The Lord's Paths Are Righteousness

[@danielkunert6244]

Thanks for the presentation the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is true

[@skylerreddy5436]

I feel blessed to have living prophets and apostles today.

[@nglad2]

Thank the Lord for Living prophets and apostles. Elder Cook is a witness of the Living Christ.

[@adrianw3985]

I just had a son return from his mission, and another one just leave. The Book of Mormon has been a tremendous blessing in my life.

[@jenniferleon-guerrero634]

Thank you Elder Cook for your encouragement to be faithful to our Heavenly Father and our Savior Jesus Christ and his gospel. I’m so grateful for my membership in the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.😁❤️

[@lydiastevenson8502]

My mum was born Jewish and saw the jewishness of the Book of Mormon, and it's her testimony of the book that brought her to the church.

[@stuartwoodcock9780]

You know those talks that get you back to Church more often. This is one of them for me.

[@latter-daysaintpud1432]

Amazing to hear the voice of President Woodruff. I love the Lords' Church and hearing His apostles speak.

[@willbass5883]

I love being a member of the church of Jesus Christ of latter-day saints it's wonderful I love how it is Sunday and the youth testimony thing at 7 hopefully all of the youth (me) go there.

[@markkrispin6944]

So you like being a member of a false, man made religion that tells you not to think for yourself by white, racist, old and senile men. Got it! So pathetic 🙄

[@kathleenkalama9667]

💖💖💖💖💖 Precious-- Eternal…Truth- Thank You

[@lisapeterson1549]

Thank you for the wonderful talk on how important it is to put God first in everything that we do. Yesterday I told my friend I would work this Saturday if she came. The Lord was very merciful and reminded through the Spirit that I wouldn't work on Saturdays so I could work at the temple. I felt troubled so I went to the Ogden Temple to do His work. I was done with His work and asked if I could do some more work. They graciously said Yes, while I was doing the Lord's work, all of a sudden I told the Lord I wouldn't work this Saturday but instead keep Saturdays as my temple work day. I felt so much better and much peace.

[@mariavalmorida7935]

Thank you for sharing, recording witness of an Apostle.

[@deanbunnell4822]

Thank you, Elder Cook, you are one of my favorite witnesses of the Savior I always look forward to hearing your profound thoughts and testimony, be well.

[@carolswarbrick1722]

The church history library IS THRILLING!!! When l first went in, l walked back out, the spirit ordered me bacon, l relented. What a rich bountiful bank of doctrinal jewels. 🇬🇧 9:46

[@CarolsCurrentObsession]

Wow, that was so neat to be able to hear Pres Woodruff's voice! So special! Also, I love listening to Elder Cook, and his special witness ~ what a great talk, thank you for posting this. 🥰🥰

[@ohmdket1]

An ordained apostle of the Lord has spoken, wow! His message is still ringing in my heart. I was a bishop twice and got to experience first hand the ways that the Holy Spirit works in the lives of the Saint. I have also seen members have contention with each other. But, I have seen hearts changed and replaced by a greater love of the Savior. My advice to you is to first look inward. With the experiences you have had, you can start the healing process in your ward. Discuss with the Lord what He would have you do; then listen and act. You won't find a holier and wiser group of men than the Apostles and Prophets we have today in the church. So, dear brother, be the person your Savior would have you be and find find the fruit at church. I love you, brother. May His Love for you sink deep within your heart.

[@tinacarvalhoBodyandHealth]

My heart increased its rate for God's love for us that he provided impossibly simple difficult ways for life guidance!

[@jedmorley1695]

I love this and the spirit I felt as I watched & studied these principles. The prophet Joseph Smith amazes me with all he did to restore the gospel of Jesus Christ. The old recording is priceless along with the Book of Mormon pages. ❤

[@Sharon_Miller]

😮❤😮❤😮❤ WOW!! To hear the Prophet's voice from that far back!! How WONDERFUL 💗💕. That to me was as wonderful as getting to see and smell the basement ( with the stone removed) when visiting the Salt Lake Temple, only a year or 2 after I was baptized.

[@mjwells100]

Excellent talk by Elder Cook. I felt the Spirit so strongly and feel so much love for the Savior. Also, it was nice to remember God’s promise to Abraham re Israel (very timely at this time).

[@katherinem.4414]

Some people who do not find the gospel in this life, may be those also who try to work at having integrity, and God gives us rewards for the good we are, and what we have done…for the commandments we have kept….we will be blessed, and have an opportunity to accept along the way, even after this life. Everyone has chances along the way. And we all need to repent every day.

[@jeannieboberg801]

Thank you so much for this profound talk!

