"I experienced the joy of coming closer to the Savior and of His coming closer to me most often through simple acts of obedience to the commandments." (2013 April General Conference, “Come unto Me”, Sat. Morning Session - By Henry B. Eyring)
"There is no need for you or for me, in this enlightened age when the fulness of the gospel has been restored, to sail uncharted seas or to travel unmarked roads in search of truth. A loving Heavenly Father has plotted our course and provided an unfailing guide—even obedience. A knowledge of truth and the answers to our greatest questions come to us as we are obedient to the commandments of God." Thomas S. Monson, Obedience Brings Blessings, April 2013 General Conference.
"Obedience is a hallmark of prophets; it has provided strength and knowledge to them throughout the ages. It is essential for us to realize that we, as well, are entitled to this source of strength and knowledge. It is readily available to each of us today as we obey God’s commandments." Thomas S. Monson, Obedience Brings Blessings, April 2013 General Conference.
"Men and women receive their agency as a gift from God, but their liberty and, in turn, their eternal happiness come from obedience to His laws." L. Tom Perry, Obedience to Law is Liberty, April 2013 General Conference.
"A useful way to think about the commandments is they are loving counsel from a wise, all-knowing Heavenly Father. His goal is our eternal happiness, and His commandments are the road map He has given us to return to Him, which is the only way we will be eternally happy. How significant are the home and the family to our eternal happiness? On page 141 of my little brown book, it states, “Indeed our heaven is little more than a projection of our homes into eternity...”
"God reveals to His prophets that there are moral absolutes. Sin will always be sin. Disobedience to the Lord’s commandments will always deprive us of His blessings. The world changes constantly and dramatically, but God, His commandments, and promised blessings do not change. They are immutable and unchanging. Men and women receive their agency as a gift from God, but their liberty and, in turn, their eternal happiness come from obedience to His laws. As Alma counseled his errant son Corianton, “Wickedness never was happiness” (Alma 41:10). L. Tom Perry, Obedience to Law is Liberty, April 2013 General Conference.
"In times of distress, let your covenants be paramount and let your obedience be exact." D. Todd Christofferson, The Power of Covenants, April 2009 General Conference.
"Our willingness to take upon us the name of Christ and keep His commandments requires a degree of faith, but as we honor our covenants, that faith expands. In the first place, the promised fruits of obedience become evident, which confirms our faith." D. Todd Christofferson, The Power of Covenants, April 2009 General Conference.
"Feasting on the word of God, heartfelt prayer, and obedience to the Lord’s commandments must be applied evenly and continually for your testimony to grow and prosper." Henry B. Eyring, A Living Testimony, 2011 General Young-Women's Boradcast.
"This missionary understood that “there is a law, irrevocably decreed in heaven before the foundations of this world, upon which all blessings are predicated—And when we obtain any blessing from God, it is by obedience to that law upon which it is predicated.” 19 The Lord wants to bless this family and anxiously awaits their obedience so He can." Robert D. Hales, Tithing A Test with Eternal Blessing, October 2002 General Conference.
"There is no need for you or for me, in this enlightened age when the fulness of the gospel has been restored, to sail uncharted seas or to travel unmarked roads in search of truth. A loving Heavenly Father has plotted our course and provided an unfailing guide—even obedience. A knowledge of truth and the answers to our greatest questions come to us as we are obedient to the commandments of God." Thomas S. Monson, Obedience Brings Blessings, April 2013 General Conference.
"Obedience is a hallmark of prophets; it has provided strength and knowledge to them throughout the ages. It is essential for us to realize that we, as well, are entitled to this source of strength and knowledge. It is readily available to each of us today as we obey God’s commandments." Thomas S. Monson, Obedience Brings Blessings, April 2013 General Conference.
"Men and women receive their agency as a gift from God, but their liberty and, in turn, their eternal happiness come from obedience to His laws." L. Tom Perry, Obedience to Law is Liberty, April 2013 General Conference.
"A useful way to think about the commandments is they are loving counsel from a wise, all-knowing Heavenly Father. His goal is our eternal happiness, and His commandments are the road map He has given us to return to Him, which is the only way we will be eternally happy. How significant are the home and the family to our eternal happiness? On page 141 of my little brown book, it states, “Indeed our heaven is little more than a projection of our homes into eternity...”
"God reveals to His prophets that there are moral absolutes. Sin will always be sin. Disobedience to the Lord’s commandments will always deprive us of His blessings. The world changes constantly and dramatically, but God, His commandments, and promised blessings do not change. They are immutable and unchanging. Men and women receive their agency as a gift from God, but their liberty and, in turn, their eternal happiness come from obedience to His laws. As Alma counseled his errant son Corianton, “Wickedness never was happiness” (Alma 41:10). L. Tom Perry, Obedience to Law is Liberty, April 2013 General Conference.
"In times of distress, let your covenants be paramount and let your obedience be exact." D. Todd Christofferson, The Power of Covenants, April 2009 General Conference.
"Our willingness to take upon us the name of Christ and keep His commandments requires a degree of faith, but as we honor our covenants, that faith expands. In the first place, the promised fruits of obedience become evident, which confirms our faith." D. Todd Christofferson, The Power of Covenants, April 2009 General Conference.
