, TO ENDURE OR EVEN
FOR ME TO DESCRIBE.
YOU REMEMBER HIS PRAYER.
FATHER, IF THOU BE WILLING,
REMOVE THIS CUP FROM ME.
NEVERTHELESS, NOT MY WILL, BUT
THINE BE DONE.
HE KNEW AND TRUSTED HIS HEAVENLY
FATHER, THE GREAT ELOHIM.
HE KNEW HIS FATHER WAS ALL
POWERFUL AND INFINITELY KIND.
THE BELOVED SON ASKED FOR THE
POWER OF DELIVERANCE TO HELP HIM
IN WORDS HUMBLE, LIKE THOSE OF A
LITTLE CHILD.
THE FATHER DID NOT DELIVER THE
SON BY REMOVING THE TRIAL.
HE DID NOT DO THAT FOR OUR SAKES
AND TO ALLOW THE SAVIOR TO
FINISH THE MISSION HE CAME TO
PERFORM.
YET WE CAN FOREVER TAKE COURAGE
AND COMFORT FROM KNOWING OF THE
HELP THAT THE FATHER DID
PROVIDE.
AND THERE APPEARED AN ANGEL UNTO
HIM FROM HEAVEN, STRENGTHEN HIM,
AND BEING IN AGONY, HE PRAYED
MORE EARNESTLY AND HIS SWEAT ARP
AS IT WERE GREAT DROPS OF BLOOD
FALLING TO THE GROUND.
AND WHEN HE ROSE UP FROM PRAYER
AND WAS COME TO HIS DISCIPLES,
HE FOUND THEM SLEEPING FOR
SORROW.
AND SAID TO THEM WHY SLEEP YE?
RISE AND PRAY LEST YOU ENTER
INTO TEMPTATION.
THE SAVIOR PRAYED FOR
DELIVERANCE, BUT HE WAS GIVEN
WAS NOT AN ESCAPE FROM THE
TRIAL, BUT COMFORT ENOUGH TO
PASS THROUGH IT GLORIOUSLY.
HIS COMMAND TO HIS DISCIPLES,
WHO WERE THEMSELVES BEING
TESTED, IS A GUIDE FOR US.
WE CAN DETERMINE TO FOLLOW IT.
WE CAN DETERMINE TO RISE UP AND
PRAY IN GREAT FAITH AND
HUMILITY.
AND WE CAN FOLLOW THE COMMAND
ADDED IN THE BOOK OF MARK.
RISE UP.
LET US GO.
FROM THIS, YOU HAVE COUNSEL FOR
PASSING THE PHYSICAL AND
SPIRITUAL TESTS OF LIFE.
YOU WILL NEED GOD'S HELP AFTER
YOU HAVE DONE ALL YOU CAN FOR
YOURSELF.
SO RISE UP AND GO, BUT GET HIS
HELP AS EARLY AS YOU CAN, NOT
WAITING FOR THE CRISIS TO ASK
FOR DELIVERANCE.
THE WAY THAT PRESIDENT HINCKLEY
DESIGNED THE PERPETUAL EDUCATION
FUND IS AN EXAMPLE.
IT WAS INTENDED FOR THOSE WHO
WOULD FIND IT HARD TO FOLLOW THE
PROPHET'S ADMONITION TO GET AN
EDUCATION.
THEY WOULD FACE DIFFICULTY,
ALMOST OVERWHELMING CHALLENGES,
BUT THE PLAN REQUIRED THAT THEY
STAND UP AND DO ALL THEY COULD
FOR THEMSELVES WHILE BEING
FAITHFUL TO GOD ENOUGH TO
QUALIFY FOR HIS HELP WHEN THE
DIFFICULTIES MIGHT BECOME
OVERWHELMING.
THEY HAD TO MAKE AND FOLLOW
THEIR OWN PLAN TO GET THE
EDUCATION AND TO FIND THE MEANS
TO FINANCE IT.
THEY WERE REQUIRED TO ATTEND
INSTITUTE AND BE FAITHFUL IN THE
CHURCH.
I WAS ABLE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED.
I SAW MIRACLES COME TO HELP
THOSE WHO WENT FORWARD AS IF IT
ALL DEPENDED UPON THEM, BUT
ACTED AS IF IT WOULD FINALLY ALL
DEPEND ON GOD'S POWER OF
DELIVERANCE.
IN EDUCATION AND IN LIFE, YOU
WILL FACE STUMBLING BLOCKS AND
OPPOSITION.
YOU CAN AND MUST GO FORWARD WITH
CONFIDENCE.
IF YOU START DETERMINED TO
QUALIFY FOR GOD'S POWER OF
DELIVERANCE, NOT JUST AN
EDUCATION BUT IN ALL THE TRIALS
OF MORTALITY, YOU WILL SUCCEED.
YOU WILL BE STRENGTHENED.
YOU WILL BE GUIDED AROUND AND
THROUGH BARRIERS.
HELP AND COMFORT WILL COME.
YOUR FAITH IN HEAVENLY FATHER
AND THE SAVIOR WILL BE INCREASED
AND YOU WILL BE STRENGTHENED TO
RESIST EVIL, AND YOU WILL FEEL
THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST
WORKING IN YOUR LIFE.
AND THAT BRINGS US TO THE LAST,
THE THIRD TRIAL.
