Few Will Find Celestial Glory


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33 minutes ago, Rob Osborn said:

Go read Helaman 12 again. He wants all men to have eternal life but some will not get it.

I think I understand that fine, but looks like we're saying two different things here.

The Lord's DESIRE for all men to have eternal life is not the same as what is actually going to happen.

Parents wish good fortune for all their kids. Doesn't mean their kids will always turn out to be worthy of the Celestial Kingdom

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I think everyone should be worried about their own place in the Celestial Kingdom. Not if anyone else will get there. 

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53 minutes ago, clbent04 said:

I think I understand that fine, but looks like we're saying two different things here.

The Lord's DESIRE for all men to have eternal life is not the same as what is actually going to happen.

Parents wish good fortune for all their kids. Doesn't mean their kids will always turn out to be worthy of the Celestial Kingdom

Do you think God fails for the most part in his work and glory to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man?

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@Rob Osborn @Just_A_Guy @Fether @Mike @DoctorLemon @Carborendum 

Based on doctrine, what do we know about where everyone is going to end up?

I still interpret Matthew 7:14 as saying few people will receive exaltation in the highest kingdom.  "Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it."

Here is a breakdown of the different Kingdoms of Glory per Preach My Gospel and scripture

https://www.lds.org/manual/preach-my-gospel-a-guide-to-missionary-service/lesson-2-the-plan-of-salvation?lang=eng

Celestial Kingdom

"During our mortal lives we make choices regarding good and evil. God rewards us according to our works and desires. Because God rewards everyone according to deeds done in the body, there are different kingdoms of glory to which we may be assigned after the Judgment.  Those who have repented of their sins and received the ordinances of the gospel and kept the associated covenants will be cleansed by the Atonement of Christ. They will receive exaltation in the highest kingdom, also known as the celestial kingdom. They will live in God’s presence, become like Him, and receive a fulness of joy. They will live together for eternity with those of their family who qualify. In the scriptures this kingdom is compared to the glory or brightness of the sun."

My interpretation: As discussed with earlier posts in this thread, very few of us in the Church keep all our covenants faithfully.  5 percent of us will go here

Terrestrial Kingdom

"People who do not accept the fulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ but live honorable lives will receive a place in the terrestrial kingdom. This kingdom is compared to the glory of the moon."  

My interpretation: This is where most of us are going.  Most of us here on Earth are good, decent people, but are unwilling to do home/visiting teaching every month, regular temple attendance, obeying all the ordinances and commandments....  Keep in mind this includes all the people of other faiths who were good men and women, but not as exceptional as those who qualify for the highest kingdom. 75 percent of us will go here

Telestial Kingdom

"Those who continued in their sins and did not repent in this life will receive their reward in the lowest kingdom, which is called the telestial kingdom. This kingdom is compared to the glory of the stars." Doctrine and Covenants 76:103 further clarifies this to mean the "liars, and sorcerers, and adulterers, and whoremongers, and whosoever loves and makes a lie."

My interpretation: I see a lot of dishonesty in the world today, but I still see the majority of the population to be good and decent.  The Telestial Kingdom is more for the indecent.  The ones who never felt sorry enough to repent of their wickedness, the ones who lived life carelessly, not just worldly, but mean, unforgiving, covetous, deceitful... basically the kind of person you don't interact with everyday.  15 percent of us will go here

Outer Darkness

25 And I would that all men might be saved. But we read that in the great and last day there are some who shall be cast out, yea, who shall be cast off from the presence of the Lord; 26 Yea, who shall be consigned to a state of endless misery

My interpretation: We learn in the Church that very few people will end up going to Outer Darkness.  5 percent of us will go here

Breakdown

Celestial Kingdom:  5 percent

Terrestrial Kingdom:  75 percent

Telestial Kingdom:  15 percent

Outer Darkness:  5 percent

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@clbent04 Hmmm, I still don't comprehend the utility in assigning a population percentage, and thus I'm unable to take the Lord's statement as having to do with numbers. I think the mark (in contrasting a strait gate and a narrow way with a wide gate and a broad way) is for me to take advantage of the gift of repentance and renew my covenant when I take the Sacrament. And I feel impelled toward believing that it may be looking beyond the mark to do otherwise. 