"Feasting on the word of God, heartfelt prayer, and obedience to the Lord’s commandments must be applied evenly and continually for your testimony to grow and prosper." Henry B. Eyring, A Living Testimony, 2011 General Young-Women's Boradcast.
"This missionary understood that “there is a law, irrevocably decreed in heaven before the foundations of this world, upon which all blessings are predicated—And when we obtain any blessing from God, it is by obedience to that law upon which it is predicated.” 19 The Lord wants to bless this family and anxiously awaits their obedience so He can." Robert D. Hales, Tithing A Test with Eternal Blessing, October 2002 General Conference.
"Elder Bruce R. McConkie, a man of great faith, said, “Faith is a gift of God bestowed as a reward for personal righteousness. … The greater the measure of obedience to God’s laws the greater will be the endowment of the [gift of faith].” (Mormon Doctrine, 2d ed., Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1966, p. 264; italics in original.)
In other words, obedience to the laws and ordinances of the gospel is essential to obtain faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
The Doctrine and Covenants
stresses this very important point of obedience in a very simple way.
The Lord says: “Keep my commandments continually. … And except thou do
this, where I am you cannot come.” (D&C 25:15.)" Robert D. Hales, The Aaronic Priesthood: Return with Honor, April 1990 General Conference.
"Let
me suggest to you four settings in which to practice quick and steady
obedience. One is the command to feast upon the word of God. A second is to
pray always. A third is the commandment to be a full-tithe payer. And the
fourth is to escape from sin and its terrible effects. Each takes faith to
start and then to persevere. And all can strengthen your capacity to know and
obey the Lord’s commands." Henry B. Eyring, Spiritual Preparedness: Starts
Early and Be Steady, October 2005 General Conference.
"We build the faith to pass the tests of obedience over time and through
our daily choices. We can decide now to do quickly whatever God asks of
us. And we can decide to be steady in the small tests of obedience which
build the faith to carry us through the great tests, which will surely
come." Henry B. Eyring, Spiritual Preparedness: Starts
Early and Be Steady, October 2005 General Conference.
"Love is the measure of our faith, the inspiration for our obedience, and the true altitude of our discipleship." Dietter F Uchtdorf, The Love of God, October 2009 General Conference.
"Faithfulness, obedience, and humility invite tender mercies into our
lives, and it is often the Lord’s timing that enables us to recognize
and treasure these important blessings." David A Bednar, The Tender Mercies of the Lord, April 2005 General Conference.
"God does not have a list of favorites to which we must hope our names
will someday be added. He does not limit “the chosen” to a restricted
few. Rather, it is our hearts and our aspirations and our obedience which definitively determine whether we are counted as one of God’s chosen." David A Bednar, The Tender Mercies of the Lord, April 2005 General Conference.
"When
Christ came to the earth, he fulfilled the promised role as he became
the ultimate sacrificial lamb. His atonement brought about a greater
destiny and a nobler concept for us. We are still commanded to
sacrifice, but not by shedding blood of animals. Our highest sense of
sacrifice is achieved as we make ourselves more sacred or holy.
This
we do by our obedience to the commandments of God. Thus, the laws of
obedience and sacrifice are indelibly intertwined. Consider the
commandments to obey the Word of Wisdom,
to keep the Sabbath day holy, to pay an honest tithe. As we comply with
these and other commandments, something wonderful happens to us. We
become disciplined! We become disciples! We become more sacred and
holy—like our Lord!" Russell M. Nelson, Lessons From Eve, October 1987 General Conference.
"Many
years ago when our daughters were very young, Sister Nelson and I took
them fishing. We were having a wonderful time. Everyone was catching
fish. Then shades of Saturday night’s darkness brought a curfew to our
fun. So great was my enthusiasm for our success, I allowed myself to
rationalize aloud with the girls. (Rationalization is one of the real
obstacles to obedience.) Knowing that the next day was Sunday, I
jokingly said, “If we get up tomorrow two hours earlier than normal, we
could catch some more fish and then quit promptly at our usual wake-up
hour.”
Silence
followed. My companion and our daughters all glared at me. Icy
stillness was broken when our seven-year-old said, “Daddy, would you eat
those fish you caught on Sunday?”
Then she added, “Would you ask Heavenly Father to bless fish you caught on the Sabbath?”
Needless to say, we did no fishing the next morning.
Their commitment to the Sabbath became my commitment, too.
So
it is, dear daughters. As you obey each of God’s commandments, your
holiness will fortify the foundation of your fathers’ faith. When the
two of you are together spiritually, one plus one is clearly greater
than two." Russell M. Nelson, Lessons From Eve, October 1987 General Conference.
"All of us love the beautiful account from the Holy Bible
of Abraham and Isaac. How exceedingly difficult it must have been for
Abraham, in obedience to God’s command, to take his beloved Isaac into
the land of Moriah, there to present him as a burnt offering. Can you
imagine the heaviness of his heart as he gathered the wood for the fire
and journeyed to the appointed place? Surely pain must have racked his
body and tortured his mind as he “bound Isaac … and laid him on the
altar upon the wood. And … stretched forth his hand, and took the knife
to slay his son.” How glorious was the pronouncement, and with what
wondered welcome did it come: “Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither
do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing
thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.”
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Abraham qualifies as a model of unquestioning obedience." Thomas S. Monson, Model to Follow, October 2002 General Conference.
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