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A thought from the scriptures

Published: Saturday, Nov. 17, 2007

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And the members shall manifest before the church, and also before the elders, by a godly walk and conversation, that they are worthy of it, that there may be works and faith agreeable to the holy scriptures — walking in holiness before the Lord. — Doctrine and Covenants 20:69

"Holiness is the strength of the soul," said the late President James E. Faust, then of the First Presidency, during the April 2005 general conference. "It comes by faith and through obedience to God's laws and ordinances. God then purifies the heart by faith, and the heart becomes purged from that which is profane and unworthy. When holiness is achieved by conforming to God's will, one knows intuitively that which is wrong and that which is right before the Lord."