Member Training – Trusting God In the Fight For Liberty

Member training from August 11th, 2025.

Tonight’s training was a heartfelt call to action rooted in faith, conviction, and the promises of God. I shared the story of Parley P. Pratt to illustrate how true discipleship demands sacrifice and trust—not in worldly security, but in divine providence. We explored how the cause of liberty is inseparable from the cause of Christ, and how our labor must be directed toward building God’s kingdom, not our own comfort. Through scripture and historical examples—from Moroni to John Hancock—we reaffirmed that resisting the satanic conspiracy and supporting the laborers in Zion are sacred duties. The Lord has promised to sustain those who forsake all for His sake, and our actions must reflect our belief in those promises. This is not just theory—it’s a covenant, a charge, and a test of our faith.

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TRANSCRIPT

Our Father in Heaven, we're indeed thankful for the many blessings that God has given us. We're thankful for this country we have to live in and for the Constitution, for the prophets. We ask for thy spirit to continue to lie upon us and help us in understanding our government and the conspiracies that we may be able to overcome and that we will. Hunger for the truths of the gospel and the truths that those given to man for their benefit and happiness. We ask for thy spirit to be with us tonight in implementing the things we learn in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

And I want to start off with telling the story of this man. Well, of course, getting into it before we do that. What are we doing with all this? We are building understanding of and adherence to the principles. that have built free nations. This right here is something that the founding fathers spoke about a lot, is their dependence on God. And that, of course, they did as much as they could do, but they recognized that they could do nothing without the help of God. And that is something that we need to make sure that we lean upon and don't lean on our own understanding and our own abilities and take away from that blessing that we get when we... depend upon god and then of course to expose the satanic conspiracy and to build an effective resistance to that conspiracy so talking about this man right here party p pratt um he has written some of my most favorite theological books one of them being the key to the science of theology um today it would be considered a intellectual piece where at the time it was meant for the most basic Introductory Learner.

So it really tells you the degradation of society from the 1860s, 1870s until today, where it started off as being something that, you know, an eight-year-old could understand to something that people with doctorates have a hard time understanding today. And he tells this story, gives the count. of his dependence on God in his autobiography, where he had spent some time away from one of his brothers, William, and they'd been reunited with each other. This was a little bit after his joining with the restored church. And he says, I'm going to close that moment. It's kind of loud. Brother Parley, speaking to his brother William, said he, Oh, I'm sorry. No, William is talking to Parley. Brother Parley said he, how have you done all this? When we were last together, you had no wife, no farm, no house, no orchard.

And now you are here with everything smiling around you. So seeing a huge difference in his life. New blessings, new things that he was able to use to bless himself and his family. And then he replied, he says, I replied that hard work had accomplished it all. And continued, I, we are now about to leave this quiet home, which we have toiled so hard to make and perhaps never see it again. How so, said he, with much surprise and somewhat of disappointment. He's like, you guys have all this new stuff that you guys didn't have before, and you're all about to leave all this hard work. You just, you know, abandon all this hard work, the results of this hard work.

He says, I then unholded to him the gospel and prophecies. as they had been open to me and told him that the spirit of these things had wrought so powerfully on my mind of late that I could not rest, that I could no longer be contented to dwell in quiet and retirement on my farm while I had liked to impart to mankind of which I knew they were in a great measure ignorant. Now I see this as really what we're all about, right? the the he had settled all this it would have been easy for him to say i have a family now i have the things that i need to provide for them um and uh i'm and just said you know i'm here and if anybody needs me i'll be glad to help out but this is where i'm staying because i've established i've worked hard and we've done this and it would be um a detriment you know to my family if we were to abandon it and to have to start over again but he's saying no because of what i have now you know intellectually i cannot be contented to just stay here and and uh dwell in this home with my family quietly i have to give these things up and uh have to help others overcome the ignorance that they were at that as a society that they were then in okay

