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Title: Thy Faith Hath Saved Thee


1
Thy Faith Hath Saved Thee
  • www.kevinhinckley.com

2
What is his name?
  • Minister of a growing church in Latin American
  • The minister has the number 666 tattooed on his
    arm.  
  • "The spirit that is in me is the same spirit that
    was in Jesus of Nazareth," he says.
  • He says he learned he was Jesus reincarnate when
    he was visited in a dream by angels.
  • He preaches there is no devil and no sin.
  • His followers, he says, literally can do no wrong
    in God's eyes.
  • He says he has a church-paid salary of 136,000
    but lives more lavishly than that. During an
    interview, he showed off a diamond-encrusted
    Rolex to a CNN crew and said he has three just
    like them. He travels in armored Lexuses and
    BMWsAll are gifts from his devoted followers.
  • Korihor
  • he was Anti-Christ, he began to preach unto the
    people againstthe coming of Christ
  • behold, the devil appeared unto me in the form
    of an angel
  • He saith unto him I am no devil, for there is
    none.
  • He did say unto themevery man prospered
    according to his strength and whatsoever a man
    did was no crime.
  • And he began to be lifted up in the pride of his
    heart and to wear very costly apparel

3
Reminder on Documentaries not made by the Church
  • As the Second Coming Gets Closer
  • Will we, as a church, look more like the
    world, or less?
  • In their eyes, will we look more bizarre or less?
  • Will Satan, the great deceiver and accuser,
    spread more lies or less lies about us?
  • For that reason, will we be treated more
    sympathetically or less?

4
Sister Susan Easton Black
  • Tell me a story," I nightly pled of Grandma as a
    child. Though I wanted to hear of Cinderella,
    Snow White, or Sleeping Beauty, she would say,
    "Susan, I can only tell you stories that are
    true. If you want to hear truth, I have something
    to say." Not wanting to sleep, I enthusiastically
    listened to stories of Jesus, the Prophet Joseph
    Smith, the Book of Mormon, and those whose
    sacrifices created our legacy of faith.
  • Though I believed in the truthfulness of
    Grandma's stories, there was one that caused
    discomfort. It was of a young pioneer girl named
    Sarah Ann who was in danger of being trampled by
    stampeding buffaloes. In this perilous situation
    she knelt and prayed for protection.
  • "In answer to her prayer," said my grandmother,
    "she remained unharmed, even though hundreds of
    buffalo stampeded around her."
  • Instead of marveling with wonder at the miracle,
    I emphatically pronounced, "That's impossible!"
  • Grandma countered, "It is not impossible to those
    who have faith, Susan. It was because Sarah Ann
    had faith and you don't."
  • BYU Devotional, 22 November, 1994

5
Question
When I have Enough Faith
Ill Keep the Commandments
  • If someone, like Sister Black, is looking to
    develop Faith, what would you tell her?
  • Answer We dont grow or produce faith.
  • President George Albert Smith
  • Faith is a gift of God it is the fruitage of
    righteous living. It does not come to us by our
    command but as the result of doing the will of
    our Heavenly Father.

I receive the Gift of Faith
As I do His Will
6
John 11
  • Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of
    Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
  • Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying,
    Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.
  • When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is
    not unto death, but for the glory of God, that
    the Son of God might be glorified thereby.
  • When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he
    abode two days still in the same place where he
    was.
  • Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was
    coming, went and met him but Mary sat still in
    the house.
  • Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst
    been here, my brother had not died.
  • But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt
    ask of God, God will give it thee.
  • Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise
    again.
  • Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise
    again in the resurrection at the last day.
  • Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and
    the life he that believeth in me, though he were
    dead, yet shall he live
  • And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall
    never die. Believest thou this?
  • She saith unto him, Yea, Lord I believe that
    thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should
    come into the world.
  • And when she had so said, she went her way, and
    called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The
    Master is come, and calleth for thee.
  • Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw
    him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him,
    Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not
    died.

Question What does He expect of us when, for
whatever reason, He tarries?
7
Finally
  • Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh
    to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon
    it.
  • Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the
    sister of him that was dead, saith unto him,
    Lord, by this time he stinketh for he hath been
    dead four days.
  • Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that,
    if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the
    glory of God?
  • Then they took away the stone from the place
    where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his
    eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou
    hast heard me.
  • And I knew that thou hearest me always but
    because of the people which stand by I said it,
    that they may believe that thou hast sent me.
  • And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud
    voice, Lazarus, come forth.
  • And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and
    foot with graveclothes and his face was bound
    about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose
    him, and let him go.
  • Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had
    seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him.