[@franklebatista1091]

"And the Doctrine of the Priesthood will descend from heaven like a dew " only by righteousness. I learned this divine true Doctrine long time ago and am still learning

[@IN_GODS_iTRUST]

Daaaayum love it man I’m a converter too when i was 15 , got a hitting from my whole family so i had to left till now i have my own family, stand on my own two feet, i put my Faith ABOVE everything even my own Life , I’m a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of latter saint. Much ❤ and ✌️

[@ildenete3235]

Muito especial elder Quen, muito obrigado, hoje eu pensei naquele monte e imaginei ele abrindo ao meio para o povo do Senhor passar. Ainda que a ressurreição de Adão até Jesus Cristo tenha acontecido e muitos profetas já receberam a sua benção de ressurgir na visita do Senhor, há muitos eventos sagrado para acontecer . E será maravilhoso.

[@LifeInHarmony247]

Love this so much!!

[@adiospobreza]

What a beautiful message that Joseph Smith was foreordained for his mission. We are grateful for the Lord's purposes in providings text to feel His Spirit as we seek Real Truth. Priceless manuscripts. Priceless faith exhibits exist. This is why so many more and more students and returned missionaries are now sharing Appendix 1 and Appendix 2 in: "Without Disclosing My True Identity: The Authorized and Official Biography of the Mormon Prophet Joseph Smith, Jr. PDF"

[@markkrispin6944]

Wow, you really need to stop drinking the Mormon Kool-Aid.

[@CarolsCurrentObsession]

Alright, that was pretty clear instruction! Right at 15:56 I was about to press BUY on a whole raft of stuff in my cart, and this was said. Background ~ I am listening to this talk while browsing Aliexpress for some new dolls to dress and sell. Meanwhile, in the back of my head is the thought that I really should be spending my time taking care of my family history, but of course, i am putting that off by listening to this talk and browsing Aliexpress at the same time.🤔😒 Do you know what? The Spirit works in all sorts of ways on all sorts of people, at all sorts of times, on all sorts of things....yah, I didn't end up buying anything, instead I shut down Aliexpress, recognized the problem, and started writing this. Thank you for this very timely talk! 🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@carolynkeiser5545]

Thank you 😊. ❤

[@carolswarbrick1722]

Loved this

[@shandrews]

Loved this message so much. ❤

[@romeolozada8659]

Very inspiring massage.🙏😍

[@joshuaerickson8888]

Excellent talk!

[@katherinem.4414]

Oh my goodness, a family member of mine, who was a Baptist, said the same thing once….about those words….”and it came to pass.” I can be amused because later in life, this family member came to the gospel, even in the afterlife. Temple work was done….we know that he is well off.

[@katherinem.4414]

What a profound quote!! We have a bigger responsibility to do what is right, after we believe and then know!! The Nephites, in the Book of Mormon, knew!! They were righteous, but grew wicked. How and why? Why did it happen?

[@Josh-vy2zq]

not unclean person will enter into the kindom of my father none in jesus name amen.

[@markkrispin6944]

That includes all Mormons!

[@rdancranston]

Thou shalt not judge....truth is none of us know where anybody will end up after judgment... That's why God is our judge... We get it you dislike LDS people...

[@christinewoodland5127]

@ensigncollege When and where was this talk given?

[@richardbarrow4620]

1400 views @ 4hrs on line. 👍😃

[@creativegenecircle]

When was this talk given?

[@jonnyb9586]

D&C 88:32-33 32 And they who remain shall also be quickened; nevertheless, they shall return again to their own place, to enjoy that which they are willing to receive, because they were not willing to enjoy that which they might have received. 33 For what doth it profit a man if a gift is bestowed upon him, and he receive not the gift? Behold, he rejoices not in that which is given unto him, neither rejoices in him who is the giver of the gift.

[@aBrewster29]

This was a pretty good talk up to the comparison of funerals. In the inferences Elder Cook draws from observation, key information is missing. As a father of teens and younger children I can say it is extremely difficult to teach pure truth to children in a church culture that promotes institutional loyalty at the expense of conscience. So to hear one’s successes in other areas of life ascribed to the choice of prioritizing worldly desires over church rings hollow. Some people do that, it’s true, but it’s nowhere near representative. There’s also some heavy “glass half full/empty” characterizations made here. Is it wrong for a funeral to be somber? It sounds like the first man was beloved and will be missed. I’ve lost family, and even knowledge of and faith in the plan of happiness couldn’t reduce the pain that was at times crippling. On the flip side, there are many cases where funerals were essentially hijacked to over focus on the plan of salvation rather than just to provide context for grief and to plant a seed of faith in some.

