General Conference

In his talk "We Are All Enlisted" Elder Holland captivates his audience and analogies to convey a deep message. He addresses the Aaronic Priesthood, a group of young men that may have difficulty grasping abstract concepts, Elder Holland uses the analogy of sports and the field they are played on to capture the attention of his youthful audience.  Elder Holland explains the need for missionaries, and ones that are prepared to serve, he said "So we need young men already on the team to stay on it and stop dribbling out of bounds just when we need you to get in the game and play your hearts out! In almost all athletic contests of which I know, there are lines drawn on the floor or the field within which every participant must stay in order to compete. Well, the Lord has drawn lines of worthiness for those called to labor with Him in this work. No missionary can be unrepentant of sexual transgression or profane language or pornographic indulgence and then expect to challenge others to repent of those very things! You can’t do that. The Spirit will not be with you, and the words will choke in your throat as you speak them. You cannot travel down what Lehi called “forbidden paths” and expect to guide others to the “strait and narrow” one—it can’t be done." A lot of times youth need to be spoken to very directly and he says very directly to repent, stay in the bounds, and stay on the Lord's team. He not only entertained our train of thought, bought taught a deep doctrine of righteousness and repentance.