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Sunday morning session · October 2026 General Conference

Elder Edward Dube

Come unto Christ

Presidency of the Seventy

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In brief

Elder Dube recalls that in 1987 then-Elder Oaks had a "Trespassers will be prosecuted" sign removed from a mission office gate, teaching him that all are invited to come unto Christ. From Moroni he draws three truths: come, deny yourselves of ungodliness, and be perfected in Him, since we come to Christ to be perfected rather than perfecting ourselves first. A brother struggling to quit smoking set a temple sealing date and was sealed two months later, and Elder Dube invites each listener to help one person come unto Christ.

896words
~9minutes
25.7references to Christ per 1,000 words
6questions asked
2direct invitations

Themes in this talk

Striving 11Grace 5Ministering 4Covenants 3Adversity 2Daily practices 2Witness 2Identity 1Truth with love 1

Number of coded passages from this talk in each theme.

Direct invitations

Sentences where the speaker directly invited, urged, asked or pleaded with us to act, in the exact words.

Come unto Christ

“I invite you, please come unto Christ and embrace His promise”

T23.27
Invite one person

“My humble invitation to us all: Will you find one person and invite him or her to come unto Christ by exercising faith to follow His teachings, or invite a friend to meet with the missionaries?”

T23.28

Teach this talk

Three ready-to-teach 30-minute lessons built on this talk.

Adults · 30 minutesTaking Down the Sign on the GateWe do not have to perfect ourselves before we come to Jesus Christ; we come to Him as we are, with a willing heart, and He perfects us.Youth · 30 minutesCome As You AreJesus Christ invites us to come to Him as we are; we do not fix ourselves first, because He is the one who perfects us.Children · 30 minutesJesus Says, “Come”Jesus loves everyone and invites all of us to come to Him; I do not have to be perfect, I just do my best and He helps me.

Test yourself on this talk

Three short quizzes on what Elder Dube taught: easy for families and first-time listeners, medium for understanding, hard for careful study.

Questions and explanations are written for this site and are not official Church materials. Each answer points to the paragraph of the official talk it comes from. All quizzes →

Key passages

Striving · come as you are

“We do not need to perfect ourselves to come to Christ. We come to Christ to be perfected.”

T23.10
Striving · doing one's best

“Randall doesn’t need to be perfect. He needs to do the very best he can.”

T23.21 Sister Laurin Child’s answer to prayer, as Elder Dube told it
Striving · come as you are

“The adversary wants to hang that sign on the gate of our heart.”

T23.24

Scripture referenced

  • Luke 22:44
  • Moroni 10:32
  • Ezekiel 36:26
  • Moroni 10:33
  • John 15:11
  • Matthew 16:25

From the talk's official footnotes and in-text citations.