It is the source of a righteous character. Humility precedes glory, and it brings God’s favor upon us: “Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble” ( 1 Peter 5:5). Let us live in humility because it brings peace (see Doctrine and Covenants 19:23). We know that Jesus Christ taught humility and humbled Himself to glorify His Father. He said, “Father, thy will be done, and the glory be thine forever” ( Moses 4:2). At the Council in Heaven, He recognized and allowed the will of God to prevail in the plan of salvation for mankind. Jesus Christ was very humble from the premortal life. The first quality of the Savior is humility. I have studied some aspects of the Savior’s life, and I have retained, as part of my message today, four of His qualities that I try to imitate and that I share with you.
It is to be a true disciple of Jesus Christ. To be a follower of Christ is to strive to conform our actions, conduct, and lives to those of the Savior. And more important, I began to ask, “In what way should I imitate Him?” I began to reflect on what it means to become a follower of Christ. This is a sincere and valid invitation from Paul’s time until today: to be a follower of Christ. In one of Paul’s teachings to the Corinthians, he invited them to be his followers as he himself was a follower of Christ (see 1 Corinthians 11:1).
His model of life was the Savior Jesus Christ. But because of the power of heaven and the Atonement of Jesus Christ, he was changed completely, and he became one of the great servants of God. Paul was an active man in the persecution of the Church and the Christians. In my personal study of the scriptures, I have been impressed by the conversion of Saul of Tarsus, who later became known as Paul, as described in the Bible.
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