Elder Jorge F. Zeballos of the Seventy
Tuesday devotional, June 6, 2017
Elder and Sister Zeballos – Tuesday devotional – June 6, 2017:
Sister Zeballos:
- As doctrine is understood and applied, conversion deepens.
- You must represent Christ, serve Him, make His way your way, make His gospel your gospel.
- The HG is the true teacher — you are an instrument, but the HG teaches
- It is a privilege to serve as an instrument. Your role is to create an environment where the HG can do the teaching and inspiring
- The four elements of preparing to serve a mission 1) ponder and search, like the sons of Mosiah (Alma 17:3-5) 2) Improve your prayers by pondering before and after each prayer, give the Lord a chance to answer you 3) be obedient, don’t ask ?’s, just obey 4) love your companion, inspire your companion. Without companion harmony, you cannot succeed in the work
- Be happy in the work!
Elder Zeballos::
- They have been assigned to the Central America area starting in August.
- My wife has learned English with the help of the Spirit.
- They didn’t get to serve the last year of their mission presidency. “What will happen to our missionaries?”
- To what were you ordained? D&C 50:13. The 1828 dictionary defines ORDAIN as appointed to a pastoral setting, so this is applicable to men and women. D&C 25:7 says that Emma was ‘ordained’.
- D&C 50:14 – You were ordained to preach the gospel by the Spirit
- The restoration is ongoing, not a one time event. See 2 Nephi 31:5
- Allow the gospel to make changes in your heart. We don’t just baptize, we convert.
- Do you have faith in Jesus? Not just a belief, but faith?
- Read the Book of Mormon before you leave the MTC. Feel the truth!
- Repentance – don’t move so quickly to baptism that you neglect proper teaching of repentance. Baptism must be preceded by repentance and conversion. Repentance implies a change of heart and mind, not just behavior. You must guide your investigators through a true repentance process.
- Mighty change in earlier editions of the Spanish Book of Mormon was translated ‘gran cambio’. Elder Zeballos didn’t like that translation, and he played a role in having it changed to ‘potente cambio’!
- DON’T DO DUMB THINGS!
- True + true = true, true + false = false, false + true = false, false + false = false
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