The Eternal Gift of Testimony

Kevin G. Brown October 2025 Saturday Afternoon Session

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  1. Doctrine and Covenants 84:46

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    He is omniscient and omnipotent.

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  2. Luke 12:2

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    He sees our past, present, and eternal destiny.

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  3. Moroni 7:22

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    He sees our past, present, and eternal destiny.

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  4. Abraham 2:8

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    He sees our past, present, and eternal destiny.

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  5. 1 Peter 1:18

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    Jesus Christ paid the ultimate price for that privilege with His precious blood.

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  6. Abraham 3:22

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    Jesus Christ paid the ultimate price for that privilege with His precious blood.

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  7. 1 Corinthians 6:20

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    Sometimes we might believe that agency means doing whatever we want.

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  8. Doctrine and Covenants 101:78

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    We are agents, and agents are responsible for something.

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  9. John 5:32

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    A witness from the Holy Ghost is greater than sight.

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  10. John 2

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    A witness from the Holy Ghost is greater than sight.

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  11. Nehemiah 3

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    A witness from the Holy Ghost is greater than sight.

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  12. Nehemiah 11:36

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    A witness from the Holy Ghost is greater than sight.

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  13. Numbers 11:29

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    The gift and witness of the Holy Ghost are available to everyone.

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  14. James 1:5

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    The gift and witness of the Holy Ghost are available to everyone.

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  15. Doctrine and Covenants 20:28

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    Brothers and sisters, a testimony is not given for temporary use.

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  16. Moses 1:3

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    Brothers and sisters, a testimony is not given for temporary use.

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  17. Doctrine and Covenants 6:23

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    Looking back on those difficult days of testing and persecution that I went through as a child has helped me get to the place where I now know for myself.

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  18. Alma 32:27

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    My dear brothers and sisters, let the small seedling of testimony work in you until it springs up to an everlastingly glorious sure knowledge.

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  19. Alma 32:30

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    My dear brothers and sisters, let the small seedling of testimony work in you until it springs up to an everlastingly glorious sure knowledge.

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  20. Alma 32:37

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    My dear brothers and sisters, let the small seedling of testimony work in you until it springs up to an everlastingly glorious sure knowledge.

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  21. Doctrine and Covenants 20:77

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    If you are a baptized and confirmed member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints but still struggle with “I am not sure if I know,” please remember this promise in the sacrament prayer: “That they may always have his Spirit to be with them.” Because of this promise, each of us can pursue the path to testimony and a sure knowledge.

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  22. Doctrine and Covenants 70:3

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    To me, the words take charge, work, care, own, nurture, and feed sound like an agent given stewardship for something precious and important.

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  23. Mosiah 4:9

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    I invite you to think about your path to a sure witness of Jesus Christ and His gospel.

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  24. Doctrine and Covenants 63:23

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    I promise that as you do this, your testimony will be a “well of living water, springing up unto everlasting life.” It will be an anchor and a motivator, and it will sustain you through difficult times.

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  25. Alma 5:46

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    If you know, you know.

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  26. Matthew 24:35

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    “Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not
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  27. Moroni 10:30

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    Brothers and sisters, a testimony of Jesus Christ was never meant to be a temporary gift.

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  1. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 4: The Antemortal Godship of Christ

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    • Abraham 3:22

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      A general consideration of scriptural evidence leads to the conclusion that God the Eternal Father has manifested Himself to earthly prophets or revelators on very few occasions, and then principally to attest the divine authority of His Son, Jesus Christ.

    • Moses 1:3

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      Open paragraph (1)
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      Jehovah is the Anglicized rendering of the Hebrew, Yahveh or Jahveh, signifying the Self-existent One, or The Eternal.

  2. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 2: Preexistence and Foreordination of the Christ

    1 shared verse

    • Abraham 3:22

      In this talk:
      Open paragraph (1)
      In Jesus the Christ:
      Open paragraph (Abraham 3:22, 23)

      Graded Intelligences in the Antemortal State.—That the spirits of men existed as individual intelligences, of varying degrees of ability and power, prior to the inauguration of the mortal state upon this earth and even prior to the creation of the world as a suitable abode for human beings, is shown in great plainness through a divine revelation to Abraham: “Now the Lord had shown unto me, Abraham, the intelligences that were organized before the world was; and among all these there were many...

  3. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 25: Jesus Again in Jerusalem

    1 shared verse

    • Doctrine and Covenants 84:46

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      Open paragraph (1)
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      Sitting within the temple enclosure in the division known as the Treasury, which was connected with the Court of the Women,y our Lord continued His teaching, saying: “I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.”z The great lamps set up in the court as a feature of the joyful celebration just ended gave point to our Lord’s avowal of Himself as the Light of the World.

  4. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 32: Further Instruction to the Apostles

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    • Matthew 24:35

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      The next declaration in the order of the evangelical record reads: “Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.” This may be understood as applying to the generation in which the portentous happenings before described would be realized.

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