I
was asked to speak about The Commandments.
A lot of the information from my talk comes from lesson 4 in the
missionary book called “Preach My Gospel.”
Since I will be able to go on a mission soon, it was good for me to study
from this book.
Since the beginning of time, parents have
been giving rules to their children. Rules like not playing in the street or
not playing with matches. Sometimes the rules seemed like a burden to kids,
like their parents must have invented them to keep them from doing the things they
really wanted to do—the things they thought would make them happy. As we grow
up we learn how important these rules are, how we could have been seriously
injured or even killed if we had not obeyed.
Like our earthly parents, God gives us
commandments to help keep us focused on what is most important and how to stay
safe. All of His guidance is meant to keep us safe, help us stay close to Him
and, in the end, to give us more freedom and happiness.
