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Asia Local Pages Pages Local Asia ASIA LOCAL PAGES ASIA LOCAL PAGES ASIA AREA PRESIDENCY MESSAGE Clean Hands and a Pure Heart By President Philip Yu Chen Ho President Philip Taipei Taiwan Temple President Yu Chen Ho n his talk “Keeping the Temple First, we must have clean hands. law they perish from that which is I Holy,” President Gordon B. Hinckley We learn from James to “cleanse good, and become miserable forever. (1910–2008) urged us to “Keep [the yourhands, ye sinners” ( James 4:8). “Wherefore, redemption cometh in Lord’s] House holy!”1 He explained in This clearly indicates to us that to have and through the Holy Messiah; for he quite some detail the questions we clean hands, we have to repent of our is full of grace and truth. have to answer when we go through sins and have our hands made clean “Behold, he offereth himself a sac- temple recommend interviews. These before we can enter into the house rifice for sin, to answer the ends of the questions, in a way, are the standards of the Lord. law, unto all those who have a broken we have to meet when we want to Nephi further illustrated that this heart and a contrite spirit; and unto go to the house of the Lord. We must cleansing process is only made possible none else can the ends of the law be prove worthy and obey the command- through the Atonement of Jesus Christ answered” (2 Nephi 2:5–7). ments before we can enter the house and that only through Him can we be Therefore, only those who repent of the Lord. saved from our sins. He taught: “And of their sins and who come unto Yet, another set of high standards for men are instructed sufficiently that they Christ with “a broken heart and a us to strive for in order to enter into the know good from evil. And the law is contrite spirit” will be accepted into house of the Lord was proclaimed by given unto men. And by the law no the house of the Lord. King David when he declared: “Who flesh is justified; or, by the law men are Second, we need to have a pure shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? cut off. Yea, by the temporal law they heart. or who shall stand in his holy place? were cut off; and also, by the spiritual James further taught, “purify your “He that hath clean hands, and a hearts, ye double minded” ( James 4:8) pure heart; who hath not lifted up his and also, “let him ask in faith, nothing soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. wavering. For he that wavereth is like “He shall receive the blessing from a wave of the sea driven with the wind the Lord, and righteousness from the and tossed. God of his salvation. “For let not that man think that he “This is the generation of them that shall receive any thing of the Lord. seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob” “A double minded man is unsta- (Psalms 24:3–6). ble in all his ways” ( James 1:6–8). Here King David set forth several Therefore, unless we are pure in standards for those who seek to “as- heart and unwavering in our faith, cend into the hill of the Lord” and to we shall not receive anything of the “stand in His holy place,” i.e. seek to Lord. These verses also clarify that to enter the Lord’s temple: have a pure heart means we are to August 2015 A1 purify our heart and single our eye and the glory of them (see Matthew after we make the covenants. The Lord and mind to the glory of God. 4:8–10). The devil knows how vul- cannot bless us if we do not fulfill our The Lord also warned us of not nerable we can be when it comes to part of the obligation in the covenant. being double minded when He taught, the glory of the world: wealth, power, But once we have fulfilled our part, the “No man can serve two masters: for ei- and fame. Time and time again we Lord is bound to bless us: “I, the Lord, ther he will hate the one, and love the are warned not to covet the treasures am bound when ye do what I say; but other; or else he will hold to the one, of this world: when ye do not what I say, ye have no and despise the other. Ye cannot serve “But wo unto the rich, who are promise” (D&C 82:10). God and mammon” (Matthew 6:24). rich as to the things of the world. For Once we can meet the high stan- Satan knows our weakness well and because they are rich they despise the dards set forth by King David, we shall, has waged war on us with temptations poor, and they persecute the meek, as promised, receive blessings from of this world to drag us away from the and their hearts are upon their trea- the Lord and the righteousness of His straight and narrow path. He assaults sures; wherefore, their treasure is their salvation (see Psalm 24:5). us not only with evil or immoral god. And behold, their treasure shall We can become as one of those things, but often times with seemingly perish with them also” (2 Nephi 9:30). mentioned in the Book of Revelation: good and worthy things that we may “For we brought nothing into this “And one of the elders answered, say- be pacified and lulled away into carnal world, and it is certain we can carry ing unto me, What are these which are security (see 2 Nephi 28:21); or, with nothing out. arrayed in white robes? and whence a sense of doing good and righteous “And having food and raiment let came they? things when we only have time to us be therewith content. “And I said unto him, Sir, thou do the better or the best things in life “But they that will be rich fall knowest. And he said to me, These that have impact on our eternal well- into temptation and a snare, and into are they which came out of great trib- being. He assaults us with cool and many foolish and hurtful lusts, which ulation, and have washed their robes, fancy modern technologies; seemingly drown men in destruction and perdi- and made them white in the blood of meaningful and interesting data, in- tion” (1 Timothy 6:7–9). the Lamb. formation, and knowledge; even with Fourth, we are not to swear “Therefore are they before the healthy entertainment, outdoor activ- deceitfully. throne of God, and serve him day and ities, fine dining and hobbies. These This means we should not lie night in his temple: and he that sitteth seemingly good and harmless things in or bear false witness or make false on the throne shall dwell among them. life can easily consume our time, en- promises or commitments we cannot “They shall hunger no more, nei- ergy, resources and passion so he can or do not intend to keep. This par- ther thirst any more; neither shall the “leadeth [us] by the neck with a flaxen ticularly means we should not make sun light on them, nor any heat. cord, until he bindeth [us] with his covenants in the house of the Lord “For the Lamb which is in the midst strong cords forever” (2 Nephi 26:22). and not live up to what we have cov- of the throne shall feed them, and shall Third, we are not to “lift up [our] enanted to do therein. lead them unto living fountains of wa- soul unto vanity” (Psalm 24:4). It is relatively easy to make covenants ters: and God shall wipe away all tears Even our Savior was tempted with with God in the house of the Lord. Yet, from their eyes” (Revelation 7:13–17). the vanity of this world after He had without dedicated effort and firm com- Then we shall be recognized by fasted forty days when the devil of- mitment, it is rather difficult to fulfill our our Savior as “the generation of them fered Him all kingdoms of the world duties or things we have promised to do that seek him” (Psalm 24:6). A2 Liahona ASIA LOCAL PAGES And as we do as He has invited: be in his own time, and in his own make it happen, we all had to sacrifice “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, way, and according to his own will” a lot. We started working extra hours to and ye shall find; knock, and it shall (D&C 88:68). In the name of Jesus save enough funds for our temple trip. be opened unto you” (Matthew 7:7), Christ, amen. ◼ I started finding more clients for my we shall be blessed with the utmost work and my wife started giving extra NOTE blessing of: “and the days will come 1. Gordon B. Hinckley, “Keeping the Temple time in her work. Sacrificing together that you shall see him; for he will Holy,” Ensign, May 1990, 50; lds.org/ eventually brought our family closer, general- conference/1990/04/keeping- unveil his face unto you, and it shall the- temple- holy. and it helped us stretch ourselves beyond our limits further than we ever thought we could. Also, by watching us, my son started working in call cen- LOCAL NEWS ters and my daughter started saving her pocket money so that they both could also contribute to the family temple The Most Holy Place fund.
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