President James E. Faust
Second counselor, First Presidency
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As vast amounts of information become more accessible worldwide through electronic devices, challenges follow because life becomes increasingly complicated.
"Never before in the history of the world has the need for faith in God been greater. Although science and technology open up boundless opportunities, they also present great perils because Satan employs these marvelous discoveries to his great advantage."The communication highway that spans the globe is overloaded with information for which no one bears responsibility for its truth or its source. Crime has become much more sophisticated and life more perilous," he said. "Mankind will not be able to fully express the potential nobility of the human soul unless faith in God is strengthened."
Mankind has never discovered something God has not already known, he said, quoting the late church president Harold B. Lee.
"I solemnly declare that this spiritual kingdom of faith will move forward with or without each of us individually. To sustain faith, each of us must be humble and compassionate, kind and generous to the poor and needy."
For church members, faith must rest on basic, eternal truths, which are that Jesus is the Christ and the Savior and Redeemer of the world; that Joseph Smith was the instrument through which the gospel was restored in its fullness in our time; that the Book of Mormon is the word of God and is the "keystone of our religion"; and that Gordon B. Hinckley and all previous church presidents hold "all of the keys and authority restored by the Prophet Joseph Smith."