Then he says, but said he, his brother, if I had 50 acres of land, a comfortable house, a flue orchard, a beautiful garden, a meadow land, grain, and above all, such beautiful flowers and so valuable a housekeeper as you have, and all these things, the work of our own hands, I am sure I would stay and enjoy the same while I lived and the world might go on its own jog and its own way for all me. besides how are you going to get your living this is your all you have toiled for years to obtain it and why not continue to enjoy it so he's you know of course he's saying you know this is the easy thing of at first starting off with um you know you've got the easy life basically set up for you now just stay here that's the easy response but he's like not only that are you just giving up the easy life but This is how you make your living. How are you going to feed your family? How are you going to provide for them? How are you going to give them clothing?

How are you going to give them shelter? You've worked so hard for this, and now you're abandoning it, and you don't have any way to provide for them, and you're abandoning the way to provide for them. I then unlocked my treasury and drew from thence a large pocketbook full of promissory notes like the following. Whoever shall forsake father or mother, brethren or sisters, houses or lands, wife or children for my sake and the gospels shall receive an hundredfold in this life and in the world to come life everlasting. And another one, if ye buy in me and my words abide in you, you shall ask what you will in my name and I will give it to you. Another one, all things are possible to him that believeth. So instead of writing his treasury, his pocketbook he's not bringing out cash he's not bringing out silver or gold coins he's bringing out a quote book of the promises of the savior to those that follow him he continues on he says now william said i are these the words of jesus christ or are they not they certainly are he said i always believed the new testament then you admit they are genuine bills so again he's treating the promises of the Savior as promissory notes that he can depend on. I do, he says. Is the signer able to meet the engagements?

Is the Savior able to keep his promises that he's made? He certainly is. Is he willing, right? Is the Savior not only able to fulfill these promises, but is he willing to fulfill these promises? He is. So back and forth, they both admit they're on the same page. They agree. He says, well, then I am going to fulfill the conditions to the letter on my part. I feel called upon by the Holy Ghost to forsake my house and home for the gospel's sake. And I will do it, placing both feet firm on these promises with nothing else to rely upon. So he's saying, I've got the promise of the Lord. And I have felt the Spirit witness to me that I need to forsake these things in the service of God. And I am going to not worry about how am I going to feed my family. I'm not going to worry about how am I going to house my family or clothe my family.

He's going to place his faith firmly on the promises of the Savior and nothing else to fall back on. He is going to fall back on nothing. but the promises of the Savior. If I sink, they are false. If I am sustained, they are true. I will put them to the test. Experiment shall now establish the truth of Christ's promises or the truth of infidelity. Well, said he, try it if you will, but for my part, although I always believed the Bible, I would not dare believe it literally and really stand upon its promises. with no other problem. So he's, you know, he just got finished saying that he believed that those were the promises of the Savior. He believed that the Savior could fulfill those promises.

And he believed that the Savior was willing to provide those promises, but then says, not literally. And if I were to do so, I would need some kind of a safety net to fall back on, just in case the Savior was not willing to fulfill his promises. To me, that's pretty wild that you just didn't believe the Savior and that he was willing to do those things. And so if you were going to try to trust in God, you wanted to make sure you had a safety net in case God wasn't going to catch you. But his brother Parley was saying, no, I trust him completely. And I am going to have nothing, no safety net to fall upon when I do so. And if the Savior was a liar, then I'm going to sink. But if the Savior is true... then I am going to be sustained. And so this is just one example of someone looking at the promises of the Lord and then showing his faith through his actions.

Our actions are the fruit of our faith. And so some of these other promises along these lines of the Lord promising us that we don't need to worry about our sustenance. If we will put our trust and faith in him. Okay. So the savior further in Luke chapter 12 says. And he meaning the savior said unto his disciples. Therefore I say unto you. Take no thought for your life. What you shall eat. Neither for the body. What you shall put on. Don't think about what your food is going to be. Or what your clothes are going to come from. The life is more than meat. The body is more than raiment. Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap, which neither have storehouse nor barn, and God feedeth them. How much more are ye better than the fowls? So I don't want to belabor the point, but I do want to focus on each one and make sure that it's sinking in. So he's talking about birds. They don't plant seeds, they don't pick the crops, and they don't have a place to store the crops that are picked.

