Missionary Work and the Atonement, by Jeffrey R. Holland This is an excerpt from a talk I read often on my mission... "Almost everything I have said here has been an aid directed toward the missionary process, ultimately toward the investigator. One is that when you declare the truth, it will bring an echo, a memory, even if it is an unconscious memory to the investigator, that they have heard this truth before—and of course they have. A story of spiritual rescue that gained broad attention after it was shared with Mormon mission presidents last month is inaccurate and the LDS leader who presented it withdrew it on Monday. Elder Isaac Johnson and Elder Trey Stewart both wear a black missionary name tag. In 2011, Holland was named the Nevada professor of the year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Watch: These 2 future college basketball players are bringing slam dunks to missionary work. Many of the investigators who attend a baptismal service (that is, the service of someone else being baptized) will go on to their own baptisms. Credit: Intellectual Reserve, Inc. Peru has more than 600,000 members of the Church, 13 missions, and three temples, with plans to build another. “Wherefore, he is the firstfruits unto God, inasmuch as he shall make intercession for all the children of men; and they that believe in him shall be saved.”15, Obviously, you recognize that these samples are testimonies from just the first pages of the Book of Mormon. 2001, 8. Nothing will so touch your heart and stir your soul like the truths of which I have been speaking. As Lehi says to me and to you, “How great the importance to make these things [of the Atonement] known unto the inhabitants of the earth.”. PROVO, Utah — At the Seminar for New Mission Presidents held at the Provo Missionary Training Center in 2000, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles delivered an oft-cited address titled “ Missionary Work and the Atonement.” “Wherefore, how great the importance to make these things known unto the inhabitants of the earth, that they may know that there is no flesh that can dwell in the presence of God, save it be through the merits, and mercy, and grace of the Holy Messiah, who layeth down his life according to the flesh, and taketh it again by the power of the Spirit, that he may bring to pass the resurrection of the dead, being the first that should rise. The good news was that everyone’s tomb could one day be empty, that everyone’s soul could again be pure, that every child of God could again return to the Father who gave them life. “For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.”5. Photo by R. Scott Lloyd. It is the message we are called to declare. He stressed that it was baptism for the remission of sins—focusing you and me, the missionary and the investigator again on the Atonement, on salvation, on the gift Christ gives us. I know that we are lifted up unto life because He was lifted up unto death, that He bore our griefs and carried our sorrows, and with His stripes we are healed. Little wonder, then, that the Apostle Paul, the greatest missionary the world has ever known (or at least one of them), said: “The preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. And the rocks of the earth must rend; and because of the groanings of the earth, many of the kings of the isles of the sea shall be wrought upon by the Spirit of God, to exclaim: The God of nature suffers.”11. I offer this as my personal feeling. I bear witness that He was wounded for our transgressions and bruised for our iniquities, that He was a man of sorrows acquainted with grief because upon Him were laid the transgressions of us all.18. Facebook. God has chosen young people to do His work from the beginning of time, and He has chosen you.”. Missionary Work. I testify that the living God is our Eternal Father and that Jesus Christ is His living and Only Begotten Son in the flesh. Article Highlights Elder Jeffrey R. Holland spoke to missionaries at the Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah, on January 15. “There is an enthusiasm, an excitement, a zeal right now that is unlike anything I know of in recent years,” Elder Holland said. How could we believe it would be easy for us when it was never, ever easy for Him? This is a test. Don’t Let Negativism Ruin Your Marriage, Carefully Schooled in the First Principles and Ordinances, Latter-day Counsel: Selections from Addresses of President Gordon B. 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Probably there are very few missionaries, if any, who do not know the centrality of this doctrine. Before their missions, they both sported… Eric August 17, 2020. Why aren’t there more people joining the Church? To be successful, missionaries should seek to be personally converted, obey rules, have the Spirit of God, and work hard. And I have to say that almost never do the missionaries get around to identifying the two most fundamental things we want investigators to do prior to baptism: have faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and repent of their sins. I testify that this Jesus, who was slain and hanged on a tree,17 was the chief Apostle then and is the chief Apostle now, the Great High Priest, the chief cornerstone of His Church in this last and greatest of all dispensations. If you wonder if there isn’t an easier way, you should remember you are not the first one to ask that. Now, please don’t misunderstand. The Gardener who gave us the rose of Sharon, the lily of the valley, the cedars of Lebanon, the tree of life. This generation will help prepare the Church for the Second Coming of Christ, a process which has already begun, he said. I testify to you that we will change lives, including our own, if we will teach the Atonement through the Book of Mormon as well as, of course, from all of the other scriptures. “We expect you to be mature, powerful, bold, spiritual missionaries. With its declared title-page purpose of testifying that Jesus is the Christ, little wonder that the Book of Mormon was the first—and is still the greatest—missionary tract of this dispensation. Salvation never was easy. There are 101 things that I would like to say. That would be presumptuous and sacrilegious. Or this from Nephi’s remarkable brother Jacob, who gave a two-day sermon on the Fall and the Atonement! “And he shall cast out devils, or the evil spirits which dwell in the hearts of the children of men. Now they are a little leery. It is the truth. Missionaries could read to these investigators