Elder Jeffrey R. Holland spoke to the Church Educational System personnel last Friday. I wanted to share a few excerpts from his talk that I thought were meaningful and very applicable in our day.

“Be not afraid, only believe” (Mark 5:36).

…“The gospel of Jesus Christ is the most certain, the most secure, the most reliable, the most rewarding truth on earth and in heaven, in time and in eternity. I ask you to teach that nothing, not anything, not anyone, not any influence will keep this Church from fulfilling its mission and realizing its destiny set from before the foundation of the world. Ours is that failsafe, inexorable, indestructible dispensation of the fullness of the gospel.

“…The momentum that began in upstate New York two centuries ago, will continue to roll forth, unabated and undeniable –Daniel’s stone cut out of a mountain without hands. That scriptural kingdom will be triumphant and it will prevail. Unlike every other era before us, this dispensation will not experience an institutional apostasy, it will not see a loss of priesthood keys, it will suffer a cessation of revelation from the voice of Almighty God.

“Individuals will apostatize. They may turn a deaf ear to heaven. But never again will this dispensation collectively do so. What a secure thought that is. What a day in which to live. What a way to cut through fear or faint-heartedness.”

(Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, Address to Religious Educators, Friday, February 6, 2015. I transcribed this quote from the video. The text is not yet available. I hope I got it right. The punctuation may be different, but the words, I think, are pretty accurate. When the printed talk is available you can check the accuracy.)