Brothers and Sisters. I have studied the scriptures and prayerfully
pondered about the spiritual experience we hope members will have through
sabbath day observance in church. I was deeply touched by how the Savior instituted
the Sacrament amongst the Nephites. You will recall that this occurred immediately
following the incredible spiritual ministry that is recorded in chapter 17 in 3rd
Nephi in what may be the most tender account in all scripture. He commanded
that their little children should be brought, and that the multitude should kneel
down upon the ground. Then He knelt upon the ground, groaned within Him, and
said “Father, I am troubled because of the wickedness of the people of the House
of Israel.” This sounds like the world we live in today. Then He once again,
taught the sacred ordinance of the sacrament. This time among the Nephites.
Brothers and Sisters, can you help us give back the Sacrament Meeting to the
Savior? On this sacred day, good Friday, our prayer and our hope is that the
same feelings that emanate from these scriptures, can be captured across the
church in Sacrament Meetings where we rejoice and worship God the Father and
Jesus Christ our Savior and Redeemer. As one of His Apostles, I bear solemn
witness of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, and the significance and sacredness
of the Sacrament. I testify of the reality of the Atonement, and the Saviors
divinity. I know He lives. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen. (Quentin L Cook.
Leadership training “Sabbath day Observance” April 2015)
