Elder EJones: I Have No Doubts

 Hello!!

This week has been a good one. It has also been a hard one. We were able to participate in the baptism and confirmation of Nicolas. He is a 9 year old from a part member family. He is super cool. 

I have been able to learn a lot this week and feel the love of the Lord in my life. it has been hard because we are teaching lots of people, but I feel like their progression is just being stopped. Some are keeping their commitments, but have not yet found an answer. Others have lots of doubts that keep them from progressing and seeing the eternal perspective. And others are simply not keeping their commitments. Today I was able to listen to a talk that really helped me to understand how we can find those answers. 

We have an investigator right now who is struggling with the hard questions. She has also been listening to the Jehovahs Witnesses to find an answer. And there is nothing wrong with that. That is in fact how Joseph Smith began to search to find an answer. But it is also stopping her progression. She wants answers to the hard, secondary questions. Who is Jehovah? Why doesn't the Bible talk about the Book of Mormon? But this morning I listened to the following by Elder Lawrence Corbridge:

Begin by answering the primary questions. There are primary questions and there are secondary questions. Answer the primary questions first. Not all questions are equal and not all truths are equal. The primary questions are the most important. Everything else is subordinate. There are only a few primary questions. I will mention four of them.

1. Is there a God who is our Father?

2. Is Jesus Christ the Son of God, the Savior of the world?

3. Was Joseph Smith a prophet?

4. Is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints the kingdom of God on the earth?

I heard someone say recently, “It is okay to have doubts.” I wonder about that. The Lord said, “Look unto me in every thought; doubt not, fear not.”27 I have a lot of questions; I don’t have any doubts.

I love that. "I don't have any doubts."  The goepel is perfect. But we are all so imperfect. But as we trust in the Lord and seek his guidence, He will give us the answers to the questions that we need. Those are not always the answers that we want, but they are the right answers. I know that the Lord lives and loves us. His plan is perfect for all of us!!

Elder Jones