ALL OF US WILL AT TIMES STRUGGLE
TO FEEL FREE FROM THE EFFECTS OF
SIN.
ONLY THE SAVIOR HAD THE POWER TO
RESIST EVERY TEMPTATION AND
NEVER TO SIN.
SO THE MOST IMPORTANT AND MOST
DIFFICULT TRIAL FOR US ALL IS TO
BECOME CLEAN AND TO KNOW THAT WE
A
ARE.
ALL OF US YEARN AT TIMES FOR THE
CONFIDENCE THAT WE WILL SEE THE
LORD'S FACE AS WE WILL IN THE
FINAL JUDGMENT AND SEE IT WITH
JOY AND PLEASURE.
THE PURPOSE OF OUR LONG
DISCUSSION TODAY ABOUT TRIALS
AND WHAT IT TAKES TO GET THE
POWERS OF DELIVERANCE WAS TO
GIVE YOU AND ME HOPE FOR
HAPPINESS AND THAT DAY OF
JUDGMENT WHICH WILL COME FOR ALL
OF US.
WHAT IT TAKES TO QUALIFY FOR THE
POWERS OF DELIVERANCE AND THE
TRIALS OF LIFE ALSO CAN QUALIFY
US FOR THE ASSURANCE WE NEED
THAT WE WILL HAVE PASSED THE
ULTIMATE TEST OF MORTALITY.
WE HAVE SEEN THAT DELIVERANCE
ALWAYS REQUIRES HUMILITY BEFORE
GOD.
IT TAKES SUBMISSION TO HIS WILL.
IT TAKES PRAYER AND THE
WILLINGNESS TO OBEY.
IT TAKES SERVING OTHERS OUT OF
LOVE FOR THEM AND FOR THE
SAVIOR.
AND IT ALWAYS REQUIRES AND
INVITES THE HOLY GHOST.
AS YOU ARE DELIVERED IN TRIALS,
THE HOLY GHOST COMES TO YOU.
MANY OF YOU HAVE FELT THE RESULT
OF FREQUENT CONTACT WITH THE
HOLY GHOST.
IT MAY HAVE BEEN IN YOUR
MISSIONARY SERVICE.
YOU NEEDED DELIVERANCE MANY
TIMES.
THE HOLY GHOST CAME TO COMFORT
AND TO GUIDE YOU.
AND AS THAT RECURRED AGAIN AND
AGAIN, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED A
CHANGE COME ON YOURSELVES.
THE TEMPTATIONS WHICH ONES
TROUBLED YOU SEEMED TO FADE.
PEOPLE WHO ONCE SEEMED DIFFICULT
BECAME MORE LOVABLE.
YOU BEGAN TO SEE UNREASONABLE
POTENTIAL IN HUMBLE PEOPLE.
YOU CAME TO CARE MORE ABOUT
THEIR HAPPINESS THAN ABOUT YOUR
OWN.
IF THAT CHANGE IN YOU CAME, IT
WAS MORE LIKELY GRADUAL THAN
SUDDEN, YET IT WAS WHAT THE
SCRIPTURES CALL THE MIGHTY
CHANGE.
AND IT IS THE EVIDENCE YOU AND I
NEED TO GIVE US HOPE AND
ASSURANCE AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO
THE GREAT AND FINAL TEST WHICH
COMES AFTER THIS LIFE.
YOUR EXPERIENCE IN ENDURING WELL
IN THE TRIALS OF LIFE BY DRAWING
ON GOD'S POWER OF DELIVER
DELIVERANCE CAN BRING YOU THE
ASSURANCE YOU NEED TO FIND PEACE
IN THIS LIFE AND CONFIDENCE FOR
THE NEXT.
I BEAR YOU MY SOLEMN WITNESS
THAT GOD THE FATHER LIVES AND
LOVES US.
I KNOW THAT.
HIS PLAN OF HAPPINESS IS PERFECT
AND IT IS A PLAN OF HAPPINESS.
JESUS CHRIST WAS RESURRECTED AS
WE WILL BE.
HE SUFFERED SO THAT HE COULD
SUCCOR US IN ALL OUR TRIALS.
HE PAID THE RANSOM FOR ALL OF
YOU ARE SINS AND THOSE OF ALL OF
HEAVENLY FATHER'S CHILDREN SO
THAT WE COULD BE DELIVERED FROM
DEATH AND SIN.
I KNOW THAT IN THE CHURCH OF
JESUS CHRIST, THE HOLY GHOST CAN
COME TO COMFORT AND TO CLEANSE
US AS WE FOLLOW THE MASTER.
YOU HAVE FELT THAT INFLUENCE
TODAY AS I HAVE.
I TESTIFY THAT THE KEYS OF THE
PRIESTHOOD WERE RESTORED TO THE
PROPHET JOSEPH SMITH.
THEY ARE EXERCISED TODAY BY
PRESIDENT GORDON B. HINCKLEY.
THIS IS THE TRUE CHURCH OF JESUS
CHRIST.
I LEAVE YOU MY WITNESS, MY LOVE
AND BLESS YOU THAT YOU MAY
RECEIVE SUFFICIENT COMFORT AND
SUCCOR IN YOUR TIME IS OF NEED
THROUGH ALL THE TESTS AND TRIALS
OF YOUR LIFE.
