It is important to know that this Lesson being planned for Sunday, December 5th, 2010, IS NOT going to be the Lesson which will be taught in High Priests. This Lesson was ideally placed to be taught in Elders Quorum by prayerful consideration and Spiritual confirmation of the Elders Quorum Presidency. The expected lesson to be taught in High Priests & Relief Society, will be the First Presidency Message for the month of December : "Can We See The Christ?" (By clicking the name of the talk, you will be automatically directed to the web page which features the First Presidency Message: The Ensign) Should you have any questions concerning this weeks lesson, or future lessons, consult the Lesson Board on the Elders Quorum Blog Home Page - (Click Here).
It has been the prayerful considerations of the Elders Quorum Presidency of which have brought some changes to the original lessons planned on the calendar, but all of the changes have been made with the intention of helping us all realize our full potential, and how careful pondering alongside righteous use of moral agency will continue to assist us in the all too real battle to "Rescue Souls".
Before I include the talk which will ultimately be the Lesson for this upcoming Sunday, I wish to remind you to reflect upon a few items of scripture- the intent, to fill you with the understanding of what is expected of us from the Lord. First, lets visit The Doctrine & Covenants Section 107: 99-100 which reads...
[Verse 99] -
Wherefore, now let every man learn his duty, and to act in the office in which he is appointed, in all diligence.
[Verse 100] -
He that is slothful shall not be counted worthy to stand, and he that learns not his duty and shows himself not approved shall not be counted worthy to stand. Even so. Amen.
Please, allow me to paraphrase these into what should be understood (At least in part) and in what context I am referring these scriptures to be applied by and understood in.
First, the history and understanding for which these scriptures (revelation) were given to the Prophet Joseph Smith really need to be understood. To best do that, I simply am going to copy and paste the entire section heading (For Section 107) here and have you read it, pray about it, and then ponder it.
Section 107
Revelation on the priesthood, given through Joseph Smith the Prophet, at Kirtland, Ohio, dated 28 March 1835 (see History of the Church,
2:209–17). On the date named, the Twelve met in council, confessing
their individual weaknesses and shortcomings, expressing repentance, and
seeking the further guidance of the Lord. They were about to separate
on missions to assigned districts. Although portions of this section
were received on the date named, the historical records affirm that
various parts were received at sundry times, some as early as November
1831.
In our efforts to understand our role in the Plan of Happiness when it comes to "Bringing to pass the immortality and eternal life of man" (Moses 1:39), we have to know where we fit in. Where do we plug ourselves into the equation of helping the Lord "...bring to pass..." all the endless benefits of the Gospel which can be squeezed into the definitions of "...the immortality and eternal life..." of all the children of our Heavenly Father, or to include the grand definition of all his children, we refer back to the scripture which includes the broad term "...man" ?
Well, the idea of "how" we do it seems easy to understand if we do nothing besides read the words of that particular scripture found in the "Pearl Of Great Price". The Lord has a simple plan in structure, but it is bound by agency. The 107th Section of the Doctrine & Covenants identifies the simplicity of the basic requirements, but identifies the requirements based on whether we act when we are supposed to.
Is it any wonder then, why in Verse 99 the Lord admonishes "...let every man learn his duty..."? Why would the admonition of the Lord be for us all to learn [our] duty, if we know his ideal plan to "... bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man"? It is because before we can go teach the Gospel, or share it, we have to know it for ourselves. It may be better understood if we look for other counsel given by Prophets of old. Let us take Nephi, who at one point found himself giving the answer to the hard-hearted brothers Laman and Lemuel. Indeed, Nephi reminds both Laman and Lemuel as well as any who read his account on the plates of brass, the importance of knowing for ones self , the workings of God.
So, to draw all this commentary together to align with the scriptures previously given (Doctrine & Covenants 107:99-100) I use the interaction of Nephi with his brothers.
