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==Oaks (2000): "it is usually inappropriate to recite miraculous circumstances to a general audience that includes people with very different levels of spiritual maturity"==
Dallin H. Oaks:
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Why don't our talks in general conference and local meetings say more about the miracles we have seen?  Most of the miracles we experience are not to be shared.  Consistent with the teachings of the scriptures, we hold them sacred and share them only when the Spirit prompts us to do so…In bearing testimonies and in our public addresses we rarely mention our most miraculous experiences, and we rarely rely on signs that the gospel is true.  We usually just affirm our testimony of the truthfulness of the restored gospel and give few details on how we obtained it.  Why is this?  Signs _follow_ those that believe.  Seeking a miracle to convert someone is improper sign seeking.  By the same token, it is usually inappropriate to recite miraculous circumstances to a general audience that includes people with very different levels of spiritual maturity.  To a general audience, miracles will be faith-reinforcing for some but an inappropriate sign for others.<ref>Dallin H. Oaks, "Miracles," CES Fireside in Calgary, Canada, 7 May 2000, 3.</ref>
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[[Category:Letter to a CES Director]]

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