Gospel Principles
Unit 7: Perfecting Our Lives
Chapter 33: Missionary Work
Concept 3: The Gospel Will Be Preached to All the World
"We have been told in Latter-day revelation that we must take the restored gospel to every nation and people (D&C 133:37 "And this gospel shall be preached unto every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people."). The Lord never gives us a commandment without preparing a way for us to accomplish it (1 Nephi 3:7 "And it came to pass that I, Nephi, said unto my father: 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 commandeth them."). The Lord has prepared ways for us to teach the gospel in nations that were once closed to us. As we continue to pray and exercise faith, the Lord will open other nations to missionary work.
The Lord is also "inspiring the minds of great people to create inventions that further the work of the Lord in ways this world has never known" (Russell m. Nelson, "Computerized Scriptures Now Available," Ensign, Apr. 1988, p. 73). Newspapers, magazines, television, radio, satellites, computers, and related discoveries help give the gospel message to millions of people (see Spencer W. Kimball, "When the World Will Be Converted," Ensign, Oct. 1974, pp. 10-14). We who have the fulness of the gospel need to use these inventions to fulfill the Lord's commandment: "For, verily, the sound must go forth from this place into all the world, and unto the uttermost parts of the earth the gospel must be preached unto every creature, with signs following them that believe." (D&C 58:64).
Discussion
Who needs to hear the gospel? Think of people with whom you could share the gospel."