[Nephi Asks:]
"...I spake unto my brethren, desiring to know of them the cause of their disputations." (1 Nephi 15:6)
[Laman & Lemuel Respond:]
"...And they said: Behold, we cannot understand the words which our father hath spoken..." (1 Nephi 15:7)
[Nephi Asks:]
"And I said unto them: Have ye inquired of the Lord?" (1 Nephi 15:8)
[Laman & Lemuel Respond:]
"And they said unto me: We have not; for the Lord maketh no such thing known unto us." (1 Nephi 15:9]
[Nephi Admonishes:]
"Do ye not remember the things which the Lord hath said?—If ye will not harden your hearts, and ask me in faith, believing that ye shall receive, with diligence in keeping my commandments, surely these things shall be made known unto you." (1 Nephi 15:11)
The lesson to be learned of Doctrine & Covenants 107:99-100 and 1 Nephi 15:6-9, 11 is:
First, we must seek the Lord, and in seeking him, we can know our duty. If we know our duty, we will prayerfully execute it, in the very manner of which way we can only learn through inquiry of the Lord. Our duty as Elders in this church, and Priesthood holders, is to Seek the word, then read it. Read the word, then study it. Study the word, then pray about it. Pray about it, then do it.
Here below now, is the Lesson for Sunday 12-5-2010 Titled "Only An Elder" :
Bruce R. McConkie, "Only an Elder", Ensign, June 1975, 66–69
From an address delivered at the Regional Representatives seminar, October 3, 1974.
Brethren,
what think ye of the office of an elder? Someone asks: “What office do
you hold in the Church? What is your priesthood position?” An answer
comes: “Oh, I’m only an elder.”
Only
an elder! Only the title by which a member of the Council of the Twelve
is proud to be addressed; only the title which honors the President of
the Church, who is designated by revelation as the first elder (see D&C 20:2, 5); only the office to which millions of persons are ordained in the vicarious ordinances of the holy temples.
Only
an elder! Only the office which enables a man to enter the new and
everlasting covenant of marriage and to have his wife and children bound
to him with an everlasting tie; only the office which prepares a man to
be a natural patriarch to his posterity and to hold dominion in the
house of Israel forever; only the office required for the receipt of the
fullness of the blessings in the house of the Lord; only the office
which opens the door to eternal exaltation in the highest heaven of the
celestial world, where man becomes as God is.
Only
an elder! Only a person ordained to preach the gospel, build up the
kingdom, and perfect the Saints; only a minister whose every word is
scripture; only the holder of that office which carries the privilege of
receiving the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, of having the heavens
opened, and of communing with the general assembly and Church of the
Firstborn, and of enjoying the communion and presence of God the father
and Jesus, the mediator of the new covenant. (See D&C 107:19.)
Only
an elder! Every elder in the Church holds as much priesthood as the
President of the Church. No apostle can or will rise higher in eternity
than the faithful elder who lives the fullness of the gospel law.
What
is an elder? An elder is a minister of the Lord Jesus Christ. He holds
the holy Melchizedek Priesthood. He is commissioned to stand in the
place and stead of his Master—who is the Chief Elder—in ministering to
his fellowmen. He is the Lord’s agent. His appointment is to preach the
gospel and perfect the Saints.
What
is an elder? He is a shepherd, a shepherd serving in the sheepfold of
the Good Shepherd. It is written: “And ye my flock, the flock of my
pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord God.” (Ezek. 34:31.) It is also written, and that by Peter, the first elder in his day: “The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder. …
“Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
“Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.
“And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.” (1 Pet. 5:1–4; italics added.) Know this: elders, who are standing ministers in the Lord’s kingdom, are appointed to feed the flock of God, to take the oversight of the flock, to be examples to the flock.
What is an elder? “And now come, saith the Lord, by the Spirit, unto the elders of his church, and let us reason together. …
“Wherefore, I the Lord ask you this question—unto what were ye ordained?
“To preach my gospel by the Spirit, even the Comforter which was sent forth to teach the truth.” (D&C 50:10, 13–14; italics added.)
An elder is the Lord’s representative sent forth to teach his gospel for the salvation of men.
Who
can measure the worth, the infinite worth, of a soul, a soul for whom
Christ died? And yet, is not the soul of an elder worth even more, for
an elder is his minister to bring many infinitely precious souls unto
him in the kingdom of his Father. Do all the elders feed the flock of
God, take the oversight thereof, and stand as examples to the others in
the sheepfold? Hear the prophetic answer:
“Thus
saith the Lord God unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of
Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the
flocks?
