Show MeA Me Me M e A AS Sinner V By LARRY MANN Me Me A Sinner I wont won't reach the Celestial Kingdom unless I can become become become be be- come far more perfect Maybe only one third or fourth or even less of the Mormons will get there Why SINCE WE believe this is Christs Christ's true Church and were we're members of it we cant can't help but reach the Celestial Kingdom Why Often we dont don't consider ourselves ourselves ourselves our our- selves sinners like we think everyone else is since we dont don't lie cheat steal murder smoke or drink be immoral or unchaste unchaste unchaste un un- un- un chaste swear use foul loul language language language lan lan- guage or tell dirt dirty jokes Even if we overcome all of these sins we still haven't earned Celestial Glory It all depends on the question of being being being be be- ing Valiant SO FAR only half of the kinds of sins are listed the sins of commission the ones we do Equally important are the ones we dont don't do such aspay aspay as aspay pay a full tithing attend all meetings fast and pray show love for our families visit the sick be charitable to the poor keep the Sabbath Day holy go home teaching have family home night pray together continually continually continually con con- do genealogy and spend all our spare time doing that missionary work How can we repent for time weve we've missed and wasted j For not taking advantage of experiences and opportunities that are gone forever WHAT IS this business of being Valiant Its It's pure dogged dogged dogged dog dog- ged determination to love and live and do the gospel every bit of the way being earnestly earnestly earnestly ear ear- nestly intensely and anxiously engaged in a good cause persevering persevering persevering per per- severing industrious fearless brave courageous diligent this is being Valiant This is required for Celestial Glory D C Those who are not valiant in the testimony of Jesus assuming assuming assuming assum assum- ing they are otherwise worthy go to the kingdom That is church members haying having having hav hay ing testimonies who know by personal revelation from the Holy Ghost that the work is true but dont don't take an affirmative affirmative affirmative affirm affirm- courageous stand in of the church shallI shall go to the kingdom I THEY ARE lukewarm neither neither neither nei nei- nei- nei ther hot nor cold They belong to the Church but dont don't magnify magnify magnify mag mag- their Priesthood callings or act diligently in their of of- These are hearers not i doers of the word Weve We've got to get out there and gladly go home teaching take delight in the Sabbath and in fasting anxiously attend attend attend at at- tend Church humbly and earnestly take the Sacrament fearlessly do missionary work diligently love our families pray intensely work overtime overtime over over- overtime time for the Lord THEN WERE WE'RE on the right path What's more when we get this involved we find that we love it and could keep ongoing ongoing on ongoing going forever The Church does docs not restrict our activities activities ties but gives us more than we knew or understood be be- fore Just overcoming sins of commission is no fun true But when we get active in inthe inthe inthe the things we should do then it gets exciting |