“Your happiness now and forever is conditioned on your
degree of conversion and the transformation that it brings to your life. How
then can you become truly converted? President [Marion G.] Romney describes the
steps you must follow:
“‘Membership in the Church and conversion are not
necessarily synonymous. Being converted and having a testimony are not
necessarily the same thing either. A testimony comes when the Holy Ghost gives
the earnest seeker a witness of the truth. A moving testimony vitalizes faith.
That is, it induces repentance and obedience to the commandments. Conversion is
the fruit or the reward for repentance and obedience.’ [In Conference Report,
Guatemala Area Conference 1977, 8–9.]
“Stated simply, true conversion is the fruit of faith, repentance,
and consistent obedience. …
“True conversion yields the fruit of enduring happiness that
can be enjoyed even when the world is in turmoil and most are anything but
happy” (Elder Richard G. Scott “Full Conversion Brings Happiness,” Ensign, May
2002, 25, 26).
