During our trip to Utah, all the Fellows, myself included, were given many opportunities to have deep, meaningful conversations with those of differing views. I was especially blessed with the opportunity to have a spiritual conversation with a young woman on the BYU campus about the true Gospel. Throughout this conversation, my friends and I were able to ask the young woman deep questions and converse about some of the inconsistencies there are with the LDS faith. The young woman was very willing to talk and to be honest with us about her beliefs regarding LDS, Christianity, and other topics such as morality.
This conversation was one of the most thought-provoking conversations I have ever had. The Lord blessed us with the chance to share with this young woman what the true Gospel really is. The true Gospel that we shared with her was very different than the one she had grown up in. We expressed to the young woman that the true Gospel is one of grace through faith, not works, as it says in Ephesians 2:8-9: “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.”
This Gospel is entirely different than what this young woman had been taught her whole life. The LDS faith, which is the faith this young woman had grown up with, is a work-based faith. The members of the LDS church preach a gospel that is all about how much work a person can do to reach perfection and completely disregards the importance of God’s grace.
While this conversation was a very good one, it was also challenging. This was one of the first times I had ever had a chance to really share the true Gospel. The Lord used this conversation to really show me the importance of relying on Him. My words mean nothing if they are not from Him.
This is one of the reasons the Christian Gospel is so unique. Our Gospel relies on God alone. There is nothing we can do apart from God. Unlike the LDS faith, our works are not something that gives us more value. We are saved by the grace of God through faith. This is so beautiful because if it were dependent on us, how lost we would be.
It is God who does the work and we are just His vessels.
God really showed me how important it is to rely on Him in such important conversations about our final destination.
Emma Peisher, Class of 2027
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