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Though he was hated, yet he loved. Though he was betrayed, yet he triumphed. Not in a cloud of glory or chariot of fire was Jesus to depart mortality, but with arms outstretched in agony upon a cruel cross. The magnitude of his mission is depicted in the simplicity of his words.", "matched_pattern": "mortality"}, {"year": 1985, "speaker": "Russell M. Nelson", "role": "apostle", "source": "cojc", "title": "Self-Mastery", "talk_id": "cojc:1985-10-self-mastery", "text": "If you yield to anything that can addict, and thus defy the Word of Wisdom, your spirit surrenders to the body. The flesh then enslaves the spirit. This is contrary to the purpose of your mortal existence. And in the process of such addiction, your life span is likely to be shortened, thereby reducing the time available for repentance by which your spirit might attain self-mastery over your body.", "matched_pattern": "mortal"}, {"year": 1988, "speaker": "Ezra Taft Benson", "role": "prophet", "source": "cojc", "title": "The Great Commandment—Love the Lord", "talk_id": "cojc:1988-04-the-great-commandment-love-the-lord", "text": "The scripture says, “Honour thy father and thy mother” ( Ex. 20:12 ; see also Mosiah 13:20 ). Sometimes one must choose to honor Heavenly Father over a mortal father.", "matched_pattern": "mortal"}, {"year": 1998, "speaker": "Joseph B. Wirthlin", "role": "apostle", "source": "cojc", "title": "The Time to Prepare", "talk_id": "cojc:1998-04-the-time-to-prepare", "text": "Procrastination and indecision can hamper our efforts to prepare for the life after mortality. Elder Joseph Fielding Smith said, “Procrastination, as it may be applied to Gospel principles, is the thief of eternal life—which is life in the presence of the Father and the Son.” In the Book of Mormon we read Amulek’s plea: “I beseech of you that ye do not procrastinate the day of your repentance until the end. … For that same spirit which doth possess your bodies at the time that ye go out of this life, that same spirit will have power to possess your body in that eternal world.”", "matched_pattern": "mortality"}, {"year": 2000, "speaker": "Neal A. Maxwell", "role": "apostle", "source": "cojc", "title": "The Tugs and Pulls of the World", "talk_id": "cojc:2000-10-the-tugs-and-pulls-of-the-world", "text": "Scoffers display the shoulder-shrugging attitude foretold by Peter: “Where is the promise of [Christ’s] coming? for … all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation” ( 2 Pet. 3:4 ). 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