The FUTURE of this world has long been DECLARED; the final outcome between GOOD and evil is already KNOWN. There is absolutely no question as to who WINS because the VICTORY has already been posted on the SCOREBOARD. The only really strange thing is all of this is that we are still down here on the FIELD trying to decide which TEAMโS JERSEY we want to wear!
Jeffrey R. HollandNo eternal learning can take place without that quickening of the Spirit from heaven.
Jeffrey R. HollandAfter an encounter with the living Son of the living God, nothing is ever again to be as it was before.
Jeffrey R. HollandOne of the great consolations . . . is that because Jesus walked such a long, lonely path utterly alone, we do not have to do so.
Jeffrey R. HollandThere is a line from Dante that says, "The arrow seen before cometh less rudely." President John F. Kennedy put one aspect of the same thought into one of his state of the union messages this way: "The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining." The Boy Scouts say it best of all: "Be prepared." That isn't just cracker-barrel wisdom with us; it is theology. "If ye are prepared ye shall not fear." (D&C 38:30)
Jeffrey R. Holland