“The
diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which
was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have
ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that
which was lost. …
“[Therefore], thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand.” (Ezek. 34:2, 4, 10; italics added.)
The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the kingdom of God on
earth. It is not a democracy, not a republic, not an oligarchy, not a
dictatorship, not any form of government except a kingdom. It operates
from the top down. The Lord speaks, and his servants obey. The elders go
forth, and the people are taught.
Our great need, the charge that is laid upon us, is to perfect the elders so they can feed the flock, lest the sheep perish for want of the word of God. The number one need within the Church today is to reclaim the elders so they, in turn, can “feed the flock of God.”
What
are the resources for saving elders? There is no secret formula. We
cannot wave a wand and reclaim inactive people without effort and
without struggle. But we do have the whole program of the Church, and
somewhere within its framework is something which will appeal to every
person who is willing to let the blessings of the gospel come into his
life. As we approach this problem (and every other one with which we are
faced), we must do so with the clear understanding that the only fully
approved solution is one that operates within the framework of
priesthood correlation.
What
is priesthood correlation? It is that system of Church administration
in which we take all of the programs of the Church, wrap them in one
package, operate them as one program, and involve all the members of the
Church in that operation. It is a system which requires us to operate
within the existing framework of the Church. The day is long since past
in which we discover some problem and set up a committee or some other
organization to solve it. Instead we use the revealed priesthood
organization, which means that we use home teachers in the way set forth
in section 20, and we correlate all priesthood and auxiliary operations
through the ward priesthood executive committee and the ward
correlation council. President Harold B. Lee defined priesthood
correlation as simply “putting the priesthood where the Lord put it and helping the family to function the way it should function.” (See “Correlation and Priesthood Genealogy” in Genealogical Devotional Addresses, 1968, Provo, Utah, Brigham Young University Press, 1969, p. 55.)
There are three basic principles of priesthood correlation which guide us in the operation of all Church programs. They grow out of this basic statement: The family is the most important organization in time or in eternity. The Church and all its organizations, as service agencies, are in a position to help the family. Home teachers represent
the Lord, the bishop, and the priesthood leader in making available to
the father, the family, and the individual the help of the Church and
all its organizations. Thus, the three basic principles of priesthood
correlation are:
1. All things center in the family and the individual. They do everything in the Church. They
are responsible to do missionary work, to do their own genealogical
work, to provide for their own personal welfare. We do not call
missionaries or appoint committees to preempt the family’s primary
responsibility. It is not the high priests group leader who is
responsible for priesthood genealogy in the ward. It is not the stake or
fulltime missionaries who are responsible for missionary work in the
ward or stake. In both cases it is the family and the individual, who
are aided and helped by these Church specialists.
2. The Church and all its organizations are in a position to help the family and the individual. Missionaries, committees, and various specialists in one field of service or another are called to help the family. Parents—not the
Church organizations—are responsible to bring up their own children in
light and truth and to teach them the principles of the gospel. But
these organizations are set up to help the parents do the work the Lord
has laid upon them. Properly speaking, we do not help missionaries, but
missionaries help us. It is our primary responsibility to warn our
neighbors, and the stake and fulltime missionaries are specialists who
are called in, for instance, to help in the teaching process.
3. Home
teachers represent the Lord, the bishop, and the priesthood leader in
making available to the family and the individual the help of the Church
and all its organizations. Without question the greatest defect of the home teaching system in the Church is that it remains almost unused. Instead of letting and
expecting home teachers to do their work we often set up some fringe
committee and then wonder why home teachers lack interest in their work.
If we have a need to reclaim elders, we should not set up some special
organization. Rather, we should use home teachers and the existing
organizations of the Church.
The
Church has need of every elder. None can be spared. The Church must be
perfected and the gospel taught to every creature. There is no way to
teach the gospel to three and a half billion people without more
missionaries. We need help, and the place to begin is with our inactive
and our prospective elders.
Who
is responsible to reactivate a delinquent elder? Let’s have our
priorities straight. The first and chief responsibility rests with the
elder himself. He made the baptismal covenant to serve the Lord; he
promised to magnify his calling when he received the Melchizedek
Priesthood. It is his salvation which is at stake. He has a personal
obligation to return to the Lord and seek his blessings.
