It’s Not Too Late to Repent, But Don’t Procrastinate | Elder D. Todd Christofferson

[@Raquelzesch]

Repentance helped me to be able to return to the church after being excommunicated. I am so much happier now that i am back and restored throughout Jesus Christ all my blessings. Its so worth it!

[@user-anonymous95]

God bless

[@pmedic523]

Welcome back! We love having you!

[@elvanwyk6573]

God is great and should be glorified..😊

[@caydenthompson126]

What did you do lol

[@BakingSoda4U]

@@caydenthompson126 Does it matter? The prodigal son was never asked what did he do by his father.

[@allspark2370]

I almost shed a tear while watching this, I’ve been through a lot lately and have had trouble with being worthy. What a beautiful message this is. Christ is coming soon, and I hope we are all preparing for His return.

[@traczebabe]

The Savior swoops in with so many blessings, when we repent. And in moments of temptation calling on Him. He is there. Took me too long to learn this. ❤

[@bayarea757]

Progress not perfection Brother or Sister

[@friendsinthefold]

Keep trying. You're doing better than you think, just by exerting yourself. You bring glory to God by believing in Him enough to obey his counsels.

[@RaimundoHernandez]

You can do it! 😊😊

[@guardianangel9517]

@@allspark2370 And he loves you just as much as anyone else🫂 So he's waiting for you whenever you're ready. Love you brother or sister💞🙏🏼

[@robwagner7545]

The adversary likes to twist things, turn them into worthless platitudes that we repeat. Phrases like, "It's never to late to repent" lead to complacency. I love this thought by Elder Christofferson clarifying that indeed it can become too late if we procrastinate our repentance. I'm grateful for the counsel to make it a daily practice.

[@pmedic523]

Wow, that’s quite a shift. I have heard people say that phrase, I myself may have even said it. I will be repenting and using this phrase from now on. Thank you for helping us to grow Elder Christofferson

[@Sunsaintsandwaves]

^^^

[@sabrinafullmer4971]

I’ve recently returned and I’ve never been happier. ❤❤❤ I feel like I have a deeper understanding and appreciation for the teachings of the church.

[@JT-zt7uq]

Welcome back!

[@shanaemartinez1264]

Good distinction. ❤❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏

[@davidbingham7404]

Beautiful message, thanks for sharing. We all need to work on this daily without exceptions. 👍👍💞💞.

[@mrbrown3536]

Amen Elder Christofferson :)

[@EpicPlayz-p22]

can i be your friend im also from the lds church im 19 and im from ghana

[@Raquelzesch]

Thank you for the video

[@emilybailey4283]

I've prayed for others to repent, so often, and have understood that God won't trespass on agency. He speaks the best to others. But I strive not to let my anguish over others not repenting blind me to my own opportunities to repent. I need it just as much as they do, and so many more mistakes can be made by focusing on the reasons why another person should repent while overlooking that the same gift is there for me. Through Jesus Atonement I can be healed and strengthened from matters that weigh me down, and through Jesus Atonement I can be freed from my own failings.❤

[@retag6581]

❤ Why does Salt Lake beg for money??? Now everyone’s going to point their finger to the kids in schools

[@adamrobison6737]

This is the whole message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, change and be happy

[@EpicPlayz-p22]

can i be your friend im also from the lds church im 19 and im from ghana

[@truthfromearth]

This is so true and needed NOW!

[@serenamg]

I am so grateful for our Prophet and all of His disciples. Daily. Repentance. I used to think it was too late. It is not. ❤ 🙏🏻 ♾️

[@matthewnew4751]

Thank you for the beautiful counsel!

[@DaleRollisonButch-qg4iq]

Thank you heavenly Father God bless everyone Amen 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@vendingguy47]

I'm so grateful for daily repentance available through Jesus Christ and His Atonement.

[@joshswenson8390]

One of my favorite teachers. He has a way with words!!

[@johntony1716]

THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOR ALL HALLELUJAH 🙌

[@guardianangel9517]

His hands are always stretched out for us. Remember that simple truth and you can't go wrong ❤❤❤

[@AnitaRenowden]

One prayer would be all who read this text that never tried the church of jesus christ of latterdays saints headquarters in utah. Would trust. Trust how blessed they are to read this and hear your invitation for baptism in and through and by the church of jesus christ of latterdays saints headquarters in utah. I add headquarters in utah because it's the only headquarters set by our eternal father to be saved through baptism in the ONLY TRUE church here on earth. And trust we will escape the he'll that's before us coming within the next 4 years or sooner.i say this in the name of jesus christ amen

[@Jennifer_Governo]

Repentance is joy❤

[@rebeccalarson7995]

It is a precious gift and so is forgiveness and love that we receive when we do repent. Along with that we receive the joy that he is talking about. Only those who repent will understand.