But God feeds them. They don't want for food. And he's saying, and how much better are you in the sight of God? God, in the very beginning, giving you dominion over the birds. How much more better are you than the fowls? Okay, so if I'm giving this to the birds, what am I going to do for you? And which of you, with taking thought, can add to a stature one cubit? So he's saying you're not doing anything of yourself anyways. If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest? So you can't do anything yourself anyways. So why worry about anything else? Consider the lilies, how they grow. They toil not. They spin not.

And yet I say unto you that Solomon in all of his glory was not arrayed like one of these. And now he's giving the examples not just of animals, but of plants. of the flowers and how they are taken care of. And even Solomon did not look like the flowers that he takes care of. If then God so clothed the grass, which is today in the field and tomorrow is cast into the oven, how much more will he clothe you? Oh, ye of little faith. So he's saying that if you are worried about what you'll be clothed with or how you will be clothed, You are of little faith because God takes care of the grass and he covers it with beautiful flowers. And he, of course, if you have, you know, you are not having faith if you're worried about that, because if he's taking care of that, of course, he's going to take care of you. And seek not what you shall eat or what you shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind. For all these things do the nations of the world seek after. And your father knoweth that ye have need of these things.

But rather seek ye the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added unto you. So he wraps it up. He's like, yeah, of course you need food. And your father, your creator, is 100% mindful of that. And it's laughable to think that your father and creator... is not aware of your needs and so what your focus needs to be as his child is to seek after the kingdom of god and if that is where your focus is then all of these things that you stand in need of will be taken care of now this is a very hard thing for most people because you know because they think that oh you know if i don't do any you know and They set up this false dichotomy in their minds. If I don't do anything, then how will I take care of my family? And he's not saying don't do anything. He says, seek ye the kingdom of God. And then the Lord will show you what you need to do.

He will take care of you in these ways. And that if our focus is on the building of the kingdom of God, then our mind can be clear to receive the revelations of what he wants us to do. And if we're focused on doing what he wants us to do. He will take care of it. That is his promise to you. And his promise is sure. And it has been tested. been tried throughout all generations of time and has been proven that his promises are true okay um in second nephi here another promise and a expectation he says and accept that they should have charity they were nothing wherefore if they should have charity they would not suffer the laborer in zion to perish so that's of course is an important aspect is the labor not the The slothful doesn't eat the bread of the laborer, of course. But if the laborer in Zion, that person that is working to build the kingdom of God, if they are doing that and that they need, you know, so that they do not perish, those that have means to support them are obligated to support them.

As an individual, if you have the ability to help those that are building the kingdom of God, you are obligated to not suffer them to perish. So that is one of the ways that God grants you, you know, that promise. That is, you're building the kingdom of God. He grants you through others your food, your raiment, your house. Okay. He says, but the laborer in Zion shall not labor for Zion. But if the laborer in Zion shall, I'm sorry. But the laborer in Zion shall labor for Zion. For if they labor for money, they shall perish. And so just like in the garden where Adam was told that in the day that he ate the fruit, he would die. It's that same idea of, you know, they shall perish. It doesn't mean, of course, there are wicked people that prosper their entire lives, but their souls are cankered and their eternal reward is damnation.

And so if our efforts are to only labor for money, and that is our focus is not to build the kingdom of God, but our labor is for money. then we are going to perish because our work, all of our efforts are to be for building the kingdom of God, building Zion. So if we are trying to accumulate things, we're not supporting those that need the labor in Zion that is working, then we are showing by our fruits that we are laboring for money. And this principle, again, was taught by... mainstream Christianity. I've quoted this book many many times but he actually tackles this principle in this book and it's regards to he's kind of following up with the principle of the idea of rendering unto Caesar that which is Caesar's. And so he says Christ links together what is due to God and what is due to Caesar. Render to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God What is God's?