[@rtharalson]

3:59 a few “facts” - fore ordained? That is smuggling in a presupposition. Please establish and demonstrate how joe smith is fore ordained without motivated reason and conflicts of interest meaning you don’t get to use his works / words. BoM and D&C are out. This whole talk is bad reasoning from the start.

[@Agben35]

There is only one path. This isn’t it.

[@quemaspana]

Is how Joseph translated the plates not important?

[@velocirapture89]

because the fact is more important than the method.

[@quemaspana]

@@velocirapture89 Facts are pretty clear that there is a lot of 19th century religious philosophy in the book, to say nothing of 19th century view of the Indians.

[@curtcarver392]

0:06 there is no personal righteousness, only the righteousness of Christ. See Book of Mormon and New Testament 8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: 10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; 11 If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead. 12 Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. 13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, 14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. 3 For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. 4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.

[@Jozeemoss]

To venerate fiction to Gospel is blasphemy. Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

[@phoenixrising5338]

His assumption here is that the members of the church are righteous and when you go to church, you're among the righteous. And when that's not true? I listened to this and kept thinking about my local ward, which is a hotbed of apathy, indifference, unkindness, dishonesty, and even abuse. Not seeing righteousness there. This fact seems to completely escape the top leadership of the church. And don't respond and tell me everyone is imperfect. There's imperfect, and there's mean and cruel. These people are mean and cruel.

[@saintguymoski364]

What are you looking for here? What’s your hope and intention with this post? Are you looking for pity or validation? It sounds like you need to pray and repent. Love and serve your brothers and sisters.

[@phoenixrising5338]

@saintguymoski364 What I'm saying is that this attitude of "we never see anything wrong," "we're the righteous," and "suffer with a smile always," leads to complete blindness when people are being cruel and abusive. It's a recipe for creating and then excusing abusive environments. The church blathers constantly about how it opposes abuse, but it routinely creates an environment where abuse flourishes. No one is looking for pity. I'm looking for intelligence, common sense, and some shred of decency. What is your purpose in responding as you did? Because it accomplishes nothing except to excuse injustice and abuse. The whole, "you're meant to suffer and you should suffer with a smile," needs to stop. It's just enabling bullies and abusers in our wards. And they are flourishing. This is driving people out of the church by the thousands, but no one will acknowledge it or address it. They just keep on doing the same thing and expecting people to sit there and take it. I think these guys are going to have some tough questions to answer at the judgment seat.

[@Choosefaith7]

@@phoenixrising5338 ‘the church blathers about ….’ Are you meaning that the church leaders speak out against? I would think that’s a good thing, right? Not sure how that creates a place for abuse to flourish. Are you wanting a church military that enforces all of its teachings? That would go against everything God has set forth. We all have agency. And yes, we all make mistakes because of that agency. We cannot change others actions, but the only actions we will be held accountable for is our own. There are unkind and mean people everywhere. And yes, the church is not immune. We should all know better and be better, but we have not walked in their shoes. We all have a story and only God knows our hearts. Don’t let others actions be a stumbling block for you. You are not responsible for the actions of others. But keep in mind, we are responsible for our reaction to them. Best wishes.

[@janicecole2722]

Dear Phoenixrising, have you discussed this problem with your bishop? If the majority of your ward is as nasty as you say they are, surely there are others there who are feeling the effects of their negativity, too. You would be doing not only yourself a favor, but the others they are hurting as well. And you'd be doing the negative ones a favor, too, because they certainly aren't going to find favor with the Lord the way they are! You know, I was in a ward once that was very unfriendly...not mean, just unfriendly. I'm naturally a very outgoing person, and every week I'd try to strike up a conversation with various people, and I might get a "Hi" but that was it. One day I was late arriving, and I figured I'd sit in the foyer 'til they finished passing the Sacrament. I noticed another woman sitting across from me, someone I hadn't seen before. So after Sacrament was done, I started chatting softly with her, and found out that she had been inactive for quite some time and had recently decided to come back. For a few weeks after that, we sat in the foyer just talking & getting to know each other. She said she had almost given up because everyone was so unfriendly! Eventually we went into the chapel and took Sacrament with everyone else instead of out in the foyer. We're still friends to this day! A few months afterward, our ward boundaries changed and we both ended up in a much friendlier ward! 😊😉 So Phoenix, I'd say good luck but I don't believe in luck...I believe in blessings. I'm sure there's someone there who needs you as much as you need them, maybe more than one! God bless you!🥰❤🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@appleseed8375]

He made no assumption. He talked of the choices we each get to make. In those choices ly where eternity is for us. Appearance without the foundation of discipleship is a sinking ship.

[@johnrowley310]

Got to get you believing the Book of Mormon. then you will swallow the whole pagan doctrine the is the Mormon lie...