[@obemi2.]

Thank you for encouragement and advice 🙏

[@mithunfranklin148]

Praise the Lord 🙏❤

[@randytrimble3493]

Repentance is a blessing I am glad to participate in daily

[@Zion_Or_Bust]

The EXACT same clarifications and expansions we do on our "Talk Breakdowns"... the EXACT same clarification and expansions we always get attacked for providing... Thank you Elder Christofferson for showing us that accurate and precise language is actually important, and providing such clarifications and expansions isn't a "lack of sustaining" but an "act OF sustaining"...

[@theoelliott5944]

Thank you, Elder. 🙏🏻

[@robertjohnstevens]

God does want us to become perfect in every way we can.

[@Luis-n3l4v]

Muchas Gracias Élder Cristhofferson por su mensaje,tiene ese mismo poder en su voz, cómo cuando le he escuchado hablar en español. Ha pronunciado una gran verdad eterna!... Desde La Patagonia Norte de Argentina 🇦🇷

[@dhewett79]

I can testify that it’s never too late. He is waiting on us, get on your knees and have your Enos moment. It is completely worth it!

[@floydthebarber8002]

The curtain is coming down on this act of the earth's history. Our leaders know it. And Elder Christofferson is subtly conveying it in this msg.

[@elainevassel7600]

I am happy to know this,and desire this blessing or this gift of Repentance.And I am working on this.While seeking this gift from Heavenly father. Praying that I may qualify for such blessings

[@camilleberry-rejoiceinHIM]

I love this. I don't think I've ever said "never too late" but this wording has a special reverence about it. "The precious gift of repentance," will change the way I view it I think.

[@mariovalles1366]

My son asks me often about this topic, glad to be able to listen to this one.

[@naomicobb8687]

repentance is part of taking up the cross daily. Without it, clearly there could be no "perfecting of the saints. Elder Neal. A Maxwell

[@rangiormsby2288]

Thank you it's a message of peace

[@roger2bro]

❤️ Thank you for this. Thank you

[@MerrillMadsen]

Thank you for sharing this comforting truth!

[@רבי_ישמעאל]

Wow. This was profound! Thank you!!

[@lassaleteg.12]

Thank you!

[@suzyq6767]

I like this message. Thank you. I took the counsel of daily repentance to heart. However, now that I'm getting older, I try to repent in the moment. If I wait til evening, I sometimes forget my day's poor choices. So, I keep in mind this scripture and continually guard my thoughts. "...if ye do not watch yourselves, and your thoughts, and your words, and your deeds, and observe the commandments of God, and continue in the faith of what ye have heard concerning the coming of our Lord, even unto the end of your lives, ye must perish. And now, O man, remember, and perish not." Mosiah 4:30. Satan can send bad thought darts. If I watch myself and catch them before entertaining them, they are not mine. I can reject wrong ideas and repent in a running conversation with God all day long.

[@Latterdaysaintcrunchymom]

Love this idea!

[@PawelOlownia]

Yes it is. It is a gift. Repentance is in action. I seek God's grace.

[@jamenrivera7546]

Love Elder Christofferson. He has always been like a father figure to me in a very distant way hahaha. His influence and perspective are awesome. So grateful that we have men like him to hold the office apostle on the earth once again.

[@jareds561]

I love the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. Thank you Lord Jesus for sending true apostles again!!!❤❤❤

[@ReachingForTheBrightestStar]

So grateful for this message! Too much I have seen within our own church the false idea promoted from members that God is so loving that it doesn’t matter what we do in this life nor if we repent but that God will save us all eventually in the celestial kingdom no matter what. This video is refreshing in the way it re-aligns us all to God’s word that yes he loves us but there are very real, eternal consequences for choosing to reject Jesus’s incredible gift of repentance. What we do in this life truly does matter.

[@ddew17]

The small difference in wording really does make all of the difference. Thank you for this reminder.

[@pauldodd4326]

Amen thank you Lord Jesus❤

[@jaykoh9482]

Thank you

[@JamesFox-b2b]

Thank you Elder Christofferson!