Now, scripture tells us in Proverbs 19, 17, that what is given to the poor is lent to God. So when you give to the poor, when you support the poor, you're giving, you're basically, you're helping God. You're lending to God. By both divine law and natural justice, the poor have a rightful claim on our estates. They are to be cared for, not driven to desperation. Yet when we give in to the demands of corrupt rulers, feeding their excess and indulgence, we strip the poor of what is theirs. Now, this, I think this is going to be very much, you know, maybe a troubling thought to many, especially when we think of the idea of the poor, you know, not being deserving of, you know, of anything of ours because we worked for it. But what he's saying here is no, they have a rightful claim on it. If we have the ability to do so, they have a claim to it.

It is our obligation to God to do so. It is theirs because everything is God's. God has given it to us to give to those that are in need. In doing so, we rob God under the guise of honoring Caesar, giving away what was never Caesar's. to begin with so when we pay to caesar what is rightfully our neighbors we are putting up caesar or the government as a false idol so again and those that fought for our you know liberty and they fought for independence they could not have done what they did if it wasn't for those that recognized this godly obligation In a letter to John Adams about his cousin Samuel, said that Samuel Adams was a very artful designing man, but desperately poor and wholly dependent on his popularity with the lowest vulgar for his living. So he was not able to provide for himself in the traditional sense that John Adams as a lawyer was able to provide for himself and his family. But Samuel Adams depended on the charity of others. so that he could do the work of American independence, so that he could do the pamphleteering, so that he could write the letters and write the articles and stir the people up and give his speeches.

Another example, giving in that same letter to Timothy Pickering from John Adams, he talked about another man, Thomas Cushing. John Adams says that Mr. Thomas Cushing was a harmless kind of man. but poor and wholly dependent upon his popularity for his substance. So again, another example of another individual that was a leader in the fight for independence that could not support his family doing anything but what he was doing and was dependent upon those that recognized the value of the cause to ensure that he was able to provide for his family because he was laboring for Zion in these things. Another example on the other end. So John Hancock was not a poor individual like Samuel Adams. He did not depend on others to be able to do what he did for liberty. But in fact, it was him that provided the means for others to work for liberty. And to the extent in which he sacrificed. to provide the means for others to fight for liberty is, to me, mind-boggling and is an example for us all.

John Hancock not only signed his name, right, the famous signature on the Declaration of Independence, but he put his money where his pen was, donating what would equal over $28 million in today's money for the cause of independence, right? So I think we would all recognize that $28 million For the cause of liberty is no small chunk of change to do so. But, you know, some people would say, well, you know what, if he's worth a billion dollars, then $28 million isn't a whole lot, right? So what was his value? What was his net worth where he was able to donate $28 million to the cause of independence? And in fact, it was everything. net worth it was not extra money it was every dime that he had. He was worth $28 million and he donated $28 million for the cause of independence. It wasn't like, oh, you know, I've got an extra 50 bucks to go throw at Sam Adams this month. He was giving literally everything he had to ensure that this operation was moving forward.

Every single penny he had. OK, because so this is this is, again, linking this all together. This isn't just about, you know, the cause of liberty is the cause of Christ. These are totally and absolutely connected. And we have this really spelled out in the story where Moroni lifts the title of liberty that we're all aware of. I'm not going to go through and read again what the title of liberty states, but I want to go through and show. how it is liberty that is the cause of Christ of which they are all talking about. When they are talking about fighting for the cause of Christ and the cause of Zion, the cause of liberty is a major part of that. So we read, Moroni bowed himself to the earth and he prayed mightily unto his God for the blessings of liberty to rest upon his brethren so long as there should a band of Christians remain to possess the land.

