We had the opportunity to teach Elder's Quorum this last Sunday and with it had an object lesson.
We had two volunteers and two cups with different candies in it. The first was a candy that looked like boogers:
and the second was a Kit-Kat bar:
We gave the one volunteer the first cup with the boogers in it and told him to convince the other volunteer to eat whatever is in that cup. As he struggled to describe the "boogers" in the cup he managed to convince him enough that the other volunteer ate whatever was in the cup without even looking at it!
We gave him the second cup and he convinced him to eat it with ease. It was chocolate with a crisp cookie on the inside!
What was the difference between the two?
He knew what a Kit-Kat bar was and had tasted it himself and could easily explain without restraint how good the Kit-Kat bar actually was! The boogers was another story.
As we feel the joy through the gospel we can easily express that joy to others. When we know the gospel and have strong emotions about it, we can more powerfully convey a love for the gospel and touch people's hearts that no one else can.
But it all starts with your own conversion.
Ask what the prophet Alma directs: Can ye feel so now?
Feel so now.
In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
We had two volunteers and two cups with different candies in it. The first was a candy that looked like boogers:
and the second was a Kit-Kat bar:
We gave the one volunteer the first cup with the boogers in it and told him to convince the other volunteer to eat whatever is in that cup. As he struggled to describe the "boogers" in the cup he managed to convince him enough that the other volunteer ate whatever was in the cup without even looking at it!
We gave him the second cup and he convinced him to eat it with ease. It was chocolate with a crisp cookie on the inside!
What was the difference between the two?
He knew what a Kit-Kat bar was and had tasted it himself and could easily explain without restraint how good the Kit-Kat bar actually was! The boogers was another story.
As we feel the joy through the gospel we can easily express that joy to others. When we know the gospel and have strong emotions about it, we can more powerfully convey a love for the gospel and touch people's hearts that no one else can.
But it all starts with your own conversion.
Ask what the prophet Alma directs: Can ye feel so now?
Feel so now.
In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
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