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 Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 5:00 pm
Hello Everybody and welcome to today's meeting.
I hope that everybody has had a great week.
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Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 5:02 pm
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The Kingdom Keeper Captain
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Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 5:02 pm
Hey, I'm here. My week's been busy, but productive.
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Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 5:08 pm
That's great Lucentas.
and Welcome Back KK.
So does anybody have any questions in which they have and would like to discuss this week?
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Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 5:09 pm
I don't really have anything.
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Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 5:10 pm
nothing here really either, but if you didn't see my other post, I'm working on getting my mission papers in right now.
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The Kingdom Keeper Captain
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Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 5:13 pm
That's great KK. Good Luck with that. You will be a great missionary. Keep us updated with that! This is so exciting.
I was thinking about discussing charity. Is everybody ok with that?
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Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 5:16 pm
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The Kingdom Keeper Captain
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Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 5:20 pm
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Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 5:21 pm
All right. So in the bible dictionary it says "The highest, noblest, strongest kind of love, not merely affection; the pure love of Christ. It is never used to denote alms or deeds or benevolence, although it may be a prompting motive."
So what does charity mean to you?
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Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 5:25 pm
To me, charity means just that: love. It's the love that comes from knowing that we're all brothers and sisters, and truly understanding where we come from and why we're here.
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Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 5:25 pm
Charity is unconditional love, being able to go out and serve your fellow man without thought of reward. It's kind of the embodiment of the golden rule, treat others as you want to be treated. But instead of being nice because you don't want others to be mean to you, you're nice just because you want to be nice.
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The Kingdom Keeper Captain
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Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 5:30 pm
those are both great answers.
Charity can be portrayed in many different ways, silent helping, a simple smile to a person which might be just what they needed at that time, missionary work, and lot more.
The prophet Moroni tells us, “Wherefore, cleave unto charity, which is the greatest of all, for all things must fail—but charity is the pure love of Christ, and it endureth forever” (Moroni 7:46–47).
so why is charity the greatest of all virtues?
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Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 5:34 pm
Because, like it says elsewhere in the scriptures, if you don't have charity, you are nothing; in other words, you have nothing substantial to base any sort of ethical behaviour on. Once you truly understand charity, your entire outlook on humanity changes.
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The Kingdom Keeper Captain
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Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 5:35 pm
Well, it was Christ's last commandment to us, love one another as I have loved you. It's that love that will drive us to be better people as we strive to perfect ourselves and in turn help others come to the truth.
Like Christ is the cornerstone of the gospel, charity is the cornerstone of a perfect personality.
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