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I would not dwell upon your crimes, to harrow up your soul, if it were not for your good. 8 But behold, ye cannot hide your crimes from God; and except ye repent they will stand as a testimony against you at the last day. 9 Now my son, I would that ye should repent and forsake your sins, and go no more after the lusts of your eyes, but cross yourself in all these things; for except ye do this ye can in nowise inherit the kingdom of God. Oh, remember, and take it upon you, and cross yourself in these things.
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I would not dwell upon your crimes, to harrow up your soul, if it were not for your good. 8 But behold, ye cannot hide your crimes from God; and except ye repent they will stand as a testimony against you at the last day. 9 Now my son, I would that ye should repent and forsake your sins, and go no more after the lusts of your eyes, but cross yourself in all these things; for except ye do this ye can in ...
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Posted with pure love and compassion. This link does work. Again directed to a few that I love.
11 Suffer not yourself to be led away by any vain or foolish thing;
How does one measure vanity or that which is foolish?
O my son, how great iniquity ye brought upon the Zoramites; for when they saw your conduct they would not believe in my words.
you cannot carry them
KJV grammar: When "you" is the subject it is always singular vs "ye" is always plural "all of you"
I say unto you, that it is he that surely shall come to take away the sins of the world;
KJV grammar: When "you/your" is object of prep, direct object or pred-nom it is singular or plural.
you marvel why these things should be known so long beforehand. Behold, I say unto you, is not a soul at this time as precious unto God as a soul will be at the time of his coming?
He used 'ye' as the subject in most of this Ch. Sugesting more than one guy to whom he spoke.
I would say unto thee; for I perceive that thy mind is worried concerning the resurrection of the dead.
KJV grammar: No need to note. Yet "thee, thou, thine" is always singular.
there are many mysteries which are kept, that no one knoweth them save God himself.
Einstein, Heisenberg, Swedenborg, Schodinger and Plank discoverd a few...
and this mattereth not;
all is as one day with God, and time only is measured unto men.
"...past, present and future... a stubbornly persistent illussion." Einstein.
all is as one day with God, and time only is me...
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Time is linear in this life only. Time is really multidimensional; perceptive pockets of eternity.
all is as one day with God, and time only is me...
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Past, present, future; stubbornly persistent illusions said Einstein. Only pockets of eternity.
spirits of all men, as soon as they are departed from this mortal body, yea, the spirits of all men, whether they be good or evil, are taken home to that God who gave them life.
righteous are received into a state of happiness, which is called paradise, a state of rest, a state of peace, where they shall rest from all their troubles and from all care, and sorrow.
the spirits of the wicked, yea, who are evil—for behold, they have no part nor portion of the Spirit of the Lord; for behold, they chose evil works rather than good; therefore the spirit of the devil did enter into them, and take possession of their house—and
There must be divisions and degrees of Spirit Prison ... this verse making reference to the lowest.
their resurrection cometh to pass before the resurrection of those who die after the resurrection of Christ.
Syntax error? Perhaps I am reading this wrong. Maybe just the challeng of scribbing on metal plates.
25 And then shall the righteous shine forth in the kingdom of God.
The humble meek and those with true charity have the best chance..even without religion
26 But behold, an awful death cometh upon the wicked; for they die as to things pertaining to things of righteousness; for they are unclean, and no unclean thing can inherit the kingdom of God; but they are cast out, and consigned to partake of the fruits of their labors or their works, which have been evil; and they drink the dregs of a bitter cup.
Sadly many of us 'christians' will more easily fit into this catagory...
9 And now behold, my son, do not risk one more offense against your God upon those points of doctrine, which ye have hitherto risked to commit sin.
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15 For that which ye do send out shall return unto you again,
The Karma doctrine...
Chapter 42 Mortality is a probationary time to enable man to repent and serve God—The Fall brought temporal and spiritual death upon all mankind—Redemption comes through repentance—God Himself atones for the sins of the world—Mercy is for those who repent—All others are subject to God’s justice—Mercy comes because of the Atonement—Only the truly penitent are saved. About 74 B.C.
Best chapter in this book regarding the laws of justice and mercy; why we need Jesus Christ.
man became lost forever, yea, they became fallen man.