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2 hours ago, clbent04 said:

@Rob Osborn @Just_A_Guy @Fether @Mike @DoctorLemon @Carborendum 

Based on doctrine, what do we know about where everyone is going to end up?

I still interpret Matthew 7:14 as saying few people will receive exaltation in the highest kingdom.  "Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it."

Here is a breakdown of the different Kingdoms of Glory per Preach My Gospel and scripture

https://www.lds.org/manual/preach-my-gospel-a-guide-to-missionary-service/lesson-2-the-plan-of-salvation?lang=eng

Celestial Kingdom

"During our mortal lives we make choices regarding good and evil. God rewards us according to our works and desires. Because God rewards everyone according to deeds done in the body, there are different kingdoms of glory to which we may be assigned after the Judgment.  Those who have repented of their sins and received the ordinances of the gospel and kept the associated covenants will be cleansed by the Atonement of Christ. They will receive exaltation in the highest kingdom, also known as the celestial kingdom. They will live in God’s presence, become like Him, and receive a fulness of joy. They will live together for eternity with those of their family who qualify. In the scriptures this kingdom is compared to the glory or brightness of the sun."

My interpretation: As discussed with earlier posts in this thread, very few of us in the Church keep all our covenants faithfully.  5 percent of us will go here

Terrestrial Kingdom

"People who do not accept the fulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ but live honorable lives will receive a place in the terrestrial kingdom. This kingdom is compared to the glory of the moon."  

My interpretation: This is where most of us are going.  Most of us here on Earth are good, decent people, but are unwilling to do home/visiting teaching every month, regular temple attendance, obeying all the ordinances and commandments....  Keep in mind this includes all the people of other faiths who were good men and women, but not as exceptional as those who qualify for the highest kingdom. 75 percent of us will go here

Telestial Kingdom

"Those who continued in their sins and did not repent in this life will receive their reward in the lowest kingdom, which is called the telestial kingdom. This kingdom is compared to the glory of the stars." Doctrine and Covenants 76:103 further clarifies this to mean the "liars, and sorcerers, and adulterers, and whoremongers, and whosoever loves and makes a lie."

My interpretation: I see a lot of dishonesty in the world today, but I still see the majority of the population to be good and decent.  The Telestial Kingdom is more for the indecent.  The ones who never felt sorry enough to repent of their wickedness, the ones who lived life carelessly, not just worldly, but mean, unforgiving, covetous, deceitful... basically the kind of person you don't interact with everyday.  15 percent of us will go here

Outer Darkness

25 And I would that all men might be saved. But we read that in the great and last day there are some who shall be cast out, yea, who shall be cast off from the presence of the Lord; 26 Yea, who shall be consigned to a state of endless misery

My interpretation: We learn in the Church that very few people will end up going to Outer Darkness.  5 percent of us will go here

Breakdown

Celestial Kingdom:  5 percent

Terrestrial Kingdom:  75 percent

Telestial Kingdom:  15 percent

Outer Darkness:  5 percent

I don't think outer darkness is 5%.  More like 5 total, two of which I can name (Cain and Judas).  Remember, you have to deny the holy ghost to go there (not an easy thing to do).

I do agree terrestrial is probably going to be the biggest, since most people are basically good but sin because they don't know any better.  I do think more than five percent will wind up celestial after work for the dead is finished.

Just my best guesses based on how I see the world.

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2 hours ago, clbent04 said:

Based on doctrine, what do we know about where everyone is going to end u

Heres my breakdown

Outer darkness: Less than 2% (sons of perdition)

Telestial: 100% (everyone who came to this earth in its current state)

Terrestrial: 97-100% (everyone on the earth during the millennium)

Celestial: 98% (all of the saved, everyone except for sons of perdition)

(Please keep in mind that my view of heaven is not mainstream LDS doctrine.)

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3 minutes ago, Rob Osborn said:

Heres my breakdown

Outer darkness: Less than 2% (sons of perdition)

Telestial: 100% (everyone who came to this earth in its current state)

Terrestrial: 97-100% (everyone on the earth during the millennium)

Celestial: 98% (all of the saved, everyone except for sons of perdition)

(Please keep in mind that my view of heaven is not mainstream LDS doctrine.)

