Chapter 22

The history of the House of Israel extends to the premortal life.  For reasons of righteousness, God extended covenants to certain of his children as a responsibility to be carried out in this mortal life.  It is not politically correct to say that God has a chosen people.  But the fact is, he does.  They are not better.  They are chosen for a responsibility.  The children of Jacob have been chosen to suffer and be refined in a furnace of affliction.  How this all works out, I don’t know.  I have difficulty understanding this responsibility.  But I do know that the key responsibility for our day is for us of the House of Israel is missionary work.  We are to go to all the world and tell them of Jesus Christ, who suffered and died for our sins and was resurrected.  He lives today and we must proclaim it with all our hearts, mind, and might. We must invite our children to come with us.  We must support them in their missions.  We must go on missions ourselves.  We must love and lift our friends and neighbors.  Jesus is our light and our life.