TrendZion

Passages drawn from the sermons and published works that carry this theme forward.

1. 1908·George Albert Smith·Apostle
   We also find reference to this matter in the 18th chapter of Third Nephi, where the Savior is instructing the people on this continent, just as He had taught His disciples in the old world, to observe the sacrament. It reads as follows :
2. 1945·George Albert Smith·Apostle
   It is nearly two thousand years since Jesus Christ our Lord came to earth and gave his life as a ransom for us that through him all might be resurrected from the dead. He was the first fruits of the resurrection. He taught us to love our neighbor as ourself and to do good to all people. His teachings in the New Testament are a most valuable part of the Holy Bible. It was he who said:
3. 1965·Gordon B. Hinckley·Apostle
   are fewer books and articles by college professors and more cooperative search by teacher and taught for an authority upon which to base freedom and individuality." (J. Glenn Gray, Harper's Magazine, May 1965, p. 59.)
4. 1967·Alvin R. Dyer·Apostle
   In my own life I have received complete confirmation of righteous principles taught in my early years by parents who cared, and by others, pertaining to a spiritual life. In my weak way I am working with these traits, hoping to gain the complete supremacy that they offer. To the Prophet Joseph Smith were revealed many divinely inspired truths that can lift man into the light. In the following, the effect of spiritual mindedness in one's life is given:
5. 1979·N. Eldon Tanner·Apostle
   What a glorious feeling of satisfaction and security it is to know that God and Jesus Christ actually live, that Christ is the real, genuine person portrayed in the Bible and in modern scripture, who lived among and taught the people and blessed the children and the sick, before and after his crucifixion and resurrection, and that he was interested in their welfare as he traveled from place to place! Why would anyone prefer to think of him as a mythical being or as a great philosopher but deny that he is literally the Son of God?
6. 1988·Thomas S. Monson·Apostle
   While Paul taught the Philippians that man is called upon to “work out [his] own salvation with fear and trembling” ( Philip. 2:12 ), the Master provided a guide we know as the Golden Rule: “Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them” ( Matt. 7:12 ).