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Can you think of three people that have denied themselves of ALL UNGODLINESS? We are not talking of 90%, 95% or even 99% of ungodliness. All means 100% of ungodliness. Are there three people that you can think of that qualify? Do you know three people who love God with ALL their might, mind and strength? Again, we are not talking of those who love God with 50%, 80% or even 98% of their might, mind and strength. The word ALL means 100%. If you are thinking of those three people, you can put them into Moroni 10:32. It includes an if-then statement. Keith Walker from Evidence Ministries compares this to an if-then statement about dinner: "If you finish your vegetables, then you can have some dessert.") With your three, 100%, people in mind, we can read from Moroni 10:32, "...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,..." When do you get the grace? You get it after denying yourself of all ungodliness and loving God with all your might, mind and strength. So who gets the needed grace? Only the three people you thought of get the grace. You may not have been able to think of anyone.
This is the verse that Brother V. used with his revelation about grace in sacrament meeting. In his grace revelation he learned that we cannot meet God half way. It is not 50 - 50. We cannot be saved by the law. It is all about grace. This is why Jesus was so hard on the pharasees. They were keeping the law and trusting in their righteous works. It was not about the law. Jesus was accused of hanging out with sinners, gluttons and drunkards. Obviously, they were the ones that realized they needed God's grace and mercy. It was easy for Brother V. to find New Testament examples of God's grace and mercy. It was harder for him to find them in the Book of Mormon. But if you water down this verse in Moroni and twist it some, you can apply it to everyone.
Free Grace
This is the verse that Brother V. used with his revelation about grace in sacrament meeting. In his grace revelation he learned that we cannot meet God half way. It is not 50 - 50. We cannot be saved by the law. It is all about grace. This is why Jesus was so hard on the pharasees. They were keeping the law and trusting in their righteous works. It was not about the law. Jesus was accused of hanging out with sinners, gluttons and drunkards. Obviously, they were the ones that realized they needed God's grace and mercy. It was easy for Brother V. to find New Testament examples of God's grace and mercy. It was harder for him to find them in the Book of Mormon. But if you water down this verse in Moroni and twist it some, you can apply it to everyone.
Free GraceMormons have a better example of grace. It is baptism for the dead. The dead man or woman cannot do much. They cannot pay tithes, pray, attend church, love others, speak kind words or show empathy. They cannot even repent. They can do nothing since they are dead. When someone is baptized for them, it is simply a gift. It is not earned in any way. The worker does it for free for the dead person. This is an act of pure grace.
Brother V. had another revelation that we are not under the curse. Now we know that you only have to kill one person to be a murderer. You only have to steal once to be a thief. You only have to sin one time to be a sinner. If God is going to look into the dark motives of our heart, we are all in trouble. Galatians 3:13 says, "Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, 'Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree.'" When Jesus hung on the cross, he hung there in our place. We should have died on the cross for our many sins. Again the Book of Mormon does not offer this to everyone. In Alma 34, it is only for those who repent. In Alma 34:35, an individual can choose to procrastinate repentance and wind up in hell as their "final state" of existence.
Grace and freedom from the curse were two fine revelations by Brother V. in sacrament meeting.
Brother V. had another revelation that we are not under the curse. Now we know that you only have to kill one person to be a murderer. You only have to steal once to be a thief. You only have to sin one time to be a sinner. If God is going to look into the dark motives of our heart, we are all in trouble. Galatians 3:13 says, "Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, 'Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree.'" When Jesus hung on the cross, he hung there in our place. We should have died on the cross for our many sins. Again the Book of Mormon does not offer this to everyone. In Alma 34, it is only for those who repent. In Alma 34:35, an individual can choose to procrastinate repentance and wind up in hell as their "final state" of existence.
Grace and freedom from the curse were two fine revelations by Brother V. in sacrament meeting.
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