"Receive the Holy Ghost"

Nephi 31:13. “Receive the Holy Ghost”
“Now I am going to say something that maybe I
could not prove, but I believe is true, that we have a
great many members of this Church who have never
received a manifestation through the Holy Ghost.
Why? Because they have not made their lives conform
to the truth. And the Holy Ghost will not dwell in
unclean tabernacles or disobedient tabernacles. The
Holy Ghost will not dwell with that person who is
unwilling to obey and keep the commandments of God
or who violates those commandments willfully. In
such a soul the spirit of the Holy Ghost cannot enter.
That great gift comes to us only through humility and
faith and obedience. Therefore, a great many members
of the Church do not have that guidance. Then some
cunning, crafty individual will come along teaching
that which is not true, and without guidance which is
promised to us through our faithfulness, people are
unable to discern and are led astray. It depends on our
faithfulness and our obedience to the commandments
of the Lord if we have the teachings, the enlightening
instruction, that comes from the Holy Ghost.
“When we are disobedient, when our minds are set
upon the things of this world rather than on the things
of the kingdom of God, we cannot have the
manifestations of the Holy Ghost. Did you ever stop to
think what a great privilege it is for us to have the
companionship of one of the members of the
Godhead? Have you thought of it that way? That is our
privilege, if we keep the commandments the Lord has
given us” (Joseph Fielding Smith, We Are Here to Be
Tried, Tested, Proved, Brigham Young University
Speeches of the Year [25 Oct. 1961], pp. 4–5).