2 Nephi 9:23-24

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23 And he commandeth all men that they must repent, and be baptized in his name, having perfect faith in the Holy One of Israel, or they cannot be saved in the kingdom of God.

24 And if they will not repent and believe in his name, and be baptized in his name, and endure to the end, they must be damned; for the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, has spoken it.

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The fourth major point made by Jacob was how to get the benefit of the Atonement in our lives. There are two basic things required for the Atonement to be effective in our lives: (1) we must repent and be baptized (by a legal administrator), and (2) we must have perfect faith in the Holy One of Israel (v. 23). To have perfect faith is to accept that Christ does know all of our sins and did vicariously suffer for them. Without such faith, we have not fully accepted Jesus as our Redeemer and will be damned. To be damned is to have our progression stopped. We will not have place in the Celestial kingdom of God (v. 24), but will be given a degree of glory for which we are prepared.

Monte S. Nyman, I Nephi Wrote This Record, p. 499