Mormon salvation - Mission Impossible!
" to receive the Lord would mean loving him and obeying all his commandments: to receive the Father would mean to leave nothing undone toward arriving at personal perfection; and all this means exaltation and eternal life If we measure up fully we are guaranteed limitless blessings." (Spencer Kimball, The Miracle of Forgiveness, p. 124).
The Mormon scriptures confirm an impossibly high standard of Salvation. For Mormons, their Salvation is dependant upon the completion of good works and Gospel Obedience. They are saved IF and only IF they are obedient:
3rd Article of Faith We believe that through the Atonement of Christ, all mankind may be saved, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel.
Abraham 3:25, 26 And we will prove them herewith, to see if they will do all things whatsoever the Lord their God shall command them; and they who keep their first estate shall be added upon; ...and they who keep their second estate shall have glory added upon their heads for ever and ever.
Moroni 10:32-33 Yea, come unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and deny yourselves of all ungodliness; and if ye shall deny yourselves of all ungodliness, and love God with all your might, mind and strength, then is his grace sufficient for you, that by his grace ye may be perfect in Christ; and if by the grace of God ye are perfect in Christ, ye can in nowise deny the power of God. And again, if ye by the grace of God are perfect in Christ, and deny not his power, then are ye sanctified in Christ by the grace of God, through the shedding of the blood of Christ, which is in the covenant of the Father unto the remission of your sins, that ye become holy, without spot.
D&C 25:15 Keep my commandments continually, and a crown of righteousness thou shalt receive. And except thou do this, where I am you cannot come.
D&C 88:35 That which breaketh a law, and abideth not by law, but seeketh to become a law unto itself, and willeth to abide in sin, and altogether abideth in sin, cannot be sanctified by law, neither by mercy, justice, nor judgment. Therefore, they must remain filthy still.
And the Mormon Prophets have also confirmed this notion of a required obedience and perfection:
"Grace consists of God's gift to His children wherein He gave His Only Begotten Son that whosoever would believe in Him and comply with His laws and ordinances would have everlasting life." (Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson, pp. 353-354).
"Complete obedience brings eternal life. But to be exalted one must keep the whole law ... to receive the exaltation of the righteous, in other words eternal life, the commandments of the Lord must be kept in all things." (Joseph Fielding Smith, Doctrines of Salvation: Sermons and Writings of Joseph Fielding Smith, 2:6).
"To enter the celestial and obtain exaltation it is necessary that the whole law be kept...Do you desire to enter the celestial Kingdom and receive eternal life? Then be willing to keep all of the commandments." (Joseph Fielding Smith, The Way to Perfection, pg. 206).
Terry Clifton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Good mornin', Dave. You might want to consider that the Jews were given a whole sack full of commands, and not one Jew with the exception of Jesus was ever able to keep them. We Gentile Christians were given two commands. We aren't always able to keep even those two. Who has ever loved their neighbor as themself 24/7 without a slip? Who has even loved God with all their heart without once in a while putting the desires of self ahead of the desires of God? We need a Savior! Real bad! Without Him, we can do nothing.
Enjoy your breakfast.
Terry
Dave wrote:DAVEH: If that is not possible, then why the commandment to do so? Mt 5:48........
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
.........Doesn't it seem odd to have a commandment that is not obtainable?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:And you will never be as perfect as the Heavenly Father,
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