Lessons in the Key of Life: July 2011

Scammers, Scallywags, Vagabonds, and Thieves

I am but a young man of 52 years. However, within my short life time I have slowly watched the world spin out of control on a downward spiral. Many of the nonsensical things that are occurring in our day and time would have never been thought of or heard of when I was a young lad growing up.

Perhaps those were simpler times. Times when people respected each other, and actually endeavored to work together as an unified community for the common good of all. Certainly we had our problems in those days with the various crimes that were committed, but the crimes that were committed did not seem to be of the same brashness and magnitude as we see today.

The Deadly Poison Of Hearsay

All of us are probably guilty at one time or another of participating in idle gossip and hearsay. How many times have we been a part of a conversation that begins something like the following: “I don’t know if it is true or not, but I heard that ____”? And we can each fill in the blank. How many times have we been found guilty of being the starters of such conversations?

Hearsay is like loose cannon fodder that strikes whatever happens to be in its path.

Thou shalt love the Lord thy God and thy neighbor as thyself

In the twenty-second chapter of Matthew, beginning at verse 34, we read of a Pharisee, who was a lawyer by trade, who asks the Savior a question by saying, "Master, which is the great commandment in the law?" The Savior answers him by saying, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

President Gordon Bitner Hinckley

President Gordon Bitner Hinckley

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1 Peter 3:13-17

13 And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?

14 But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;

15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

16 Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.

17 For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.

1 Peter 3:13-17<br/><br/>13 And who <i>is</i> he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?<br/><div class="verse"><a name="14"></a><div id="1_pet/3/14" onclick="return toggleMarked(event, this)">14 But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy <i>are ye:</i> and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled; </div></div><div class="verse"><a name="15"></a><div id="1_pet/3/15" onclick="return toggleMarked(event, this)">15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and <i>be</i> ready always to <i>give</i> an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you wit<span style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline"></span><a mark="d" href="http://scriptures.lds.org/en/1_pet/3/15d" title="TG Meekness." type="B"></a>h meekness and fear<span style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline"></span><a mark="e" href="http://scriptures.lds.org/en/1_pet/3/15e" title="GR reverence, awe." type="P"></a>: </div></div><div class="verse"><a name="16"></a><div id="1_pet/3/16" onclick="return toggleMarked(event, this)">16 Having a good conscience<span style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline"></span><a mark="a" href="http://scriptures.lds.org/en/1_pet/3/16a" title="TG Conscience." type="B"></a>; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ. </div></div><div class="verse"><a name="17"></a><div id="1_pet/3/17" onclick="return toggleMarked(event, this)">17 For <i>it is</i> better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer<span style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline"></span><a mark="a" href="http://scriptures.lds.org/en/1_pet/3/17a" title="TG Self-sacrifice." type="B"></a> for well doing, than for evil doing. </div></div>

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On February 25th, 2008, the Church announced the establishment of a new imprint for publishing works that relate to the origin and growth of the Church.

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