Flood the Earth by Elder Bednar
In his talk, Elder Bednar presented social media and the ever increasing role it has in our society and in sharing the gospel. He gave great examples of how we can use social media to share the gospel and connect with others. He also gave some warnings of things not do like sharing anything you wouldn't want the whole world to see forever. Social media is neither inherently good nor bad but it depends for what we used it.
The talk is split into 3 distinct tops, the unique time we live in, the inspired technology that has come forward in our day and how we can use these tools to further the work of salvation. I loved hearing about how the prophets have prepared us and prophesied of this special time in our world. As a millennial, we hear all the time how this is a horrible time to live and negative connotations of being part of our generation. It's refreshing to hear that not only did the prophets prophesy of such a time, but that this technology is part of the plan to ultimately spread the gospel throughout the world. 40% of missionaries will be using technology to share the gospel and temple work has greatly benefited.
My favorite part were the quotes from prophets and knowing that David O. McKay spoke about such a time in which new technologies would make it possible to spread the gospel throughout the world. Indeed, we have made great strides. The radio, telephones, cell phones, TV, satelite transmissions, computers, social media, etc... have all been prepared for us to use to move the work of salvation foward.
"Every discovery in science and art, that is really true and useful to mankind has been given by direct reelation from God,... We should take advantage of all these great discoveries, the accumulated wisdom of ages, and give to our children the benefit of every branch of useful knowledge, to prepare them to step forward and efficiently do their part in the great work"
-Brigham Young 1862
Elder Bednar encourages everyone to use social media to share the gospel and be genuine. I especially love this talk because I was, in part, introduced to the gospel through a Mormon message video entitled "Have you done any good in the world today." I also saw plenty of examples of media helping investigators gain a testimony even though we did not have ipads or access to technology.
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