So he wanted the blessings of liberty. For as long as they were Christians. So linking that right there. So if Christians were no longer there. Of course liberty wouldn't be there anymore. And recognizing that fact right there. Linking the two together specifically. For thus were all the true believers of Christ. Who belonged to the church of God. Called by those who did not belong to the church. So those that did not believe in Christ. Called those that did. Called them Christians. And those who did belong to the church were faithful. Yea, all those who were true believers in Christ took upon them gladly the name of Christ, or Christians as they were called, because of their belief in Christ who should come. And therefore at this time Moroni prayed that the cause of the Christians and the freedom of the land might be favored.

So what is the cause of Christians? The cause of Christians is the cause of liberty. Cause of freedom of the land. There is no separating the two. They are one and the same. If you are living for the cause of Christ, you are living for the cause of liberty. And if you are living for the cause of liberty, you are by default living for the cause of Christ. If you are leaving out one, you are leaving out the other. If you are saying, I'm going to live for Christ, but I'm going to leave liberty and freedom to others. You are a liar and you are not fighting for the cause of Christ. Because the cause of liberty, of course, is anyone calling themselves a follower of Christ. Continuing on, and when Moroni had said these words, he went forth among the people, waving the rent part of his garment in the air, that all might see the writing which he had written upon the rent part, and crying with a loud voice, saying, Behold, whosoever will maintain this title upon the land, title of liberty, Let them come forth in the strength of the Lord and enter into a covenant that they will maintain their rights and their religion that the Lord God may bless them.

Again, linking liberty to their religion. They were inseparable and they would not get the blessings of God if they did not fight for them as a united cause. It was part of their covenant as followers of Christ to maintain their rights if they were to expect blessings. Now this was the covenant which they made and they cast their garments at the feet of Moroni saying, we covenant with our God that we shall be destroyed even as our brethren in the land northward if we shall fall into transgression. So what would be transgression? What would transgression be in this example? It would be not fighting for their... Freedom, not fighting for their rights, not fighting for their religion. Yea, he may cast us at the feet of our enemies, even as we have cast our garments at thy feet to be trodden underfoot if we shall fall into transgression. So they're saying we deserve to be destroyed if we fall into transgression. We deserve to be destroyed if we fail to defend, support the cause of liberty.

So again, Christ's cause. Moroni and what he did, you know, is this something that is looked, you know, down upon? Is it something that is given as an example of how we should behave? Well, the scriptures say, Verily I say unto you, if all men had been and were and ever would be like unto Moroni, behold, the very powers of hell would have been shaken forever. Yea, the devil would never have power over the hearts of the children of men. Okay. So this is something when people ask me to sign my book for them. The thing that I, you know, I throw a quote with it from Ether chapter eight, which is that evil may be done away. So how is evil done away? The powers of hell would be shaken and the devil would have no power. If we were like Moroni, who did what? Made people or, you know, had people enter into a covenant to defend and fight for liberty. So if we were all like that. Of course, Satan would not have power. And that is one of the ways that we make sure that evil has no more power over the hearts of men. So again, getting to the commandments, going to Ether chapter 8.

What is one of the commandments regarding these things that we have been given? A different Moroni says, Wherefore it is wisdom in God that these things, meaning the conspiracy, should be shown unto you, that thereby ye may repent of your sins. And suffer not that these murderous combinations shall get above you. So what is the sin that you need to repent of? And you being the royal you, me included, is allowing the conspiracy to get above you. Says, and not allow these murderous combinations shall get above you, which are built up to get power and gain. And the work, yea, even the work of destruction come upon you. Yea, even the sword of the justice of the eternal God shall fall upon you. to your overthrow and destruction, if ye shall suffer these things to be. So he is promising you a consequence if you allow the conspiracy to continue. Your individual personal efforts lead to your individual personal consequences. And so you as an individual will have a consequence given to you if you do not repent of your sins and stop allowing the conspiracy to get above you.

