Justifying Evil

It seems more and more in the world today there is just way too much 'justifying of evil'. For example on the news yesterday about the youth who strip on this particular web sight so they will have clothing donated to the poor. As I listened to one of the organizers of this sight justify...it made my stomach turn. Now if that isn't justifying evil...crazy world we live in.

BUT THERE IS HOPE..."Yea, thus we see that the gate of heaven is open unto all, even to those who will believe on the name of Jesus Christ, who is the Son of God. Yea, we see that whosoever will may lay hold upon the word of God, which is quick and powerful, which shall divide asunder all the cunning and snares and the wiles of the devil, and lead the man of Christ in a strait and narrow course across that everlasting gulf of misery..." Helaman 3:28-29.

The principal purpose of scriptures is to testify of Christ, helping us come unto Him and receive eternal life. John 5:39, 20:31. The Old Testament is a sacred record of God's dealings with His covenant people in the Holy Land. The New Testament records the birth, mortal ministry, and Atonement of our Savior. And we now have the Book of Mormon which is another testament of Jesus Christ.

We have been counseled by latter-day prophets to study the scriptures every day, both individually and with our families...and to liken the scriptures to ourselves, finding ways that the sacred accounts of old apply in our lives today. The scriptures are the 'iron rod' we need to hold on today. When we choose bad we are in captivity, but when we choose good we are free!

"Learn of me, and listen to my words; walk in the meakness of my Spirit, and you shall have peace in me." Doctrine and Covenants 19:23