( of "Be thou an example" written by President Gordon B. Hinckley )
In my house, on my desk, I have a small metal box. Is about 12 inches square and about six high. On one side has six knobs and two dials. Again and again, when I have time "became my toy. It is a shortwave radio. I can hear moving knobs London-Washington, Tokyo, Peking, Moscow, Havana and other big cities of the world.The voices I hear are persuasive, seductive, fascinating, confusing. Speaking through the land, are part of "an urgent battle waged by the mind 'Delos men. And they are targeted at persuasion in political philosophy. 'There are voices of democracy, competing with each `communism and a win converts, according to the insight and opinion of the listeners. The stakes are high, sophisticated weapons, the methods inteligentes.Hay a similar battle waged by the man's faith, but sometimes the lines are not clearly drawn, for even among the forces of Christianity are those who would destroy glazed, on whose behalf they are speaking. You could put them aside if their voices were not so seductive, if their influence was so wide and its reasoning so sutil.Al dawn of Easter Day, crowds gather in thousands mountain to receive the dawn on Easter and remember the story of Christ, whose resurrection are commemorated. In beautiful and hopeful language, the preachers of many faiths, remember the story of the empty tomb. They-and you-I make this question: Do you believe in it really? Really do you believe that Jesus was the Son of God, the literal son of the Father? Do you think that the voice of God, the Eternal Father was heard on the waters of Jordan declared: "This is my beloved Son, in whom I have pleasure."? (Matthew 3: 17) Do you believe that this Jesus was the one who performed miracles, healed the sick, said the weak, which gave life to the dead? Do you think that after his death on Mount Calvary and his burial in the tomb of Joseph, rose the third day? Do you really think he lives - in a real, vital and personal- and will come again as promised by the angels at his ascension? Do you really believe these things? If they do, then they are part of a dwindling group of Orthodox, who are the laughing stock of the philosophers, who are increasingly derided by some educators, who are considered that are "off topic" by a court of ministers religion and theologians influyentes.Una I once read a very interesting series of papers speaking of intelligent reasoning of theologians American, British and European "demystify" and told the story of Jesus of Nazareth. I quote a Protestant layman, very capable, he wrote: "They are coming from the strangest questions made by theologians who question every old concept .... Even suggest that the word 'God', should be ruled out, since it has become meaningless to many people. "Barring all else, the question that liberal theologians are doing is the old question that has divided the Christian Church and over again: Who was Jesus?" The revolutionaries are again ... the Bible as the source true, but your Bible is a purified version puzzling references to abnormal events. Some say "demystify" other, "non-orthodox" "What the new wave supports Christianity is` no religion ', a faith supported by a philosophical system, instead of standing precariously on old myths. " (Fortune, December 1965, p. 173) In the eyes of these intellectuals, these myths are the birth of Jesus the Son of God to whom the angels sang on the plains deJudea, the miracle worker who healed the sick and raised the the dead, Christ rose from the dead, the ascension and the coming of modern theologians prometida.Estos undress him of his divinity and then are surprised that men do not worship, these skilled men of letters have been removed from Jesus the mantle of God and have left only one man. They have won their place as a child, thus depriving the world of legitimate KING: As I read about this process effectively increased "desliteralización" - (not Orthodox) and its obvious effect on the faith of its victims, particularly youth who is caught by his sophistry, the words spoken in ancient times by the prophet Amos, become more clearly: - "Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the word Lord and not find it. At that time the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst ... will fall and never rise up again (Amos 8:11-14.) How clearly these words describe many of today's youth, young men and women in their hearts seek a faith that suits them, but reject the way in which it is offered, faint from thirst and fall and never rise up again. They give you my solemn witness that God is not dead. unless it is looked at with an interpretation dead. Are you out of fashion in the twentieth century believe in the divinity of the Lord? The great scientific age in which we are part, does not demand a denial of the miracle Jesus. Rather there has been a time in the history of man