[@MegWasHere2011]

Amen

[@novawarren5089]

I love this message Thank you for each one of messages ❤❤❤ 1:45

[@dadhacks9449]

The savior loves but especially when we repent…my favorite part of my Heavenly Father is his conditional love. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside

[@Starannify]

I think one of the ways it can be described is when a parent keeps warning kids as they age that when they keep doing certain things that are likely to be harmful or are outright harmful (e.g. hitchhiking or smoking), there can come a time when the parent can't -- not won't -- help them anymore. If the kid gets into the wrong car with the wrong person or gets lung cancer, what is the parent to do? They love them, but can't save them from themselves: in fact, we believe that repentance is important because we could end up rejecting His grace by judgement, which is what will happen for most people who don't repent.

[@88cruzer1]

I love Elder Christofferson. I know he’s a prophet of God by the power of the Holy Ghost.

[@alexblake5743]

Excellent. Thanks!

[@premalathaanthony8042]

I love this msg every day while I have my personal prayers I ask for repentance because daily we will be having some temptations some things will be happening, in the morning and evening I ask for repentance then only my mind will be free, it's going on, I will think I should not repeat doing like this, human beings, temptations too much.

[@steelriverr]

D. Todd Christofferson you’re the goat. Thank you🙏.

[@rconger24]

Call me spoiled milk. But I wouln't want to be a _goat!_ 😞

[@dreggory82]

​@@rconger24 he said THE goat, not A goat. Two very different things. He meant the acronym Greatest Of All Time (GOAT). A nice compliment.

[@FantasyReelTales-45]

The precious gift of repentance

[@StompMom5]

We definitely need to hear more of this. I feel like there is so much teaching around being more loving that we forget that real love is making sure we understand the consequences of taking things too lightly. I hear people say all the time that you have until your deathbed to repent and that's simply not true!! We can't live a life full wickedness to say "sorry" at the last hour and have God give us a high-five and say all is well. Alma teaches fire and brimstone for a reason. He's warning us to always be ready in the event that our last day has an unexpected end to which we had no time to make things right. There really is such thing as too late. It's all over the scriptures.

[@UtDigger]

Amen!

[@santoshsamuel1228]

A message of hope and conversion has spread from Fatima, the true Gospel of Christ, presented anew to our generation (Pope John Paul II)

[@eloiselovesdevi]

I think God is always ready to forgive. It’s never too late for him but I think if we don’t act upon the prompting to repent, the desire to repent may pass and it becomes too late for us because we no longer respond to the stirrings of the spirit.

[@BakingSoda4U]

That's one way to look at it. I think it might also have to do with the fact that we all will die some day, and also the fact that when we are before the Lord in the final day, we will not be able to repent there.

[@lisahelen7773]

Yes, that's called the point of no return and is found in Helaman 13:38 But behold, your days of probation are past; ye have procrastinated the day of your salvation until it is everlastingly too late, and your destruction is made sure; yea, for ye have sought all the days of your lives for that which ye could not obtain; and ye have sought for happiness in doing iniquity, which thing is contrary to the nature of that righteousness which is in our great and Eternal Head. 3 Nephi 27: 10 And if it so be that the church is built upon my gospel then will the Father show forth his own works in it. 11 But if it be not built upon my gospel, and is built upon the works of men, or upon the works of the devil, verily I say unto you they have joy in their works for a season, and by and by the end cometh, and they are hewn down and cast into the fire, from whence there is no return. 12 For their works do follow them, for it is because of their works that they are hewn down; therefore remember the things that I have told you. “Sin is intensely habit-forming and sometimes moves men to the tragic point of no return. Without repentance there can be no forgiveness, and without forgiveness all the blessings of eternity hang in jeopardy. As the transgressor moves deeper and deeper in his sin, and the error is entrenched more deeply and the will to change is weakened, it becomes increasingly nearer hopeless and he skids down and down until either he does not want to climb back up or he has lost the power to do so.” - President Kimball, (The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, ed. Edward L. Kimball [1982], 83) “As the time of repentance is procrastinated, the ability to repent grows weaker, neglect of opportunity in holy things develops inability.” - Elder James E. Talmage, (Articles of Faith, p. 114) And "However, the free agency possessed by any one person is increased or diminished by the use to which he puts it. Every wrong decision one makes restricts the area in which he can thereafter exercise his agency. The further one goes in the making of wrong decisions in the exercise of free agency, the more difficult it is for him to recover the lost ground. One can, by persisting long enough, reach the point of no return. He then becomes an abject slave. By the exercise of his free agency, he has decreased the area in which he can act, almost to the vanishing point." Marion G Romney - The Perfect Law of Liberty - 1981 General Conference

[@timothyguffey1864]

🔥🔥🔥

[@ildenete3235]

Thank you elder Christofferson, a alegria constrangedora da exposição tentando disfarçar mas a parte do resultado da oração sincera do arrependimento é a de sentir o amor é a melhor parte.