8
Joseph F. Smith (Sec. 138)
  • As I pondered over these things which are
    written, the eyes of my understanding were
    opened, and the Spirit of the Lord rested
    upon me, and I saw the hosts of the dead,
    both small and great.
  • And there were gathered together in one place
    an innumerable company of the spirits of the
    just, who had been faithful in the testimony
    of Jesus while they lived in mortality
  • And who had offered sacrifice in the
    similitude of the great sacrifice of the Son
    of God, and had suffered tribulation in their
    Redeemer's name.
  • All these had departed the mortal life, firm
    in the hope of a glorious resurrection
  • I beheld that they were filled with joy and
    gladness, and were rejoicing together because the
    day of their deliverance was at hand.
  • And the saints rejoiced in their redemption, and
    bowed the knee and acknowledged the Son of God as
    their Redeemer and Deliverer from death and the
    chains of hell.
  • Their countenances shone, and the radiance from
    the presence of the Lord rested upon them, and
    they sang praises unto his holy name.

9
Parley P. Pratt
  • It was Joseph Smith who taught me how to
    prize the endearing relationships of father
    and mother, husband and wife of brother and
    sister, son and daughter.
  • It was from him that I learned that the wife
    of my bosom might be secured to me for time and
    all eternity and that the refined sympathies and
    affections which endeared us to each other
    emanated from the foundation of divine eternal
    love. It was from him that I learned that we
    might cultivate these affections, and grow and
    increase in the same to all eternity. . . .
  • I had loved before, but I knew not why. But now I
    loved--with a pureness--an intensity of elevated,
    exalted feeling, which would lift my soul from
    the transitory things of this groveling sphere
    and expand it as the ocean.
  • I felt that God was my heavenly Father indeed
    that Jesus was my brother, and that the wife of
    my bosom was an immortal, eternal companion a
    kind ministering angel, given to me as a comfort,
    and a crown of glory for ever and ever. In short,
    I could now love with the spirit and with the
    understanding also.
  • Parley P. Pratt, Autobiography of Parley P.
    Pratt, pp. 29798

10
Sister Black
  • On a whim during my freshman year at BYU a
    girlfriend and I decided to spend the weekend in
    Salt Lake City. While sitting with suitcases in
    hand at Temple Square, my friend casually
    remarked, "The president of the Church, David O.
    McKay, lives just across the street in the Hotel
    Utah." Her continual nods of assurance and our
    curiosity led us to the hotel. Speaking with the
    bellboy and then the hotel manager about where
    the famous resident lived was frustrating. Their
    negative attitude, punctuated with security
    implications, fell on deaf ears. We left them
    determined to answer the hypothesis "If I were a
    prophet of God, behind which door would I choose
    to live in this hotel?"
  • After hours of knocking on doors and greeting
    blank stares from grumpy hotel guests, we staked
    out three floors. An innocent chambermaid on one
    of the floors revealed the answer. Excitedly, we
    hugged each other as only BYU freshmen could. Our
    enthusiasm was boundless, until we concluded to
    see if the prophet was home. Being the smallest
    of the twosome, I was designated to knock on the
    door. If the knock was answered, I had been
    programmed to say, "We are selling early orders
    for Girl Scout cookies. Would you care to place
    an order?"
  • As I walked toward the door I felt reticent yet,
    as my feet faltered and heart pounded, my friend
    pushed me forward. It wasn't until I reached the
    door and was knocking that she ran like a "flash
    of light" to the far end of the hall. I was just
    turning to run when the door opened, and before
    me stood the prophet. He looked surprised but
    didn't say anything. Neither did I, I couldn't. I
    felt like I had a key to the celestial kingdom
    but did not belong--I was not worthy to be in his
    presence.
  • I started to cry and then to sob. He took me by
    the hand and said, "Won't you come in?" I waved
    to my friend down the hall--whose open mouth
    betrayed her surprise--and entered the prophet's
    home. Our discussion remains personal, but the
    resulting impact was to change my inner direction
    dramatically. I resolved, as never before, to not
    just mirror faith, but to know of faith.
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