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Brings a whole new meaning to sifting the wheat from the chaff and how the gathering works. We share what we can and then must depart -- either through physical separation or death. I am fortunate, however, that you live close to me-- and thus I am not alone. Thanks for your help!

Thanks for the kind words. These statements help to give me motivation to continue pushing forward. But I won't give up. I gave everything up for the Lord to stop now. But I have greater understanding on what it means to sorrow for the sins of the world. I hope I continue to be a light in your life.

Very true. The future sifting of the righteous from the wicked will be hard and gut-wrenching, because much of that separation will be from friends and family, but it also opens up the door to gathering with people who are like-minded and the sorrow will turn to joy. I am fortunate, however, to have a supportive wife and a child (the other one is only 1) who truly loves the Lord and desires to know him. It's been a tender mercy. Also having the internet to communicate with people of light is a plus that holy men in the past did not have. Although this mode of communication will not be around forever. Nevertheless, thanks Rob for you support and help along the way.

@@teshuvahareturn my pleasure. I'm glad you're here.

Coming from you, not sure if this is a compliment or not. ;) Too bad this type of content is not being preached from the pulpit, and instead the focus is on temple attendance without the work of repentance. It's a shame because General Conference talks in that past (although still correlated) at least placed more emphasis on actually changing and becoming like Christ. Heck, even the primary hymn ("I'm trying to be like Jesus") has more truth packed into than a typical General Conference talk -- but I digress.

@@teshuvahareturn This was definitely a compliment! The LDS people desperately need to hear and internalize what you are teaching.

@@jaredeastley9640 Thanks. As long as I have a voice and God gives me the words, I'll continue to do so.

Love it. Can't believe how many times I've read Lectures on Faith and didn't realize it taught the idea of sinlessness in clear plainness. I'm snagging this for my upcoming Elders Quorum lesson, btw. Appreciated, as always.

@@teshuvahareturn Same here. It's tucked right in there--should have probably been the very first sentence of the series and it's own lecture on it's own. It's funny how hard it can be to see through our scales.

@@Bstone610 Thanks! Can you explain more about it what you mean? I want to make sure I understand.

@ Thanks for asking I’ll try to be clear. The world tends to describe love as if it was always gentle or pleasant to be experienced. And while it certainly can be that, there is also real love that is unpleasant to the recipient and requires the courage of the giver, like correction. So we will say we have to show “tough” love when we have to do something the recipient isn’t going to like. I don’t think we need the “tough”qualifier because it isn’t the act that determines if it’s love but the motivation behind the act. Love is being willing to suffer to benefit someone. Sometimes we lie to ourselves that we are being loving to someone when all we are really doing is avoiding what we need to do (e.g. kick out a child that needs to grow up) for fear of the suffering we anticipate being caused by their response. Then we just enable the problem further. I think the misunderstanding of what love is leads to a large majority of parenting problems because parents are afraid to do things their kids won’t like.I hope that makes sense. Sorry for the novel

@@Bstone610 No worries. I appreciate your thoroughness. Plus, I don't get many comments on here anyways so length is not an issue. In any case, I agree 100%. I'm actually planning on doing a quick video to explore this idea more. I actually did one today, but didn't like how it sounded and then ran out of time to re-record. As you essentially point out: Love is tough love. There is no distinction between "love" and "tough love." And you're right, most people don't discipline their kid out of fear their child will not like them or because the act of discipline and the effect it has on the child will make the parent feel bad - or even worse (perhaps?) the parent is lazy. It's sad to see. But it's all too common. And the result is we get entitled, spoiled, and lazy kids who demand the world, but do little to contribute.

@@teshuvahareturn For sure. I'll look forward to the video. Thanks again.

@@SteveSmith-zq3ti thanks for the advice. I'll certainly look into that. Not sure where you live, but do you know of any good self-defense/gun safety classes in Northern Utah? I'll also do all that I can to help you come into the Lord.

