A Test, Prove Ourselves, Continue to follow Christ
Bible
- Deut 30:15-20 - " I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil; ...I command thee this day to love the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments... if thine heart turn away... ye shall surely perish"
- John 14:6 - "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me"
- Alma 12:24 - "nevertheless there was a space granted unto man in which he might repent; therefore this life became a probationary state; a time to prepare to meet God; a time to prepare for that endless state which has been spoken of by us, which is after the resurrection of the dead."
- Alma 34:32 - "For behold, this life is the time for men to prepare to meet God; yea, behold the day of this life is the day for men to perform their labors."
- 2 Ne. 2:17-18, 21, 26-29 - The Fall of Adam and taking advantage of Christ's Atonement
- D&C 50:5 - "But blessed are they who are faithful and endure, whether in life or in death, for they shall inherit eternal life."
Creation / Fall / Atonement
Bible
- Genesis 3:16-19 - "cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return"
- 1 Peter 3:18 - "For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit"
- 1 Tim 2:13-15 - "For Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety."
- 2 Ne 2:22-25 - "Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy"
- Alma 12:21-24 - "Adam did fall by the partaking of the forbidden fruit, according to the word of God; and thus we see, that by his fall, all mankind became a lost and fallen people"
- Alma 34:8-9 - "Christ shall come among the children of men, to take upon him the transgressions of his people, and that he shall atone for the sins of the world; for the Lord God hath spoken it. For it is expedient that an atonement should be made; for according to the great plan of the Eternal God there must be an atonement made, or else all mankind must unavoidably perish; yea, all are hardened; yea, all are fallen and are lost, and must perish except it be through the atonement which it is expedient should be made"
- D&C 19:16-19 - "For behold, I, God, have suffered these things for all, that they might not suffer if they would repent; But if they would not repent they must suffer even as I; Which suffering caused myself, even God, the greatest of all, to tremble because of pain, and to bleed at every pore, and to suffer both body and spirit—and would that I might not drink the bitter cup, and shrink— Nevertheless, glory be to the Father, and I partook and finished my preparations unto the children of men"
- D&C 29:41-45 - Those that love light and follow Christ will be saved, and those who choose evil and darkness will find eternal damnation
- A of F 3 - "We believe that through the Atonement of Christ, all mankind may be saved, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel."
- Moses 6:52-53, 59-60, 64-66 - "That by reason of transgression cometh the fall, which fall bringeth death, and inasmuch as ye were born into the world by water, and blood, and the spirit, which I have made, and so became of dust a living soul, even so ye must be born again into the kingdom of heaven, of water, and of the Spirit, and be cleansed by blood, even the blood of mine Only Begotten; that ye might be sanctified from all sin, and enjoy the words of eternal life in this world, and eternal life in the world to come, even immortal glory; For by the water ye keep the commandment; by the Spirit ye are justified, and by the blood ye are sanctified;"