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Summarized by Kent Larsen
Elder Packer urges young LDS to understand gift of the Holy Ghost
BYU Newsnet 5Mar00 D3
By Emily Cannon: NewsNet Staff Writer
OREM, UTAH -- Speaking at the monthly CES fireside at Utah Valley
State College on Sunday evening, March 5th, Elder Boyd K. Packer,
acting president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles told students
that every Church member has the right and obligation to understand
the Holy Ghost. Drawing from the Book of Mormon, Packer said he
thinks many LDS Church members still don't understand the gift of the
Holy Ghost. "I think we can imagine that, because every one of us at
times, and many of us, all the time, have no appreciation or
understanding of the gift that we have," Elder Packer said.
According to Elder Packer, the Lord taught that the Holy Ghost is
available to everyone, "It is available and should be present with
every member of the church," he said. He also noted that for the most
part, LDS Church members don't know that they have the supernal gift
conferred upon them. He urged Church members to ask for the Holy
Ghost's help in their daily prayers, "Begin asking for the gift of
the Holy Ghost," he said. "The message that is most repeated in all
revelations is said in many ways but said simply 'Ask and ye shall
receive.'"
Packer pointed out that in the well-known painting that portrays the
Saviour standing outside of a door and knocking the door has no
handle. He said that the artist accurately represented the hear'ts
door, which opens only from within. "You will not be forced to change
your lives and admit the inspiration of the Holy Ghost," Elder Packer
said. "But you will not be denied the gift."
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