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Saturday morning session · October 2026 General Conference

Elder Kevin J. Hathaway

Jesus Christ Is the Great Deliverer!

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In brief

Elder Hathaway testifies that Jesus Christ is the great deliverer and that the question for the faithful is not whether He will deliver, but how and when. Drawing on a highway accident at the start of his mission leadership and a missionary who lost her father a week before returning home, he outlines a pattern: opposition raises hard questions, sincere seeking brings assurance, grace enables us to endure, and deliverance comes in the Savior's time and way, some now, some after waiting, and some in the Resurrection.

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Themes in this talk

Grace 14Adversity 10Covenants 3Daily practices 1

Number of coded passages from this talk in each theme.

Teach this talk

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

Adults · 30 minutesWhile We Wait for DeliveranceJesus Christ will deliver the righteous from every affliction in His time and way, and while we wait He visits us with assurances and with grace that enables us to endure.Youth · 30 minutesNot If, but How and WhenHard questions are not sin or weakness; they are a moment to choose to turn toward Jesus Christ, who will deliver us in His time and way.Children · 30 minutesJesus Helps Me When Things Are HardJesus Christ helps me when things are hard.

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Key passages

Covenants · honoring covenants

“I have never clung so tightly to my covenants.”

T05.12 Sister Kenzie Brinkerhoff, as Elder Hathaway told it
Adversity · questions are not sin

“Such questions and emotions are not sin or weakness”

T05.08
Adversity · deliverance in god's time

“Some miracles are immediate, some come after long waiting, and some await the Resurrection.”

T05.19
Grace · christ as deliverer

“the question for most righteous followers is not if He will deliver but how and when He will do so”

T05.03
Grace · enabling grace

“This grace does not remove the pain and difficulty of affliction; it is an enabling power”

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Scripture referenced

  • Mosiah 24:14–16
  • Alma 7:11–12
  • Alma 36:3, 27
  • 1 Corinthians 15:21–22
  • 2 Nephi 9:6, 11–12
  • Alma 11:42–44
  • 2 Nephi 9:21–23
  • Alma 7:13–14
  • Helaman 5:11
  • Alma 7:11
  • verse 12
  • Mosiah 24:8–16
  • Alma 58:1–13
  • D&C 121:1–8
  • D&C 121:1
  • Alma 58:9
  • Mosiah 24:10
  • Daniel 6:18
  • Mosiah 24:13–16
  • Alma 58:11
  • D&C 121:7
  • D&C 123:17
  • 2 Nephi 25:23
  • 2 Nephi 2:2
  • Alma 36:27
  • D&C 121:7–8
  • Mark 5:36
  • Luke 8:50
  • Mark 5:35–42
  • Luke 8:49–55
  • John 11:1–44
  • Ezekiel 34:16

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