Now, there's different ways that can be done, whether that is like John Hancock, where you are donating the money to make sure that it happens, or you are out there doing the work. Those are two of the ways that we are to ensure that we do not allow the conspiracy to continue. The Lord commandeth you, when you shall see these things... So he's saying that he knows that it's there and that you have to wake up to it and that you're commanded that when you wake up to it, that you stop allowing it to happen through your efforts, through your resources, through your time, through your talents, that you put all of those things into the cause of Zion. Otherwise, you will perish. And so, but the Lord, of course, do we believe the promises of God? In 1 Nephi, Nephi tells us that he said to his father, talking about he was given a commandment, he was given something really hard to do. He had to go get something that was going to be very difficult to do.

He says, I will go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded. For I know that the Lord giveth no commandments unto the children of men, save he shall prepare a way for them, that they may accomplish the thing which he commanded them. So in this circumstance, he was commanded to go and get the only record of the scriptures that they have. They had to go get some scriptures to bring with them as they were commanded to flee the city of Jerusalem. And the person that had the scriptures had armies and he had the ability to arrest Nephi and his family and to imprison him. And so his brothers were complaining, saying, That's impossible. That's crazy.

And Nephi is saying, yeah, it looks like it's impossible to our own strength. It probably sounds crazy because it's impossible. So if you do something that's impossible, you're crazy. But guess what? God doesn't tell you to do something unless he provides a way to do it. And a lot of the time, he doesn't tell you how he's going to open up the way for you to do it. And they went through several different... strategies. They went through, they had like three different plans to go through and the first two didn't work. And it came to a point where the Lord, after they put forth their effort, the Lord provided the way. But even with the drunk making Laban, the guy that had the scriptures drunk, Nephi still had to do something. It wasn't like God just made him drunk and now they were able to, they had them. he still had to take certain steps on his own.

He still had to water the garden and then God provided the sunshine and the rain. And so this is exactly the, so do we believe God? Just like we talked about in the very beginning with Parley Pratt saying, these are the promissory notes that we've been given by God, that if we do X, then he gives us Y. Do we believe God that if he tells us to do something like not allow the seer combinations to exist anymore, Is he going to keep his promise that he is going to give you a way to not allow the conspiracy to exist anymore? And we either believe that he's going to keep his promise or we don't. And our actions show if we do or we don't. So again, do our actions reflect our belief? Now, going through this, recapping each of these principles that I've covered tonight, our efforts are to build up God's kingdom, not our bank accounts.

So our efforts, our work, our labor is to, again, build God's kingdom or to use our resources that we've been blessed with to help others that are working to build God's kingdom. The cause of liberty is the cause of Christ. They are inseparable. You cannot do one without the other. If you claim you're doing one without the other, you're a liar. We are to destroy the seer combinations. That is another commandment. And we are to take care of those in need for the cause of liberty. with everything that we have. Follow the example of John Hancock. Hold nothing back. Show that you believe God by holding nothing back and giving everything you have to the cause of liberty, not worrying about how you're going to take care of those things because God has already promised you that he will take care of you.

God does not give commandments that he does not provide a way to fulfill. He has not told us. to distinguish our secret combinations without telling us, without providing a way, whether we know about it or not, without providing a way to do it. He has not told us to build the kingdom of God without providing a way to do it. Now, are we going to follow and use our actions to show that we believe him and his promises? We believe that his commandments are real, that his promises and his blessings are real or not. How we act will show that. So, of course, with that. um let's go into uh some q a and the last few minutes of uh training so um yes so just looking at the uh at the chat uh becky asked define who the poor are not some bum on the street but hopefully i don't know if you caught that and i hopefully i was clear with that yes the scriptures are very clear that you know if the if he does not labor for zion then he does not get the the bread of the laborer the scriptures are very clear It is those that do the work that are building up the kingdom of God that are those that the poor are and those that have an obligation that we have an obligation to.

So I hope that answers your question, Becky. But yes, of course, the guy that is just refusing to do anything, he's doing drugs and he's stealing and he's... living a life of disrepute, living a life that shows that he is not a serpent of God, then I would say, of course, he does not qualify for that. So, yes, Mark. Yes, I have one big subject here. It's regarding the promises of God. But, Mark, I just want to mention what you said. Do not allow the conspiracy. Can you hear me okay? Yes, yes. Okay. Do not allow the conspiracy to get above you. I'm thinking it's referring to do not be fooled by a conspiracy. But of course, you have to stop being fooled to fight it successfully. And so that I can see both meanings in that. But my main issue here... It's all encompassing. Pardon me? All encompassing. There's no separation of those.