Why is this? Anything allegorical to help us understand why a 'fall' of man is the only option?
they became subjects to follow after their own will.
The real test in this life is to desire and make God's will our will.
it was not expedient that man should be reclaimed from this temporal death, for that would destroy the great plan of happiness.
Why is it?
they had become carnal, sensual, and devilish, by nature, this probationary state became a state for them to prepare; it became a preparatory state.
Why?
if it were not for the plan of redemption, (laying it aside) as soon as they were dead their souls were miserable, being cut off from the presence of the Lord.
Why?
Therefore, according to justice, the plan of redemption could not be brought about, only on conditions of repentance of men in this probationary state, yea, this preparatory state; for except it were for these conditions, mercy could not take effect except it should destroy the work of justice. Now the work of justice could not be destroyed; if so, God would cease to be God.
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Therefore, according to justice, the plan of redemption could not be brought about, only on conditions of repentance of men in this probationary state, yea, this preparatory state; for except it were for these conditions, mercy could not take effect except it should destroy the work of justice. Now the work of justice could not be destroyed; if so, God would cease to be God.
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How could he sin if there was no law?
Are all laws earthly and heavenly set to prevent harm and pain to others?
mercy claimeth the penitent, and mercy cometh because of the atonement; and the atonement bringeth to pass the resurrection of the dead; and the resurrection of the dead bringeth back men into the presence of God; and thus they are restored into his presence, to be judged according to their works, according to the law and justice.
The 'energy' of justice is transfered to the atonement. See 'Laws of Thermodynamics'
mercy claimeth the penitent, and mercy cometh because of the atonement; and the atonement bringeth to pass the resurrection of the dead; and the resurrection of the dead bringeth back men into the presence of God; and thus they are restored into his presence, to be judged according to their works, according to the law and justice.
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do ye suppose that mercy can rob justice? I say unto you, Nay; not one whit. If so, God would cease to be God.
Energy can neither be created nor destroyed. It can be transfered from one form to another.
27 Therefore, O my son, whosoever will come may come and partake of the waters of life freely; and whosoever will not come the same is not compelled to come; but in the last day it shall be restored unto him according to his deeds.
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27 Therefore, O my son, whosoever will come may come and partake of the waters of life freely; and whosoever will not come the same is not compelled to come; but in the last day it shall be restored unto him according to his deeds.
Thinking about Jacquelinr
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28 If he has desired to do evil, and has not repented in his days, behold, evil shall be done unto him, accor...
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No one is nor should be or feel compelled to live or believe the gospel.
have full sway in your heart; and let it bring you down to the dust in humility.
Moroni placed spies round about, that he might know when the camp of the Lamanites should come.
I want to be a spy. Spies are cool and somehow romantic. 007
therefore he thought it no sin that he should defend them by stratagem;
Lead and guide by stratagem for the souls we love.
In defence of liberty stratagic deception is no sin.
they did fight like dragons,
Dragon, of European origin, a word used for a mythical monster. Used 4 times 2 from Isaiah.
Inasmuch as ye are not guilty of the first offense, neither the second, ye shall not suffer yourselves to be slain by the hands of your enemies. 47 And again, the Lord has said that: Ye shall defend your families even unto bloodshed. Therefore for this cause were the Nephites contending with the Lamanites, to defend themselves, and their families, and their lands, their country, and their rights, and their religion.
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neither do we desire to bring any one to the yoke of bondage.
Alma 44:2 Typo 'any one'?
also by the maintenance of the sacred word of God, to which we owe all our happiness; and by all that is most dear unto us—
Happiness by means of diligent maintenance of spiritual health.
they gave thanks unto the Lord their God; yea, and they did fast much and pray much, and they did worship God with exceedingly great joy.
Fasting only to give thanks in this case.
Lord cannot look upon sin with the least degree of allowance.
Then there must be a degree perhaps a fraction in extenuating cirumstances
24 But they grew proud, being lifted up in their hearts, because of their exceedingly great riches; therefore they grew rich in their own eyes, and would not give heed to their words, to walk uprightly before God.
This was the very start and cause to one of the toughest, longest most detailed wars in this book
