Visiting Teaching Message
The Divine Mission of Jesus
Christ: Light of the World
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to share. How will understanding the life
and Mission of the Savior to increase your faith in
Him and bless those you watch over through visiting
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Faith, Family, Relief
This is part of a series of
Visiting Teaching Messages featuring aspects of the mission of the Savior.
As we come to understand that
Jesus Christ is the Light of the World, we will increase our faith in Him and
become a light to others. Christ
testified of His role as “the true light that lighteth every man [and woman]
that cometh into the world” (D&C 93:2) and asked that we “hold up [His]
light that it may shine unto the world” (3 Nephi 18:24).
Our prophets have also
testified of the Light of Christ.
President Henry B. Eyring, First Counselor in the First Presidency,
said: “Each time you chose to try to
live more like the Savior, you will have your testimony strengthened. You will come in time to know for yourself
that He is the Light of the World. … You will reflect to others the Light of
Christ in your life.”¹
Elder Quentin L. Cook of the
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said of our being a Light to the world: “We need to protect our families and be at
the forefront together will all people of goodwill in doing everything we can
to preserve light, hope, and morality in our communities.”²
From the Scriptures
John 8:12; Doctrine and Covenants
50: 24; 115:5
From Our History
Latter-day Saint women today
continue to hold up their light.
On the 80th floor
of a high-rise in Hong Kong, China, a single sister with physical
disabilities—the only Latter-day Saint in her family – created a home that was
a haven where she and visitors could feel the influence of the Spirit. She kept her scriptures, her Relief Society
manuals, and her hymnbook nearby. She
traveled to the temple to perform ordinances for her ancestors.³
In Brazil a righteous mother
raised her children in the light of the gospel.
Primary songs filled the air in her red brick home, and pictures from
Church magazines of temples, prophets of god and the Savior covered the walls. She and her husband sacrificed to be sealed
in the temple so their children could be born in the covenant. Her constant prayer was that the Lord would
help her bring up her children in the light, truth, and strength of the gospel.4
What Can I Do?
1. Discuss what it means to be a light to the
world today.
2. Ponder how following the Light of Christ
helps you endure trials.
Notes
1. Henry B. Eyring, “A Living
Testimony,” Ensign, May 2011, 128.
2. Quentin L. Cook, “Let
There Be Light!” Ensign, Nov. 2010,
30.
3. See Daughters in My Kingdom: The History and Work of Relief Society (2011),
163-64.
4. See Daughters
in My Kingdom, 164
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