Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Sheila read it and said that it was deep.  What do you think?

It seems a waste of time to try and have a debate in your head about how seriously bad or righteous your actions have been.  Are you evil or just a victim of your own mistakes?  And comparing yourself to others in this regard is foolhardy.  The scriptures teach us that we are all sinners and are all guilty of all of the law.  No matter how much or how serious our sins have been and now are, we all fall short of God's glory and are all in need of His saving grace.  Accept it, and base your efforts on that truth and move forward.

It is equally counterproductive to worry about if or how you are saved.  It seems that most of that discussion is really about coming to a true understanding of the meaning of the word.  If you have received the ordinances of baptism and the gift of the Holy Ghost through proper authority and are 'in the church' and under covenant you are 'saved'.  Your concern should now be what comes next in the 'further light and knowledge' that you are blessed to live by.  The understanding of that blessing is to understand 'saved for what?'

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