“Ask . . . Which is Right”

K. Douglas Bassett

Heber J. Grant: Highlights in the Life of a Great Leader, Hinckley, pp. 243-244; refer in this text to Alma 32:21, 32

“[3 Ne. 18:20]. Here the Savior reminds us that faith, no matter how strong it is, cannot produce a result contrary to the will of him whose power it is. The exercise of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is always subject to the order of heaven, to the goodness and will and wisdom and timing of the Lord. That is why we cannot have true faith in the Lord without also having complete trust in the Lord’s will and in the Lord’s timing. When we have that kind of faith and trust in the Lord, we have true security in our lives.” (Dallin H. Oaks, Ensign, May 1994, p. 100)
“The praying Christ. That is the example to which we are to point others… . The Christ who is one with the Father in at least one way that we may be united with him as well—through prayer… . Give your students this promise as Christ gave it to the Nephite multitude—‘And whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, which is right, believing that ye shall receive, behold it shall be given unto you’ (3 Nephi 18:20). They need to believe that. And they will if you believe it. (Jeffrey R. Holland, CES Symposium, BYU, Aug. 9, 1994, p. 21)

Latter-Day Commentary on the Book of Mormon

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