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by Elder Bruce R. McConkie
Address to the Regional Representatives Seminar in October 1974

Brothers what you think of the office of elder? Sometimes when someone asks, "What job do you have in the priesthood?" you can hear the answer: "I'm just an elder."

Only an elder! Only one title that everyone is proud of the members of the Council of the Twelve, which honors the President of the Church, who is appointed by revelation as the First Elder, only the office in which men are ordained million in-or vicarious ordinances of the sacred temples.

Only an elder! Only job that allows man to enter the new and everlasting covenant of marriage and his wife and children bound to him forever, the office that prepares you to be the patriarch of his posterity eternal and maintain dominance in the House Israel, which is required to receive the fullness of the blessings in the Lord's house, only the office which opens the door to eternal exaltation in the highest degree of the celestial world, where the men-ber becomes as God is.

Only an elder! Only a person who has been ordained to preach the gospel, build up the kingdom and perfect the-Santos, a minister whose word is deed, an office holder who has the privilege of receiving the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, to have the heavens opened, to be co- Communion with the general assembly and church of the Pri-mogénito, and enjoy the fellowship and the presence of God the Father and Jesus Christ, the mediator of the new agreement.

Only an elder! Every elder of the Church has the same priesthood that its Chairman. No apostle can rise or rise more in eternity than they can make a faithful elder who live the fullness of the law the gospel.

What is an Elder? An elder is a minister of the Lord Jesus Christ. It is a sacred Priesthood holder Mel-quisedec. Is commissioned to act on behalf of the Master, which is the chief of the elders-in ministry among their peers. He is the agent of the Lord, and has a calling to preach the mess evangelism and equipping of the saints.

What is an Elder? Is a pastor, a special pastor is taking care of the flock of the Good Shepherd. Thus it is written: "And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord. "He also wrote Peter, who was the first elder of his time:" The elders among you, I also an elder. . . [Keep in mind that Elder is the translation of "elder" in English]. Feed the flock of God among you, serving as overseers, not by compulsion but willingly, not for dishonest gain but eagerly, not as domineering over those in vues-ter, but being examples of flock. And when they do appear the Chief Shepherd appears, you re-cibiréis the crown of glory. "Know this: The elders who are ministers residents in the kingdom of God, are appointed to shepherd the flock of God, to take charge of their vi-veillance Pact, for example.

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