Gospel Principles
Unit 7: Perfecting Our Lives
Chapter 33: Missionary Work
Concept 7: The Lord Promises Us Blessings for Doing Missionary Work
"The Lord told the Prophet Joseph Smith that missionaries would receive great blessings. Speaking to elders who were returning from their missions, the Lord said, "Ye are blessed, for the dc/62/3b">testimony which ye have borne is recorded in heaven for the angels to look upon and they rejoice over you" (D&C 62:3).
The Lord has told us:
"And if it so be that you should labor all your days in crying repentance unto this people, and bring, save it be one soul unto me, how great shall be your joy with him in the kingdom of my Father!
"And now, if your joy will be great with one soul that you have brought unto me into the kingdom of my Father, how great will be your joy if you should bring many souls unto me!" (D&C 18:15-16).
Discussion
Why is it important to bear testimony to the truth of the gospel? What blessings come from sharing the gospel?
Additional Scriptures
D&C 1:17-23 (Joseph Smith commanded to preach)
"17 Wherefore, I the Lord, d>knowing the calamity which should come upon the inhabitants of the earth, called upon my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., and spake unto him from heaven, and gave him >commandments;
18 And also gave commandments to others, that they should proclaim these things unto the world; and all this that it might be fulfilled, which was written by the prophets
19 The weak things of the world shall come forth and break down the mighty and strong ones, that man should not counsel his fellow man, neither dc/1/19c">trust in the arm of flesh
20 But that every man might speak in the name of God the Lord, even the Savior of the world;
21 That faith also might increase in the earth;
22 That mine everlasting covenant might be established;
23 That the fulness of my gospel might be proclaimed by the weak and the simple unto the ends of the world, and before kings and rulers".
D&C 34:4-6; Acts 5:42 (gospel to be preached)
D&C 34:4-6
"4 And blessed are you because you have believed;
5 And more blessed are you because you are called of me to preach my gospel
6 To lift up your voice as with the sound of a trump, both long and loud, and cry repentance unto a crooked and perverse generation, preparing the way of the Lord for his second coming."
Acts 5:42 "And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ."
D&C 60:1-2 "(LORDwarns those who are afraid to preach the gospel)
1 Behold, thus saith the Lord unto the elders of his church, who are to return speedily to the land from whence they came: Behold, it pleaseth me, that you have come up hither;
2 But with some I am not well pleased, for they will not open their mouths, but they hide the talent which I have given unto them, because of the fear of man. Wo unto such, for mine anger is kindled against them."
Matthew 24:14 (gospel to be preached before the end shall come)
"14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come."
Abraham 2:9 (priesthood to be given to all nations)
"9 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee above measure, and make thy name great among all nations, and thou shalt be a blessing unto thy seed after thee, that in their hands they shall bear this ministry and Priesthood unto all nations;"