This is Life Eternal

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This is Life Eternal

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Joseph Smith,

• the Spirit of the Lord will whisper peace and
  joy to your souls
• it will take malice, hatred, strife and all evil
  from your hearts
• and your whole desire will be to do good, bring
  forth righteousness and build up the kingdom of
  God
• Manuscript History of Brigham Young, 1846-1847,
  comp. Elden J. Watson 1971, 529 

Question Is this something that WE do or that
the Spirit does TO us?
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JST John 16

• They shall put you out of the
  synagogues yea, the time cometh, that
  whosoever killeth you will think that he
  doeth God service.
• And these things will they do unto you,
  because they have not known the Father, nor me.
• But now I go my way to him that sent me and none
  of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?
• But because I have said these things unto you,
  sorrow hath filled your heart.
• Nevertheless I tell you the truth It is
  expedient for you that I go away for if I go not
  away, the Comforter will not come unto you but
  if I depart, I will send him unto you.
• Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he
  will guide you into all truth for he shall not
  speak of himself but whatsoever he shall hear,
  that shall he speak and he will show you things
  to come. 

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Gifts of the Spirit
Observation Scripturally, most dramatic
manifestations, such as the Burning in the
Bosom, appear to occur those without the Gift of
the Holy Ghost.
Light of Christ
Spiritual Manifestation
Gift Of the Holy Ghost
The Second Comforter
Parley P. Pratt "The gift of the Holy
Ghost...quickens all the intellectual faculties,
increases, enlarges, expands and purifies all the
natural passions and affections and adapts them,
by the gift of wisdom, to their lawful use. It
inspires, develops, cultivates and matures all
the fine-toned sympathies, joys, tastes, kindred
feelings and affections of our nature. It
inspires virtue, kindness, goodness, tenderness,
gentleness and charity. It develops beauty of
person, form and features. It tends to health,
vigor, animation and social feeling. It
invigorates all the faculties of the physical and
intellectual man. It strengthens, and gives tone
to the nerves. In short, it is, as it were,
marrow to the bone, joy to the heart, light to
the eyes, music to the ears, and life to the
whole being." (Key to the
Science of Theology, pp100-101)
Elder Oaks Manifestations of the Holy Ghost are
given to lead sincere seekers to gospel truths
that will persuade them to repentance and
baptism. The gift of the Holy Ghost is more
comprehensive. A newly baptized member told me
what she felt when she received that gift. This
was a faithful Christian woman who had spent her
life in service to others. She knew and loved the
Lord, and she had felt the manifestations of His
Spirit. When she received the added light of the
restored gospel, she was baptized and the elders
placed their hands upon her head and gave her the
gift of the Holy Ghost. She recalled, I felt the
influence of the Holy Ghost settle upon me with
greater intensity than I had ever felt before. He
was like an old friend who had guided me in the
past but now had come to stay (Ensign, Nov.
1996, 60).
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David O. McKay

• The Intercessory Prayer in John 17 is one
  of the most glorious prayersI suppose the
  greatest prayerever uttered in this world,
  not excepting the lord's Prayer. This was
  Christ's prayer uttered just before he entered
  the Garden of Gethsemane on the night of his
  betrayal. It must have been impressive for John
  to remember so much of it and to write it word
  for word, as he has here.
• The occasion itself would be impressive to John,
  and undoubtedly as they knelt there in that upper
  room before they went through that beautiful gate
  into Gethsemane, the garden of olives at the base
  of the Mount of Olives, he noted particularly the
  plea of the Savior. I know of no more important
  chapter in the Bible.
• CR, Oct 1967, p5

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Why?

• And this is life eternal, that they might know
  thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom
  thou hast sent."

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Elder Bruce R. McConkie

• "To know God in that full sense which will
  enable us to gain eternal salvation means
  that we must know what he knows, enjoy what he
  enjoys, experience what he experiences. In New
  Testament language, we must 'be like him.'
• But before we can become like him, we must obey
  those laws that will enable us to acquire the
  character, perfections, and attributes that he
  possesses."
• (CR, Apr 1966, p79)

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John 17

• And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that
  they also might be sanctified through the
  truth.
• Neither pray I for these alone, but for them
  also which shall believe on me through their
  word
• That they all may be one as thou, Father, art in
  me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in
  us that the world may believe that thou hast
  sent me.

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John 17

• Father, I will that they
  also, whom thou hast
  given me, be with me
  where I am that
  they may
  behold my glory,
  which thou hast given
  me for thou lovedst
  me before the
  foundation of the world.
• O righteous Father, the world hath not known
  thee but I have known that thou hast sent me.
• And I have declared unto them thy name, and will
  declare it that the love wherewith thou hast
  loved me may be in them, and I in them.

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Elder Eyring

• I learned something about the connection of
  faith, authority, and scholarship one night
  not long ago. I was in Hartford, Connecticut.
  I had come for a stake conference. It was
  scheduled in such a way that we stopped our
  conference meetings in the late afternoon and
  sat in the back of a darkened chapel to watch the
  Young Women satellite broadcast from Salt Lake
  City. The room was half-filled with teenage girls
  who had gathered from across that far-flung stake
  to be together and to be taught.
• Near the end, Elder Dallin H. Oaks stood to
  speak. You won't understand my emotion now unless
  you can imagine what it's like to be presiding as
  a General Authority in a stake conference, trying
  with all your energy and faith to have the mantle
  of your call give you power beyond your own, and
  then to see the mantle of an Apostle on Elder
  Oaks.
• I knew I was hearing the Lord's message to me as
  Elder Oaks began with the words "The first
  principle of the gospel is not faith. The first
  principle of the gospel is faith in the Lord
  Jesus Christ."
• In that moment I felt at least a double
  surrender. I felt a surrender to the office of an
  Apostle. I knew I was not hearing the words of a
  former university president or of a Supreme Court
  justice or even of a brilliant man. I did not so
  much see the man I have known well rather, I
  heard the voice of his office, a voice of
  authority.
• And because I felt and knew the words were true,
  I felt another surrender of my independence. I
  felt myself surrender to the authority of Jesus
  Christ. I felt myself want to know what He would
  have me do.