pam Posted September 5, 2010 Report Share Posted September 5, 2010 (edited) Reference Search: 2 Nephi 31:17-1817 Wherefore, do the things which I have told you I have seen that your Lord and your Redeemer should do; for, for this cause have they been shown unto me, that ye might know the gate by which ye should enter. For the gate by which ye should enter is repentance and baptism by water; and then cometh a remission of your sins by fire and by the Holy Ghost. 18 And then are ye in this strait and narrow path which leads to eternal life; yea, ye have entered in by the gate; ye have done according to the commandments of the Father and the Son; and ye have received the Holy Ghost, which witnesses of the Father and the Son, unto the fulfilling of the promise which he hath made, that if ye entered in by the way ye should receive. Quote for DiscussionGateSometimes someone will say: “Well, I have been baptized into the Church; I am a member of the Church; I’ll just go along and live an ordinary sort of life; I won’t commit any great crimes; I’ll live a reasonably good Christian life; and eventually I will gain the kingdom of God.”I don’t understand it that way. I think that baptism is a gate. It is a gate which puts us on a path; and the name of the path is the straight and narrow path. The straight and narrow path leads upward from the gate of baptism to the celestial kingdom of heaven. After a person has entered the gate of baptism, he has to press forward with a steadfastness in Christ, as Nephi expresses it, having a perfect brightness of hope, and a love of God and of all men; and if he endures to the end, then he gains the promised reward.Bruce R. McConkie, in Conference Report, Oct. 1950, p. 16CommandmentsKeeping God’s commandments is a challenge to the faith and willpower of the most resolute soul.Doing the Lord’s commandments…is an effort extending through the balance of life.Spencer W. Kimball, Miracle of Forgiveness, 202A role of the Holy GhostNo man can know that Jesus is the Christ, but by the Holy Ghost.Joseph Smith, Teachings, p. 243 Edited September 5, 2010 by pam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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