Yeah. Oh, and my last point, if that's the case, there's sure a lot of sinners in the world. I think it was Sodom and Gomorrah levels of sinners that are being manipulated by the conspiracy and enabling it in so many ways. But promises, okay, the blessings of God. Now, much of your presentation, the letter half especially, was from the Book of Mormon's prophecy there, but you also cited from Scripture some.

And my... reading and understanding of scripture yes it's clear that God through the prophets said there will be blessings in this world at least to some extent for those who will follow him but on the other side of the issue he also said pick up your cross and follow me and plus it was you will die for me and and he said to the disciples you will you will be uh you know i don't remember the exact words you will have trials you'll be have a bad life to some extent on this planet and you know they were all martyred as you know probably except for john and so many of the great christian leaders through the you know the millennium have died they were martyrs and suffered tremendously for following christ i recommend if you're not familiar with the book of mormons i think i heard a review of about 45 minutes and i think it was like 5 000 of the great christian leaders from the uh the biblical era all the way uh christian christ era all the way into recent uh centuries uh were had uh been killed and martyred uh for following christ my thought is that in some of the scriptures it refers to seeking the kingdom of god and your your blessing will not be of on this plane on earth but your blessing will be much greater in the the world the life thereafter in other words in paradise for eternity so i think that we have i think that's kind of important the blessing may not be so much or even at all here on earth but will be after earth now i that may disagree with uh uh come come in conflict with the book of mormon more than i think it does with scripture but i'm you know open to comments on on this point no so that it's the point is is that your eternal reward is is what we are supposed to be looking after not for our riches here on the earth yes and that you know there are examples just you know we have just like with daniel in the lion's den he was protected but you have in the book of mormon you have abinadi who was burned at the stake for testifying of the savior and so yeah just be just because You're doing the right thing doesn't mean you're not going to have to carry your cross.

But we have to, my point was that do our actions show that we believe the Savior in all things, that he will fulfill his promises, whether it is here or in the eternities. And if we don't, then our actions are going to show that as well. And I think it could be both. Blessings here on earth. For sure. And that happens all the time. Absolutely. But what the point is, is that we can't be afraid. And that's, I think, what the Savior was saying in the New Testament is, you know, why are you worried about these things when I'm taking care of and your father is taking care of all of these things? Don't worry about it. Do the right thing no matter what.

According to Scripture, there is one thing we should be afraid of. It's God himself. That's the only thing. Scriptures that refer to fear of God from the great prophets and others. Any other questions or comments from anybody else? I had a dream a year or two ago. And the dream was that gold was $1,000 an ounce. And I was like, get out of here. What a great deal. And when I woke up, I knew that the dream meant... get treasure in heaven right now. Gold, your treasure in heaven right now is so cheap that you want to invest in it now. You want to invest in it now. Absolutely. Now is the time to get in. You haven't looked at the market in a few decades. Oh, it's 3,500 an ounce in real life. I mean, yeah, 3,300, I think is what it is. So any other comments or questions about training? Okay, well, thank you all. Let's go ahead and do, we'll have a closing prayer and then we'll go into open forum. I would like to ask Simon, are you available to give the closing prayer for us? You just got to unmute yourself if you're available. Yes. Thank you. Okay.

Father in heaven, we're so grateful to thee this evening for this chance to meet together, talk about thy gospel. We ask thee to give us the courage that we need to let go of the things of this world to stand in the way of building thy kingdom we ask thee to bless us with the knowledge of the things that we can do better we beg thy forgiveness where we fall short and we are so grateful for thy gospel we're so grateful for the promise of thy kingdom we ask that we might be a part of building it in the name of thy worthy son jesus christ amen