The second responsibility to reactivate an elder rests with his family. Salvation is a family affair. The
greatest blessings attending Church service flow to the individual and
his family. The preservation of the eternal family unit is the chief of
these blessings.
After
the individual and family responsibility comes that of the Church. The
Church makes salvation available. It is the Lord’s organization through
which all men are invited to do those things which they must do to enter
the Eternal Presence. In almost all instances, the beginning processes
of reactivation, at least, start with an approach by someone in a Church
position—one elder, for instance, serving as a home teacher to another.
It is neither our purpose nor our province to prescribe the details of
Church participation in the reactivation processes. There are many
approaches, and the spirit of inspiration must always attend the work,
which should be done within the framework of priesthood correlation and
using existing organizations and programs.
In
the stake, the stake president is responsible for the reactivation of
elders. He is the presiding elder in the stake and serves as chairman of
the stake Melchizedek Priesthood committee. One of his counselors, to
whom he may delegate a major responsibility for carrying the work
forward, is the vice-chairman. The stake president has the help of the
stake Melchizedek Priesthood committee, plus all the resources of the
stake, at his disposal. He may use a high councilor to aid and work with
two or three elders quorums. But specifically and paramountly, the
stake president uses the bishops of wards and the presidents of elders
quorums in the reactivation processes.
High
councilors are men of stability and sense and spiritual maturity—some
of the most able and competent leaders in the stake. They are the eyes
and ears and voice of the stake president. Suppose each high councilor
on the stake Melchizedek Priesthood committee has as his main stake
assignment the privilege of giving guidance and help to two or three
elders quorums. Such a high councilor is careful not to take over the
operation of the quorums; but, drawing on his extensive background of
Church experience, think what sound and wise counsel he can give.
What
more important work does a stake president have than (1) to involve
himself in training quorum leaders, (2) to meet regularly with elders
presidents to give instruction and assignments, and (3) to hold (or have
one of his counselors hold) regular personal priesthood interviews with
elders presidents.
Elders quorums are organized on a ward basis. All the elders in the ward are members of the quorum. All prospective elders
in the ward meet with the quorum and receive the same training and
guidance given the elders, which prepares them for the Melchizedek
Priesthood and to become quorum members. Elders quorum presidents are
responsible to watch over and strengthen all elders and prospective
elders.
The
bishop has a vital, personal, and important role in the reactivation of
elders. He presides in the ward and is a common judge in Israel. He
receives tithes and offerings. He determines worthiness for temple
recommends. He recommends brethren for advancement to the Melchizedek
Priesthood. He calls brethren to positions of responsibility in the
ward. As the presiding high priest, he presides over the ward priesthood
executive committee and the ward correlation council and gives counsel
to its members, including the elders president. He receives priesthood
evaluations from the elders president.
But
it is to the elders quorum president that we turn for the active,
detailed, day-by-day operation of the program of reactivation. He is to
preside over his quorum members. He is to “sit in council with them, and
to teach them according to the covenants.” (D&C 107:89.)
He has a responsibility for their temporal and spiritual well-being. He
is appointed to lead them to eternal life in our Father’s kingdom. And
his responsibility extends out to all the prospective elders in the
ward. Except the bishop himself, who in the ward has a responsibility comparable to that of the elders quorum president?
Some
elders quorum presidents seem to feel that the burdens of reactivating
their brethren are so great that it is almost futile to undertake the
task. One reason for this view is the nagging feeling on the part of the
elders quorum presidents that they must come up with some kind of a
program and devise some system to save their brethren. Actually, the
reactivation processes already exist. They are available everywhere.
They are easy to operate. They divide the load upon many shoulders, and
the burden becomes easy and the yoke light.
The reactivation process consists of (1) using home teachers, (2) using the Church and all its programs, and (3) running the quorum itself in the proper manner. The
most effective reactivation is always on a one-to-one basis, on a
family-to-family basis. It is personal contacting. It is friendshipping.
It is fellowshipping. It is done by home teachers! Use home teachers to reactivate!
