Time and Testimony

A testimony of Jesus Christ can come at any age and is available to anyone, no matter when they lived on the earth. It is a fallacy to conclude that one must have a particular education, witness, experience, be of a particular age, or live in a particular time period in order to gain a testimony of Jesus Christ. Joseph Smith is a good example of one who contradicted most of these paradigms, and has been ridiculed for one or the other of them by antagonists ever since. The reality is that very few people were on the earth to physically walk and talk with the Savior during His lifetime. The rest of us, those living before and after His sojourn, are constrained to adjust our gaze to the meridian of time and learn of Him and His teachings through the ministrations of the Holy Ghost. This knowledge is available to all, and there are no age or time constraints attached.

 2 Nephi 2:4 And thou hast beheld in thy youth his glory; wherefore, thou art blessed even as they unto whom he shall minister in the flesh; for the Spirit is the same, yesterday, today, and forever. And the way is prepared from the fall of man, and salvation is free.

Jarom 1:11 Wherefore, the prophets, and the priests, and the teachers, did labor diligently, exhorting with all long-suffering the people to diligence; teaching the law of Moses, and the intent for which it was given; persuading them to look forward unto the Messiah, and believe in him to come as though he already was. And after this manner did they teach them.

LESSON LEARNED: A personal witness of Jesus Christ is available to all equally, regardless of age or place in time.

FEEDBACK: DO YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO OBTAINED A WITNESS OF JESUS CHRIST AT EITHER A VERY YOUNG OR VERY ADVANCED AGE?