@@cadenallred967 by the grace of God. Thanks for the kind words. Im glad this helped!

@@Surefoundation504 yes, this is at the heart of the gospel (no pun intended). To have your heart drawn out for men -- including our enemies.

Very good point! Thanks for the insight! Yes, networks at all levels. I also imagine that in many networks (particularly social networks) those hubs are sustained by light bearers. Once they are "removed" (called out, killed, etc) those networks collapse.

Right? I have had the same as well and all it did was hurt me. Yet, despite this, we still hold on to them and all this does is act like acid to corrode the soul. If we want to be people who the Lord will preserve for what's coming, this is one area we have to master. Can't be of one heart and one mind when we hold anger against our "brother/sister." Did not Christ say cast the beam from our own eye? Did he not also say that before we worship him and we are in conflict with our brother that we are to first reconcile ourselves with him and then offer the gift? These things are some plain in the scriptures, but yet people refuse to listen. Yet, there is a reason why Satan promotes anger. Not only does it divide, but it stifles and even neutralizes the voice of God. And without that, we are blind and lost.

@@teshuvahareturn agreed this is a constant challenge that is a continual work in progress lol 😆. But we can do it ! 😀. We must pray 🙏 more fully for the gift of charity 😀

Thank you for grappling with the question and not rejecting it outright. Yes, that is on the right track, but there is more. Here are some follow up questions: What causes one to be of strong faith, hope, and charity? What do those words even mean? Further, if we are LDS members are deficient in these areas what does it say about us and about the strength of the Church as a whole? Will our membership in the Church be enough to endure what is coming? The early saints had greater manifestations that we do, but they were also rejected by the Lord (see D&C 124:45), what does that say about us? These are things not to take lightly.

@@teshuvahareturn the scriptures say that we are saved by grace after all we can do. One could argue that all we can do isn’t very much at all we of course can’t work our way into Heaven . People need to develop Christ Like attributes and in doing so I think we are we do develop those attributes then our faith hope and charity will grow. For me barring my testimony on fast and testimony meeting is a great act of faith for me because public speaking terrifies me . President Hinckley said that the genius of the church is that everyone has a calling which purpose is to strengthen the people faith hope and charity so I do believe that valeting members of the church that keep their covenents are are honest with The Lord when repentance is required and president Nelson says that let repentance be a daily joy 🤩. So yes I do believe that things will be great for everyone who can serve the Lord with all their heart mind and strength .

I think that can be arranged.

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Yup--money we don't have.

Ryan, thanks for you comments. I hear you about California. A couple of thoughts. First, one reason cost of living is high in California is due to California's public policy which includes a heavily regulatory environment and high taxes. Second, even if cost is high, people are not forced to live in California. If the expenses are too great they have the option to move (as least for now). Problem with min wage, besides violating the personal accountability principle and the law of justice, is that is actually makes it most costly on the employer the higher employees (especially small businesses) and therefore fewer workers are hired and/or cost for the consumer increases to account for labor costs.

Thank you. I'm glad to see this was of value to you. And coming from someone who also offers profound and thoughtful insights on his channel, this means a lot. You're certainly a heavy-hitter and grateful that I've been able to contribute.

Thank you for the kind words. I'm glad to hear that this message has impacted someone positively. Of course, the glory is to God and I'm grateful for his grace, particularly in sending great teachers into my life, such as you. Please share with others so they might be benefited as well.

Indeed. The sifting of the wheat from the chaff is upon us. We're upon the threshing floor.

I'm sorry to hear that. Do you have a smart phone? Have you tried using that?

I realized I should have included the parable of the wedding feast, which speaks to this principle. God's invitation is not only for all, but those who'll receive him will come from all walks of life and will be ones we least expect.

@@teshuvahareturn I find your blog and your videos to be enlightening and instructive. Thank you.

@@oad51 Thanks for the kind words. It's rewarding to know that someone is finding value from this blog/vlog. There are definitely more posts planned for the future and I'll keep doing this blog as long as it provides value.