the sacramental prayers as found in the scriptures, they could share some of the words of favorite sacrament hymns, or they could do any number of other things that would help these new visitors and prospective members have a powerful learning experience when they visit a sacrament meeting. He said missionaries often ask him when that Second Coming of Christ will occur. It will also help orient investigators if missionaries will take some time to explain the ordinance of the sacrament that investigators will be witnessing, what it means for the renewing of baptismal covenants, that the emblems represent the Savior’s body and blood, and so forth. Joseph Fielding Smith (1976), 121. Yet “we believe that the first principles and ordinances of the Gospel are: first, Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; second, Repentance; [then] third, Baptism by immersion for the remission of sins; fourth, Laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost.”6. When you know that … then you will know why you have to preach it His way.” For that reason, missionaries are counseled to be obedient to mission rules, he explained, adding that by so doing, they can teach with power and great authority because they will be endowed with the Spirit. January 18, 2021. by. Inherent in all of this is a rather simple definition of the gospel, at least when considered in its essence. Elder Jeffrey R. Holland is known for his talks and the powerful principles and crisp, undeniable doctrine. with no comment. I’m so grateful that you’ve served. Just tell us who you are … MormonHub Quizzes - Jan 5, 2017. There’s a lot riding on your shoulders. Elder Holland read a quote from the Prophet Joseph Smith that he said has taken on new meaning for him, though it was equally true when Joseph made the statement in the early days of the Church when there were only a few hundred members. “And the God of our fathers, … yea, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, yieldeth himself … as a man, into the hands of wicked men, to be lifted up, according to the words of Zenock, and to be crucified, according to the words of Neum, and to be buried in a sepulchre, according to the words of Zenos. …, “And all these things must surely come, saith the prophet Zenos. Why can’t our success be more rapid? Anyone who does any kind of missionary work will have occasion to ask, Why is this so hard? Such a divine testimony of Christ is the rock upon which every new convert must build. Right: The Greatest of All, by Del Parson, Detail from King Benjamin Preaches to the Nephites, by Gary L. Kapp. Tonight we don’t have a lot of time. “… Whoso believeth in me believeth in the Father also; and unto him [the investigator] will the Father bear record of me, for he will visit him [the investigator] with fire and with the Holy Ghost. “Attend church!” one of the sisters on the front row declares. “… And even after all this they shall consider him a man, and say that he hath a devil, and shall scourge him, and shall crucify him. This generation will help prepare the Church for the Second Coming of Christ, a process which has already begun, he said. Read about one of Elder Holland’s mission experiences. Elder Jeffrey R. Holland. “Elders,” I plead, “you have already told me about baptism, and I am still asking!”. The idea behind the current missionary guide, Preach My Gospel, is “to convert you, then help you to convert the [individual] investigators,” he said. We are the Church of Jesus Christ, this is the truth, and He is our Great Eternal Head. So why should we bear frequent and powerful testimony of Christ as Savior, as Redeemer, as Atoning Lamb of God? “Be baptized!” is shouted forward in an absolute chorus. Be a Good Example and Always Share the Gospel: It’s one thing to tell others about the gospel, but it’s another to show others the gospel. In like manner, do all that you can to make your baptismal services a spiritual, Christ-centered experience. It seems to me that missionaries and mission leaders have to spend at least a few moments in Gethsemane. At the time of this call, Elder Holland was serving as a member of the First Quorum of … On that first Resurrection Sunday, Mary Magdalene first thought she saw a gardener. As such the book centers upon that which scriptural testaments have always centered upon since the days of Adam and Eve: the declaration to all that through the Atonement of the Son of God, “as thou hast fallen thou mayest be redeemed, and all mankind, even as many as will.”10. A new convert deserves to have this be a sacred, carefully planned, and spiritually uplifting moment. Only this testimony of the atoning Anointed, Victorious One will prevail against the gates of hell. 3 Ne. It’s entitled “Feed My Sheep” and was a precursor to the talk that he gave in General Conference. I say that in a very biased way, because it was on my own mission that I came to love the Book of Mormon and the majesty of the Son of God which is revealed there. “And he cometh into the world that he may save all men if they will hearken unto his voice; for behold, he suffereth the pains of all men, yea, the pains of every living creature, both men, women, and children, who belong to the family of Adam. This talk will give missionaries perspective on what conversion … Learn more about guidelines and necessary forms. Apostle Jeffrey R. Holland is in the hospital, undergoing diagnostic tests for an unknown illness, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Wednesday. Download links to the MP3’s and PDF files are located at the bottom of the page. I have thought about this a great deal. Salvation never was easy. What a privilege to be here. The Prophet Joseph Smith once declared that all things “which pertain to our religion are only appendages” to the Atonement of Jesus Christ.1 In like manner and for the same reasons, every truth that a missionary or member teaches is only an appendage to the central message of all time—that Jesus is the Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God, the Holy Messiah, the Promised One, the Savior and Redeemer of the world; that He alone burst the bands of death and triumphed over the captivity of hell; that no one of us could ever have those same blessings without His intervention in our behalf; and that there never shall be any “other name given nor any other way nor means whereby salvation can come unto the children of men, [except] in and through the name of Christ, the Lord Omnipotent.”2. 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