Elder Gerrit W. Gong

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Elder Gerrit W. Gong

Elder Gerrit W. Gong is described in biographical records as an American religious leader (born 1953). The selections gathered here touch on change, christmas, goals. This profile brings the attributed quotations together with their available source information.

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Some years ago, a priest in Central America told me he was studying Latter-day Saint “baptism for deceased persons.” “It does seem just,” the priest said, “that God would offer every person opportunity to receive baptism, no matter when or where they lived, except little children, who ‘are alive in Christ.’ The Apostle Paul,” the priest noted, “speaks of the dead awaiting baptism and resurrection.” Vicarious temple ordinances promise all nations, kindreds, and tongues that no one need “remain a slave of death, of hell, or of the grave.”

— Elder Gerrit W. Gong

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Profile: American religious leader
Life: born 1953
Quotes in this collection: 6

Life and work

Biographical records connect Elder Gerrit W. Gong with Christ Church and Brigham Young University. This collection includes 6 quotations credited to Elder Gerrit W. Gong. Each quotation page preserves its own citation, when supplied, so readers can follow the passage back to its stated context.

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Some years ago, a priest in Central America told me he was studying Latter-day Saint “baptism for deceased persons.” “It does seem just,” the priest said, “that God would offer every person opportunity to receive baptism, no matter when or where they lived, except little children, who ‘are alive in Christ.’ The Apostle Paul,” the priest noted, “speaks of the dead awaiting baptism and resurrection.” Vicarious temple ordinances promise all nations, kindreds, and tongues that no one need “remain a slave of death, of hell, or of the grave.”

"All Nations, Kindreds, and Tongues"

— Elder Gerrit W. Gong

Let us make peace with the past year. Let go of the emotional angst and noise, the frictions and annoyances that clutter our lives. May we grant each other our new possibilities instead of fixating on our past limitations. Let’s give the new Scrooge in each of us a chance to change.

Christ, Our Savior, Is Born

— Elder Gerrit W. Gong

The sacred events between Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday are the story of hosanna and hallelujah. Hosanna is our plea for God to save. Hallelujah expresses our praise to the Lord for the hope of salvation and exaltation. In hosanna and hallelujah we recognize the living Jesus Christ as the heart of Easter and latter-day restoration.

Hosanna and Hallelujah—The Living Jesus Christ: The Heart of Restoration and Easter

— Elder Gerrit W. Gong

The age-old paradox is still true. In losing our worldly self through covenant belonging, we find and become our best eternal self—free, alive, real—and define our most important relationships.

Covenant Belonging

— Elder Gerrit W. Gong

Along life’s path, we may lose faith in God, but He never loses faith in us. As it were, His porch light is always on. He invites us to come or return to the covenants that mark His path. He waits ready to embrace us, even when we are “yet a great way off.”

Covenant Belonging

— Elder Gerrit W. Gong

Christmas is a time of music, smells and tastes, anticipation and generosity. A time of gathering, whether we live near or far. Often Christmas becomes Christmas when we quietly bring Christmas joy to others.

Christ, Our Savior, Is Born

— Elder Gerrit W. Gong