If all the four billion people in the world think it flat, they are in error. Church organizations made by men, without claim to divinity or revelation, were everywhere in abundance. When? I am so sure of this that I am willing to bear witness of it with the last effort of my tongue and lips. This truth is absolute. A million educated folk might speculate and determine in their minds that the earth came into being by chance. This resurrection referred to is the work of Jesus Christ, the Savior, who, because he was both mortal (the son of Mary) and divine (the Son of God), was able to overcome the powers governing the flesh. This is an absolute truth. It cannot be disproved. Seeking Eternal Riches April 1976. Though all on earth were apostate, having turned to the worship of idols and to murder, adultery, drunkenness, bribery, and all manner of evil, this child—Abraham—grew up with sufficient power and goodness to cause the heavens to open again, and God revealed again to him all these truths I am writing about. Posted in Talks. The spiritual realm, which is just as absolute as is the physical, cannot be understood by the laws of the physical. We learn about these absolute truths by being taught by the Spirit. Jan 6, 2014 - This Pin was discovered by Debbie Woodward. The people of the world became so wicked that they were literally drowned and washed off the earth. Having dropped all pride of your mental stature, having acknowledged before God your confusion, having subjected your egotism, and having surrendered yourself to the teaching of the Holy Spirit, you are ready to begin to learn. Neither do you learn certain truths about spiritual things in a physics laboratory. One might be a noted theologian and yet be wholly untrained in watchmaking. Writing to this young man, who was battling with his thoughts, I said: Your resistance and argument against the truths of the gospel have given me grave concern. You cannot cast off this appeal and warning without grave responsibility. This apostasy is a certainty. Opinion? A geologist who has discovered truths about the structure of the earth may be oblivious to the truths God has given us about the eternal nature of the family. In two Conference talks April and Sept 1978 (Ensign May & Nov 78) Strengthening the Family—the Basic Unit of the Church, President Spencer W. Kimball Ensign, May 1978, 45. After completing a mission and marrying Camilla Eyring, he settled in Safford, Arizona, to raise his family and run an insurance business. I bear testimony to you that this is true. They may have their own opinions, but he still lives, and his form, powers, and attributes do not change according to men’s opinions. We've got some steamy novels for you to snuggle up with, including Casey McQuiston's... To see what your friends thought of this book, Spencer W. Kimball Collection: [Four Classic Talks]. His family had survived the Great Depression, floods and more, but he never faltered, never wavered in his service to the Lord. © Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. Persecution was intolerable. These truths are available to every soul. This is not another church. It never varies. The rules of dietetics have changed many times in my lifetime. Somehow blood, the life-giving element in our bodies, replaced the finer substance which coursed through their bodies before. President Spencer W. Kimball 12th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints April 1981 152nd Annual Conference Saturday Morning Session Time passed, idolatry prevailed, wickedness increased—but finally the Lord sent a superior spirit to earth, born the son of Terah. Its authority extends beyond life, through the veil of death, to the eternities ahead. Join Best Church Talks to find the ideas and inspiration you need for yourself and those you serve. The youthful Prophet, whose mind had not been contaminated with the sins of the world or prejudiced by false philosophies of men, was the instrument of the Restoration. Follow the prescribed procedures, and you may have an absolute knowledge that these things are absolute truths. Some Church leaders, most notably Spencer W. Kimball, made statements indicating that they believed that the Indians were becoming "white and delightsome" Once such statement made by Elder Kimball in the October 1960 General Conference, 15 years before he became president of the Church: 1976, 70; or Ensign, May 1976, 46 Conferences. The tiny organization, begun in 1830 with six members, has had phenomenal growth to some four million in that short period. Spencer W. 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