has done more credible, which in the past had been viewed as supernatural or impossible. Can anyone today to ensure that there is something impossible? Those who are familiar with the giant strides of biological science, where man has begun to have just a glimpse of life and its creation, the miracle of the birth of Jesus becomes certainly more plausible, even for the incrédulo.Aún more, it is hard to believe that he possessed the knowledge to create the earth, could heal the sick, strengthen the weak, re-dead to life. I might have been hard to believe these things in the medieval period, but can a-doubt, that reasonable possibility, if we see miracles of healing and restoration that occur every day? ascension is something so impossible to understand after one has been sitting quietly in your living room, watching the launch of a modern spacecraft to soar through the sky without error to find your ship is sailing companion orbiting at more than 17,000 miles an hour? Miracles? You bet. This is a c • ICE Pora miracles. During my short life I have seen more scientific breakthroughs that we are all ancestors together during the past 5,000 years-Con Con miraculous as it seems around me every day, it is easy to believe in the miracle of Jesus. . But do not get a witness to Christ by observing the accomplishments of men. Such observations may appear reasonable to birth, life, death and resurrection. But it takes more than a reasonable belief. We need a realization that his position is unique and incomparable as the divine Redeemer, and an enthusiasm for him and his message as the Son of Dios.Esa understanding and enthusiasm are available to all who pay the price. They are not incompatible with high education, but they will not read philosophy. No, come for a simpler process. The things of God through the Spirit understand of God. (1 Corinthians 2:11.) This is recognized in the voice of revelación.La acquisition of an understanding and enthusiasm for the Lord is obtained by following simple rules. I suggest three basic in concept. repeated at almost trite, but fundamental in their application and fruitful in its outcome. Especially our juventud.La suggest first is to read. read the word of the Lord. I know that with the demands of their study, there is little time to read otherwise. But I promise that if you read the words of what we call writing, your heart will come to an understanding and warmth that will be a pleasant experience. "Search the Scriptures because you think that by them you eternal life and they are they which testify of me. "(John 8:39) Read, for example the Gospel of John from beginning to end. Let him that the Lord speaks of himself, and his words will come with a quiet conviction that will make the words of his critics do not make sense. Read also the testament of the New World, the Book of Mormon, taken as a witness that "Jesus is the Christ, the Eternal God, manifesting itself all nations "(Book of Mormon cover) The next is to serve, serve the Lord's work. The spiritual force as physical force as the muscle of my arm. It only increases with food and cause ejercicios.La Christ does not need your questions, it needs strength, time and talents, as far as the exercise in the service, your faith will grow and fade their dudas.El Lord said, 'He who finds his life will lose it, and who loses his life for my sake. find it. "(Matthew 10: 39) These words have more than just a cold theological significance. They are the declaration of a law of life, to the extent that we lose ourselves in a great cause, we find ourselves and there is no greater cause than that of Maestro.Lo third is to pray. Talk to your Eternal Father in the name of his beloved Son. "Hebrews here," he says, "I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear my voice and opens the door, to him and dine with him, and he with me. "(Revelation 3: 20.) This is an invitation and the promise is sure. is unlikely to hear voices from heaven, but security will come, sent from heaven, peaceful and cierta.En this great conversation between Jesus and Nicodemus, the Lord said: "That which is born of the flesh is flesh and what is born of the Spirit is spirit." Then he continued: "The wind blows where it wishes You hear its sound, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is everyone who is born of the Spirit. "(John 3: 6-8) Do not hesitate to promise that will happen for you. If you read the word of the Lord, if they serve in your case, if you talk to him in prayer, their doubts were dispelled, and shining through confusing philosophy, the much talked about higher criticism, and negative theology is. become witnesses of the Holy Spirit that Jesus is indeed the Son of God, born in the flesh. the world's Redeemer is risen from the grave, the Lord will come to reign as King of kings. It is your opportunity to learn, it is your duty to find out. God bless you to achieve it.
