President Ezra Taft
Benson taught:
"For nearly six
thousand years, God has held you in reserve to make your appearance in the
final days before the Second Coming of the Lord. Every previous gospel
dispensation has drifted into apostasy, but ours will not. True, there will be
some individuals who will fall away; but the kingdom of God will remain intact
to welcome the return of its head—even Jesus Christ. While our generation will
be comparable in wickedness to the days of Noah, when the Lord cleansed the
earth by flood, there is a major difference this time. It is that God has saved
for the final inning some of his strongest children, who will help bear off the
Kingdom triumphantly. And that is where you come in, for you are the generation
that must be prepared to meet your God.
All through the ages the
prophets have looked down through the corridors of time to our day. Billions of
the deceased and those yet to be born have their eyes on us. Make no mistake
about it—you are a marked generation. There has never been more expected of the
faithful in such a short period of time as there is of us. Never before on the
face of this earth have the forces of evil and the forces of good been as well
organized. Now is the great day of the devil’s power, with the greatest mass
murderers of all time living among us. But now is also the great day of the
Lord’s power, with the greatest number ever of priesthood holders on the earth.
And the showdown is fast approaching.
Each day the forces of
evil and the forces of good pick up new recruits. Each day we personally make
many decisions that show where our support will go. The final outcome is
certain—the forces of righteousness will finally win. What remains to be seen
is where each of us personally, now and in the future, will stand in this
fight—and how tall we will stand. Will we be true to our last-days,
foreordained mission?
Great battles can make
great heroes, but heroes will make great battle. You will never have a better
opportunity to be a greater hero in a more crucial battle than in the battle
you will face today and in the immediate future. Be warned that some of the
greatest battles you will face will be fought within the silent chambers of
your own soul. David’s battles in the field against the foe were not as
critical as David’s battles in the palace against a lustful eye. We will each
find our own battlefield. The tactics that the enemy will use against us will
vary from time to time; he will feel after our weak spots. We must be alert to
the devil’s devious designs, to the subtle sins and clever compromises as well
as the obvious offenses. "
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---March 04, 1979, In His
Steps, Ezra Taft Benson
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