“Overzealous”

K. Douglas Bassett

refer in this text to Mosiah 4:27

“The overzealous tend to judge others by their own standard. True excellence in gospel living—compliance with the established laws and ordinances in a quiet and patient manner—results in humility, in greater reliance upon God, and in broadening love and acceptance of one’s fellow man. What I am doing in the name of goodness ought to bring me closer to those I love and serve, ought to turn my heart toward people, rather than causing me to turn my nose up in judgmental scorn and rejection. The greatest man to walk the earth, the only fully perfect human being, looked with tenderness and compassion upon those whose ways and actions were less than perfect.” (Robert Millet, CES Symposium, Aug. 1993)

Latter-Day Commentary on the Book of Mormon

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