[@tylerfluckiger5725]

U know I totally agree with everything that has been said repentance is essential practically important things ❤

[@OhLordMyRedeemer]

Thank you for posting this! I saw it when it was on Elder Christoffersons social media, and loved it. So happy to be able to see it again. Christ is coming soon! ❤

[@rconger24]

*Take care of it!* *_Return to JOY !!_*

[@byronbolen72]

In other words, when you die, it is too late. If you're alive, it is not too late to repent.

[@debbiemartinez3651]

No you can still repent in the next life until the second coming

[@Baumeister40]

Great message. With regard to Emergenncy Preparedness, I can carry the metaphor forward a bit... Repenting about being unprepared is like having to borrow food & water from a neighbor because you passed up the opportunity to store your own. Procrastination was compared in his message to waiting too long to plant crops and missing the growing season altogether. This is much more DIRE. In E-prep, I would compare this to having not kept your phone charged or a blanket in your car when you slide on ice off the road into a ditch at night. Dire = Extremely serious

[@EpicPlayz-p22]

can i be your friend im also from the lds church im 19 and im from ghana

[@magimon91834]

Well said

[@Sobbleboy27]

well said

[@Drobethegreat]

Thank you I need to repent

[@mitchtrevino9548]

What a great correction to that phrase! It's not too late, so repent quickly before it becomes too late. I know Jesus Christ made it possible for us to repent by His life He lead and His Atonement.

[@CWReid]

As I've been studying the temple more deeply--even the ancient Tabernacle & customs of the Israelites with their 7 festivals--I've learned about the Jewish Wedding Feast (obviously connected to the Wedding Parable and also the 10 Virgins Parable); I'm seeing now how often Christ/scripture alludes to Him as the bridegroom. Here it is in D&C 45: as Summer ended and the white fields were harvested, the bride would've been awaiting her bridegroom to arrive on an unspecified day in the middle of the night, and the bridegroom arrives "in an hour when ye think not," so don't procrastinate your vigilant preparation. These allusions are like parables with obvious surface level content to edify the listener, but there's soooo much more beneath that surface for those with eyes to see & ears to hear. Check it out 🤙 Y muchísimas gracias, Elder Christofferson! Un abrazote de Texas 😊

[@katherinem.4414]

Procrastination is deadly when it keeps happening. Let no man be your teacher, unless he be a man of God, walking in his ways and keeping his commandments.

[@k_man]

THIS. LISTEN TO THIS ☝️

[@masham7197]

I think it’s also important to think on it this way: we talk about peoples in the scriptures being “ripe” with iniquity and thus ready for destruction. Sometimes “too late” means you’ve put off repenting so long that now you no longer want to, now you’re doing such awful things that you’re the worst you, personally, could ever be, and you have changed so much you now refuse and don’t want to change. Of course, even the absolute worst people can have a moment where they realize how far they’ve gone, and they decide to turn back to God, but I wouldn’t want to procrastinate so long that now my goals and wants have changed so drastically that I no longer want God in any way shape or form…

[@joshuasystems]

A question I've been thinking about- If the Church received counsel tomorrow from the Lord to "sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor" (Luke 18:22), would they be willing to do it?

[@dreggory82]

I think many would do it, but many would not. We're a church full to the brim with imperfect people, but who loves the Lord.

[@jmalko9152]

He who dashes in pieces has come up against you. Keep the fortress! Watch the way! Strengthen your waist! Fortify your power mightily! Nahum 2

[@mjlondon09]

To REPENT is a MUST, so OBEY Acts 2:38.

[@jessicaalbright3736]

❤❤❤

[@AgathaFurtado-d9g]

🫂....

[@EpicPlayz-p22]

can i be your friend im also from the lds church im 19 and im from ghana

[@theknights5086]

Good thumbnail

[@considerthetruth]

See general handbook chapter 16 with the emphasis on daily repentance.

[@solomonstello]

You said that when you were at that Youth Fireside in Everett last year.

[@supremekai129]

Facts.

[@JonClark125]

❤

[@MichaelMyers-ct3xf]

is the repentance and forgiveness for ALL sins even the most horrible too?

