Why Stand we in Jeopardy?

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Enos3 Behold, I went to hunt beasts in the forests; and the words which I had often heard my father speak concerning

eternal life, and the joy of the saints, sunk deep into my heart.4 And my soul hungered; and I kneeled down before my Maker, and I cried unto

him in mighty prayer and supplication for mine own soul; and all the day long did I cry unto him; yea, and when the night came I did still raise my voice high that it reached the heavens.

5 And there came a voice unto me, saying: Enos, thy sins are forgiven thee, and thou shalt be blessed.

7 And I said: Lord, how is it done?8 And he said unto me: Because of thy faith in Christ, whom thou

hast never before heard nor seen… wherefore, go to, thy faith hath made thee whole.

9 Now, it came to pass that when I had heard these words I began to feel a desire for the welfare of my brethren, the Nephites; wherefore, I did pour out my whole soul unto God for them.

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Spirit World

Those who have accepted the gospel

Those who have Not.

Mortals who have accepted the gospel

Those who have not accepted

the gospel

Mortal Life

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I Cor 15

29 Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?

30 And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?

President Kimball

Paul’s last question has caused me much reflection in recent months.

Why do the peoples of the world stand in jeopardy? Because they cannot be saved without their families and their associates. They will continue to stand in jeopardy until the gospel is taken to them in such a way that they are willing either to receive it or reject it.

This responsibility also places us in jeopardy so far as missionary work is concerned if we don’t share the gospel with them.

Ephraim (LDS Bible Dictionary)

Ephraim was given the birthright in Israel (1 Chr. 5:1-2; Jer. 31:9), and in the last days it has been the tribe of Ephraim's privilege first to bear the message of the restoration of the gospel to the world and to gather scattered Israel [on both sides of the veil].

Bruce R. McConkie

How shall Israel be gathered? First will come the conversion and gathering of the tribe of Joseph. Then Joseph shall gather the other tribes. "His horns are like the horns of the unicorns [wild oxen]: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth."

It will not be an easy work. Every lost sheep must be taught the gospel; every new convert must believe the Book of Mormon; all must repent and forsake the world and come voluntarily, often in the face of great opposition, into the latter-day kingdom of the God of their fathers. Missionaries must labor with zeal and in the face of great odds.

They must "push the people together." And who shall do this work? Moses says: "They are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh" (Deuteronomy 33:17). And such is an apt and accurate definition of the missionary force of the great latter-day kingdom. (2)

D&C 297 And ye are called to bring to pass the

gathering of mine elect; for mine elect hear my voice and harden not their hearts;

8 Wherefore the decree hath gone forth from the Father that they shall be gathered in unto one place upon the face of this land, to prepare their hearts and be prepared in all things…

against the day when tribulation and desolation are sent forth upon the wicked

Elder Jeffrey HollandTerror, Triumph, and a Wedding

Feast So, setting aside fear of the future or concerns

about the dimensions of a backyard bomb shelter, I am filled with awe, with an overwhelming sense of duty to prepare my life (and to the extent that I can, to help prepare the lives of the members of the Church) for that long-prophesied day, for that transfer of authority, for the time when we will make a presentation of the Church to Him whose Church it is.

I do know this: When Christ comes, the members of His Church must look and act like members of His Church are supposed to look and act if we are to be acceptable to Him. We must be doing His work and we must be living His teachings. He must recognize us quickly and easily as truly being His disciples. As President J. Reuben Clark Jr. once advised, our faith must not be difficult to detect (2004 CES Fireside)

1884 TennesseeCane Creek Massacre

Mob attacked a meeting of the Saints

Elders John Gibbs and William Barry Killed

Two members of Gordon household

President of mission was B.H. Roberts

B. H. Roberts

Rafael Monroy

…in 1907, Rey L. Pratt called as president of the Mexican Mission. In February 1913, missionaries were recalled to the mission home for safety.About this time, Rafael Monroy, a new convert from San Marcos,

Hidalgo, received a strong impression to see President Pratt. When he arrived at the mission home, he found the leaders and missionaries ready to depart.

Monroy had only one thought: in the absence of these leaders, who would guide the little group of seven members in San Marcos? President Pratt replied, “Sit down. We will ordain you an elder and set you apart as the leader of that group.”

The little town of San Marcos was in the path of two revolutionary forces, and when the Carranzistas were driven out of the town by the Zapatistas, the Zapatistas were falsely informed that Monroy had collaborated with their enemy, the Carranzistas. Monroy and Vincent Morales, another member of the branch, were placed under arrest. When asked to give up their arms, Monroy drew the standard works from his pocket and said, “Gentlemen, these are the only arms I carry.”

Incensed at the response, the Zapatistas threw the two men in jail. At dusk they were taken to the outskirts of town to stand before a firing squad. The officer said he would free them if they would forsake their religion, but the brethren refused. Monroy was granted a final request to pray, and he asked the Lord to bless and protect his loved ones and to care for the little struggling branch. A few moments later, the rifles fired and the voices of Elder Monroy and Brother Morales were stilled.