I Forgive Them Their Trespasses
Elder Edward Dube began his recent talk in general conference this way: “Thirty-nine years ago, President Dallin H. Oaks taught me about the character of Jesus Christ in a way I will never forget. In 1987, I was a young missionary with only two years in the Church. At the mission office, a sign on the gate read, ‘Trespassers will be prosecuted.’ President Oaks asked that it be removed to avoid any impression of exclusion. Rather, we invite all to come unto Christ through faith in Him and His Atonement.” Elder Dube applied this lesson later on in his talk: “And that is why President Oaks had the sign on the gate taken down: ‘Trespassers will be prosecuted.’ The adversary wants to hang that sign on the gate of our heart. Addiction, doubt, pride, pain, grief, guilt, materialism—or whatever is holding us back—he tells us this makes us unworthy to come unto Christ.” His point was that we should not let a feeling of unworthiness prevent us from coming unto the Savior. We are not trespassers...