[@EpicPlayz-p22]

can i be your friend im also from the lds church im 19 and im from ghana

[@scottydangerous]

Going through a divorce and it sucks going to church now... Everyone who knows won't look at me anymore, they try to avoid me... I didn't cheat on, beat, yell, put down or abuse my wife. Yes, I wasn't perfect, and I've been going through the repentance process, but the supposed righteous indignation from ward members is miss appropriated.. My wife is leaving me for pretty normal marital strifes... I feel like it's worse to let people guess why she is leaving me, than to just tell everyone. Then maybe they won't look at me like I'm some type of abuser.

[@Jamesearlpace]

Love you brother

[@haroldtakahashi8875]

💛...

[@SJKile]

Could you please turn off the captions? People can turn them on & off at the local level without impacting my wish to not see them?

[@HybridEqualist]

Funny how one word change adjusts the context of the message. "Never too late" can feel like we are allowed to procrastinate until we hit some future "ready" state when we'll finally do the thing we've been telling ourselves. But "not too late" keeps the reality of an eventual end more present in the mind and what is an end, existentially speaking, if not motivation to stop procrastinating?

[@CoastalGardening]

👍🙏

[@timelesstimesgoneby]

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[@tyshanturinetti1933]

Thank you ❤

[@armandolopez5318]

A racist who does not repent will never see the face of God.

[@naomicobb8687]

I would like to invite you to read the book of Mormon and to pray and asks God the Father in the name of Jesus Christ to know for yourself if this church is true and if what he is saying is true it is up to listen and to find that answer God loves everyone and he intended this church to be for everyone.

[@donaldbun936]

if you are reading this just know that the offical teachings of the church is you can become a God one day just like Christ. people of the latter-day saints must repent and turn into the orthodox teaching of the catholic church

[@donaldbun936]

@ you actually believe you can become a God?

[@naomicobb8687]

@@donaldbun936 I would like to invite you to read the Book of Mormon and to pray and asks God the father in the name of Jesus Christ to know if the church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints is true what my friend says is true but its up to you to find the right truthful church and to do that is to pray and asks God the father.

[@donaldbun936]

@@naomicobb8687 im good i know you probably genuine but mormons still believe that they can become God like christ which is blasphemy

[@tmadsam]

I feel I have repented, but I don't know if it is enough? Should I be excummanded and return to make it real? Someone help me, please!

[@shandimuir124]

Your local church leaders (bishop, stake president) have stewardship to know what should be done. They love you and want to help-whatever it looks like.

[@naomicobb8687]

Find the missionaries of our church, and pray and read the Book of Mormon to gain a testimony and go to church. We will always have to repent in our life, but we must continue to do these little things to help us remain faithful it is because of the atonement of Jesus Christ that we can do it.

[@3blenders]

Repentance enables Agency, the Lord enables it by His Atonement. Without the atonement Agency would not be possible and actually God would seize to exist without the atonement, and without the Agency that we have, to chose him. Choosing Him (them, God and the Lord and the Holy Ghost), is the worshipping act of bearing testimony to which the Holy Ghost is essential. The Holy Ghost is also the "fact checker God", without him, Agency is not possible and the Atonement would not be possible, and therefore God would seize to exist. And so, repentance is not only a right, but also the act of worshipping all THREE, the Trinity, and the God Father, Boss God - all three are one in purpose, yet three individual Gods dependent on each other, each with their explicit roles. Last but not least, I have a question: Does a prophet need to repent? And does it need to be public? Is admitting having made a mistake a liability for the Church Corporation and a necessity? Joseph Smith repented publicly, one of which is even canonized into scripture. Are there people that are exempt of repentance? Does it mean, when one refuses to repent, he denies the Holy Ghost, and the Atonement, and is quasi threatening the existence of God? Meaning, repentance is not just a self-interested act to further one's soul and redirect one's course to correction, but it's primarily an act of worship, signifying that we are supporting the Lord in establishing God's throne, and a testimony of which, because that very act of repentance is just that - a testimony, is an act of forgiveness and testimony in which according to Joseph Smith one's sins are forgiven while also that same is recorded in Heaven and Angels are rejoicing.... Just a little sightseeing trip of mine of what I see and experience. I love The Three and My Agency. You can't support agency if you do not repent.... get it? The very belief is basically putting your money where your mouth is. These two cannot be separated. Repentance and Agency go hand in hand, and so go all Gods each with their important contributing complimenting roles they have in the Trinity.

[@thomashallman5436]

it is never too late to change y all don t let any naysayer tell you otherwise

[@retag6581]

❤ why your own Mary Nichols on channel 2 tells you to check your mental health