Be Thou an Example of the Believers - Elder Russell M. Nelson

Each exemplary follower of Jesus Christ can become an effective member missionary. Members and full-time missionaries may walk arm in arm in bringing the blessings of the gospel to cherished friends and neighbors. Many of them are of Israel, now being gathered as promised. This is all part of the preparation for the Second Coming of the Lord.²² He wants each of us truly to be an example of the believers.

Be Thou an Example of the Believers - Elder Russell M. Nelson

Each member can be an example of the believers. Brethren, as followers of Jesus Christ, each of you can live in accord with His teachings. You can have “a pure heart and clean hands”; you can have “the image of God engraven upon your [countenance].”¹⁰ Your good works will be evident to others.¹¹ The light of the Lord can beam from your eyes.¹² With that radiance, you had better prepare for questions. The Apostle Peter so counseled, “Be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you.”¹³

Be Thou an Example of the Believers - Elder Russell M. Nelson

In a letter to one of his most trusted companions, Paul wrote to young Timothy, “Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.”⁴ That counsel is just as valid for us now as it was then. It applies to our full-time missionaries; it applies equally to each member of the Church. Whether full-time missionaries or members, we should all be good examples of the believers in Jesus Christ.

Be Thou an Example of the Believers - Elder Russell M. Nelson

Whether full-time missionaries or members, we should all be good examples of the believers in Jesus Christ.

Agency: Essential to the Plan of Life - Elder Robert D. Hales

Though He “was in all points tempted like as we are,”¹⁶ with every choice and every action He exercised the agency to be our Savior—to break the chains of sin and death for us. And by His perfect life, He taught us that when we choose to do the will of our Heavenly Father, our agency is preserved, our opportunities increase, and we progress.