There
is no substitute for home teaching. We do not need to appoint special
fellowshipping committees to help reactivate elders or prospective
elders. We do not need to issue a special call or make special
arrangements for fellowshipping work. Instead, we use home teachers to
do the things that by revelation they are commanded to do. Home teaching
is one of the best resources in the Church. Home teachers visit in the
homes of the members, watch over and strengthen the Saints, see that
there is no iniquity in their lives, and see that all do their duties.
Assume
an extreme case, one in which the picture is dark, one where
discouragement could come easily. Still, something must be done. A start
must be made. And the load can be lightened through home teaching. If
each active elder, in his role as a home teacher, on a one-to-one basis,
on a family-to-family basis, assumed responsibility for only one other
elder and his family, if each active elder conscientiously and actively
did his duty—how many months would pass before there would be twice as
many active elders who could be used? It may not be easy, but it is not
insurmountable, and it can be done.
Home
teachers have status. Their calls are official. They have been sent by
their quorum president, by the bishop, and by the Lord. They should
visit frequently in their assigned homes. They are there to do the
things listed in section 20 of the Doctrine and Covenants. Home teachers
and their families should fellowship inactive families. Social and
recreational arrangements are helpful. The home evening approach is
excellent. On some evening other than Monday, the inactive family may be
invited to a family home evening where family fellowshipping and gospel
teaching will be involved. Home teachers tie their contacts into the
quorum and its teaching and activity functions. Service is essential to salvation. Every
quorum member, active and inactive, should be asked to serve on a task
committee or quorum project as soon as it is possible to do so.
A
project to encourage families to gain temple blessings is approved.
Special seminars may be held for missionary or other assignments.
Socials at frequent intervals aid in fellowshipping. Every quorum member
should receive a Church assignment. Members should be taught how to
administer to the sick. And so it goes, on and on—quorum activities with
fellowshipping overtones are limitless.
As
all of you know, the reactivation program is summarized in this way:
(1) identify each individual; (2) call home teachers; (3) build personal
relationships; (4) fellowship by families; (5) provide quorum socials;
(6) assign personal responsibility; (7) teach gospel truths; (8) review
current progress; and (9) conduct private interviews.
One of the greatest and most important things the quorum itself can do is to teach all its members the doctrines of salvation. ”Faith cometh by hearing,” so
Paul said, meaning that faith is generated in the hearts of men only
when they hear the truths of the gospel taught by a legal administrator
and by the power of the Holy Ghost. (See Rom. 10:14–15, 17.)
An
elders quorum should be a school of the prophets, a place where every
elder and prospective elder learns what he and his family must do to
gain peace in this life and eternal life in the world to come.
We
have adopted the standard works themselves, without modification,
change, or dilution, as the priesthood study manuals. Every elder and
prospective elder should read, ponder, and pray about all that is
recorded in holy writ. We must learn directly from the fountain itself.
We
do, however, publish a study guide, which contains teaching aids and
outlines the passages to be read by subjects. Under our new system we
will do two things: (1) read the assigned standard works verbatim, from beginning to end, and (2) study by subjects (both
doctrines and duties), with references drawn from all the standard
works. Under our new system of quorum study, it is essential—nay,
imperative—that quorum members bring their scriptures to class with
them. This is also the express and personal request of President
Kimball. Our very able associate, Brother Dean Larsen, director of
instructional materials for the Church, tells us that in his high
priests group the instructor asked, “How many of you have prepared for
the lesson and brought your standard works with you this morning?”
Finding none had, he said, “Well, in that case, I can’t teach you a
lesson, and so we won’t have one today.” The report is that thereafter
the members began to bring their scriptures with them. A brief lesson
once a week is only a drop in an ocean of study. Our new study guide is
designed to open the door to individual study of the scriptures, as well
as to help us to study together as a family.
One
of the Sunday School classes is specifically designed to aid in the
conversion and reactivation processes. It is the Gospel Essentials
class. Here we present 12 lessons on basic subjects on a recurring
cycle. After studying this course, adult students go to the Gospel
Doctrine class. Home teachers keep track of what lessons are being
presented to their contacts, and then consider the same matters in their
regular home teaching visits. Those who should take a cycle of Gospel
Essentials class lessons include investigators, new converts,
prospective elders, and inactive elders.
