“Real Obedience Is More Than Just Not Sinning,” New Era, Sept. 2014, 37
Real Obedience Is More Than Just Not Sinning
Real Obedience Is More Than Just Not Sinning
Prophets have taught us that obeying the Lord is about actively choosing to do good rather than simply not doing evil.
“Using our agency to obey … requires self-mastery and brings confidence, eternal happiness, and a sense of fulfillment to us.”
Elder Robert D. Hales of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, “‘If Ye Love Me, Keep My Commandments,’” Ensign, May 2014, 36.
“Be anxiously engaged in a good cause, … and bring to pass much righteousness; for the power is in [you].”
“Be not weary in well doing.”
“Strong, proactive obedience is anything but weak or passive.”
Elder L. Tom Perry of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, “Obedience through Our Faithfulness,” Ensign, May 2014, 103.
Illustration by Michael Mullan