When
we avoid doing wrong and put effort into doing the right…we are doing good.
Jesus Christ taught,
“If
thou wilt do good, yea, and hold out faithful to the end, thou shalt be saved
in the kingdom of God, which is the greatest of all the gifts of God; for there
is no gift greater than the gift of salvation.” (Doctrine and
Covenants 6:13)
Salvation
is the greatest of all the gifts of God.
Greatest! So, salvation is
greater than the earth, our families, Primary, oceans, trees, and every other
gift of God.
But
to open the gift, we have to do good and keep doing good. We can’t give up doing good. Salvation is way in the future – but what we
do now is what counts.
Sometimes
we will do what we know is wrong – which is a sin and we will leave undone what
we know we should do – that is a sin. Like
stealing is something we should not do and paying tithing is something we
should do.
When
we sin…and this is the miracle…we can repent!
And when we repent we are doing good.
That is part of using what is in the gift – repentance.
Jesus
Christ saves us from sin! He makes it
possible for us to do good so we can enjoy the greatest gift of God.
1. He tells us what to do and what not to
do.
2. He gave us the Holy Ghost
a. to
help warn us to avoid sin.
b. to
give us peace and happiness when we do what is right.
3. Our Savoir gave us the gift of repentance
– of saying sorry and making it right.
I
want to do good. I want to enjoy the
greatest gift of God…salvation.
In the name of Jesus
Christ, Our Savoir, Amen.
