✨ ✨ “Apostolic Witness — Too Sacred to Share?”
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“Apostolic Witness — Too Sacred to Share?”
📝 Their Message (Summary)
Elder Quentin L. Cook recently bore his “sure witness” of Jesus Christ. His words were careful, almost hesitant: “I always worry about saying too much about sacred things… I can testify with all certainty as a sure witness of the divinity of Jesus Christ. I know that He lives. I know that He guides this Church.”
But something was missing. The video was filled with temple shots, COVID test lines, and finally a cold, stone statue of Jesus. Larger than life, untouchable, unreachable.
We’ve all heard the phrase: “Too sacred to share.” That’s often given as the reason apostles don’t describe open visions of Christ. Yet scripture testifies otherwise:
Lehi saw God on His throne, angels praising, and One descending brighter than the sun (1 Nephi 1:8–15).
Nephi declared what his father saw and testified boldly to his people (v.18–19).
Oliver Cowdery charged the Twelve: “Never cease striving until you have seen God face to face.” (DHC 2:195–196).
Numbers 12:6 declares: “If there be a prophet among you, I the Lord will make myself known unto him in a vision.”
If these prophets had deemed their experiences “too sacred to share,” we would have no Bible, no Book of Mormon, no Restoration.
Contrast that with Elder Cook’s vague words—or Brigham Young’s own confession that he never communed with God in person, even after decades of leadership.
And then look outward: testimonies are flooding the earth from ordinary men and women. A former Muslim named Afshin, who prayed to know God, saw Christ face to face. His witness is raw, bold, unmistakable. Unlike our polished apostles, he does not hide behind phrases.
🔥 My Reflection
I’ve been told countless times: “Don’t criticize the Lord’s anointed. You’re being negative.”
But asking honest questions is not evil speaking. It is discernment.
If God is the same yesterday, today, and forever, why would He silence His witnesses now? Why would He say to modern apostles, “Shhh, it’s too sacred. Just say you have a sure witness and leave the rest unsaid.”
The pattern of scripture is the opposite: visions proclaimed, dreams recorded, encounters shouted from rooftops.
And so I add my own trembling witness:
I have seen Jesus Christ.
I have touched the marks in His hands.
I have felt His forehead press against mine as He spoke eternal words.
I am unworthy, unclean, and often failing—but He is worthy. He is faithful. He is alive.
I am not alone. My husband has seen Him. My children have dreamed of Him. He continues to manifest Himself to the least of these.
He is the Author and Finisher of faith. The Great Redeemer. The One the Endowment points to again and again. He is the Fulness of the Gospel.
And His invitation has never changed: “Knock, and it shall be opened unto you.”
🕊️ The Invitation
Don’t be satisfied with vague secondhand “witnesses.” Seek Him yourself.
Open the scriptures and ask: why did they record their visions if such things are “too sacred”?
Cry out until you know Him. Never cease striving until you see Him face to face.
📖 Scriptures to Ponder
1 Nephi 1:8–15 — Lehi beholds God, His throne, and the Messiah.
Numbers 12:6 — “I will make myself known in a vision.”
3 Nephi 16:10–12 — The Gentiles reject the fulness.
Hebrews 12:2 — Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith.
🔗 Walking with Jesus — A Family’s Story
This is part of a series sharing the six-year testimony of a family walking daily with Jesus.
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