“Closing Remarks (excerpts),” New Era, Nov. 2019, 8–9.
Closing Remarks (excerpts)
The crowning jewel of the Restoration is the holy temple. …
All requirements to enter the temple relate to personal holiness. To assess that readiness, each person who wants to enjoy the blessings of the temple will have two interviews. … In those interviews, several questions will be asked.
Some of those questions have recently been edited for clarity. …
Now, for just a moment, I would like to speak to our youth. We encourage you to qualify for limited-use temple recommends. … We are very grateful for your worthiness and willingness to participate in that sacred temple work. We thank you!
… Individual worthiness requires a total conversion of mind and heart to be more like the Lord, to be an honest citizen, to be a better example, and to be a holier person.
I testify that such preparatory work brings innumerable blessings in this life and inconceivable blessings for the life to come …
Now I would like to turn to another topic: plans for the coming year. In the springtime of the year 2020, it will be exactly 200 years since Joseph Smith experienced the theophany that we know as the First Vision. …
Thus, the year 2020 will be designated as a bicentennial year. General conference next April will be different from any previous conference. In the next six months, I hope that every member and every family will prepare for a unique conference that will commemorate the very foundations of the restored gospel. …
Now in closing, I leave with you my love and my blessing that each of you may become happier and holier with each passing day. Meanwhile, please be assured that revelation continues in the Church and will continue under the Lord’s direction.