There is also one matter—often overlooked—which we desire to recommend and encourage. It is the policy of the Church to have a choir in every ward. It
would be most appropriate if all elders and prospective elders having
vocal musical ability would sing in these choirs. There may also be
special occasions when an elders chorus could be asked to participate in
ward or stake meetings. Stake presidents may desire—say, once a year—to
have a priesthood chorus present the music in stake conference. But it
is important, of course, to keep ward choirs as the most important part
of the Church music program. The songs of Zion have converting power,
and the Lord says it is pleasing unto him when we sing them. “For my
soul delighteth in the song of the heart,” he says; “yea the song of the
righteous is a prayer unto me, and it shall be answered with a blessing
upon their heads.” (D&C 25:12.)
Conversion
always attends effective missionary work. Those brethren who are
ordained elders at 18 and whose fulltime missionary service is ahead of
them need special attention. They have been receiving help and
encouragement over the years from their bishop. Now the quorum president
must step in and see that everything is done that will make them
worthy, qualified, and able when the day of their call comes. Elders are
needed as missionaries. The Lord wants more missionaries. Every
able young man in the Church should serve a mission. Missionary service
blesses the life of a young man more than any other thing could during
the time and season involved. Elders quorums must become the Church
agency that puts the crowning effort on getting all our able young men
out on the Lord’s errand, preaching his gospel, and declaring his
message to his other children.
What
is the missionary duty of the elders quorum president? What should an
elders quorum president do to be sure that every young elder is prepared
for his missionary call? Young men can be taught the gospel with
special reference to moral worthiness. They can be encouraged to
continue to build up their mission savings account, to read the Book of
Mormon and strengthen their testimonies, to learn the proselyting
discussions (and perhaps be given opportunity to give them in the homes
of their inactive brethren), to find investigators, to breathe and feel
the spirit of missionary work; and all this should be guided and
encouraged by the elders quorum president.
A new and revised edition of the Melchizedek Priesthood Handbook is
being made available for the first time at this seminar. As you study
it, you will see that it has been completely rewritten and deals more
with principles and less with mechanics. Priesthood leaders will have a
greater need than ever before to learn correct principles and then
choose the course they should pursue. Greater inspiration than ever is
now needed to direct quorum affairs aright.
But in all this, there is reward!
“Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
“Behold,
the field is white already to harvest; therefore, whoso desireth to
reap, let him thrust in his sickle with his might, and reap while the
day lasts, that he may treasure up for his soul everlasting salvation in the kingdom of God.” (D&C 6:3; italics added.)
“And now, behold, I say unto you, that the
thing which will be of the most worth unto you will be to declare
repentance unto this people, that you may bring souls unto me, that you
may rest with them in the kingdom of my Father.” (D&C 15:6; italics added.)
Let us now, however, return to our theme, which is: “Brethren, what think ye of the office of an elder?” Only an elder! Only
the office held by apostles and prophets in this life; only the office
that they will have when they come forth in immortal glory and enter
into their exaltation; only the open door to peace in this life and a
crown of glory in the life to come.
Only
an elder! Only an elder in time and in eternity! “What are we to
understand by the four and twenty elders, spoken of by John?” The
revealed answer: “We are to understand that these elders whom John saw,
were elders who had been faithful in the work of the ministry and were
dead.” (D&C 77:5.)
Now, let us hear the words which John wrote relative to those who were
faithful elders while in this life and who are exalted elders in the
realms ahead:
“And immediately I was in the spirit; and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.
“And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment, and they had on their heads crowns of gold.” (Rev. 4:1–2, 4; italics added.)
Only
an elder! “They had on their heads crowns of gold.” Moses prayed,
“Would God that all the Lord’s people were prophets, and that the Lord
would put his spirit upon them!” (Num. 11:29.) Well might we pray: “Would God that all the elders among the Lord’s people would be faithful, that
they would feed the flock of God, that they would take the oversight of
the flock, that they would be examples to the flock—all to the honor and glory of that God whose ministers they are.”
In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
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12-5-10 : "Only An Elder" - by Elder Bruce R. McConkie in 1974
12-12-10 : Chapter 23 Gospel Principles Manual "The Sacrament"
12-19-10 : Chapter 24 Gospel Principles Manual "The Sabbath Day"
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