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One big thing comes to mind, judge not that ye be not judged.  I'd be very careful about saying who will or will not get someplace at times.  That said...we have the Doctrine and Covenants.

It supports much of what has been stated here.  Basically, those who are committed to a life of crime or sinful ways which do not correspond to the Lord's commandments but do NOT deny the Holy Ghost and hence, in this life or the next, accept the Lord, are fulfilling the Telestial Law and can go to the Telestial Kindom.

Those who follow the commandments, repent, be baptized, and endure to the end (which also, if able, includes getting the Temple Ordinances and accepting the covenants and all that pertains to them) by obeying the commandments, are following the Celestial law and inherit the Celestial Kingdom.

All others, though they may be very righteous with the exception of accepting the gospel and proper authority and hence the ordinances of the Lord, though they are that righteous, they have been deceived by the craftiness of men, or other such things as dictated in the Doctrine and Covenants and inherit the Terrestrial Kingdom. 

In that light, a LOT of the world today is subject to following every sin under heaven and seem bound and determined to only follow the dictates of a Telestial law.

There are those who are deeply religious and overall are excellent people.  However, they reject the gospel wholly and completely.  For those who are Christian, they will get the exact reward they desire.  Their reward, as they teach is a heaven where they live with the Lord or can be with the Lord.  The Lord does visit the Terrestrial Kingdom (but not the Father, only the Son), and hence they get as they wish and desire.  This is not a bad reward, and in fact, is far more glorious than any of us can probably imagine (actually the Telestial Kingdom has been described that way too, which implies how glorious the Terrestrial Kingdom is even more so).

Finally, there are those that accepted the gospel of the Lord, or who have no chance to do so in this life but would have with all of their heart if they had that opportunity in this life.  These follow the tenets of the Celestial law as described above.  Even if we include all the membership of the LDS church, comparatively to the world's population, that is an excessively small percentage.  at 15 million members compared to 7 and half billion people...that means the LDS church membership composes of .2% of the world's population, or 1/5 of 1 percent.  That is a VERY SMALL percentage.  You might stand a better chance at most things in life than hitting that percentage normally.  If something is 99% accurate, meaning it can be 1% off, it is normally considered pretty accurate.  99.8% of the world is not LDS...

That said, I read once upon a time something I have not been able to find since.  In it, Joseph F. Smith said something to the wording that 80% of all the children of the Lord that ever live on this earth will inherit the Celestial Kingdom. 

I don't know how many will obtain the Celestial Kingdom or not, but I think all of us would hope everyone could make it because of the charity of our hearts.  Whether it is a large percentage, or a small percentage, that is the Lord's will to judge and decide.

I think it is far more important to try to make it ourselves, to pray continually and strive to obey the commandments so that one soul...ours...will be saved.

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It may surprise us someday to find that our Heavenly Father is highly successful in saving and exalting his children. The ideas such as these-

55 minutes ago, Jojo Bags said:

Elder Heber C. Kimball once speculated that no more than 5% of LDS would make it to the Celestial Kingdom.  Bruce R. McConkie thought it would be 10%.

to me seem ridiculous. 

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On 8/9/2017 at 4:44 PM, Mike said:

@clbent04 Hmmm, I still don't comprehend the utility in assigning a population percentage, and thus I'm unable to take the Lord's statement as having to do with numbers. I think the mark (in contrasting a strait gate and a narrow way with a wide gate and a broad way) is for me to take advantage of the gift of repentance and renew my covenant when I take the Sacrament. And I feel impelled toward believing that it may be looking beyond the mark to do otherwise. 

The utility for me is making an educated guess on where I'm most likely to end up should I continue on the path I'm on (not going to church, but still a good person overall, self-pegged as a Terrestrial candidate). Better to be honest with yourself. I get how that wouldn't make sense for most people who have higher aspirations for themselves

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On 8/9/2017 at 9:59 PM, Jojo Bags said:

Elder Heber C. Kimball once speculated that no more than 5% of LDS would make it to the Celestial Kingdom.  Bruce R. McConkie thought it would be 10%.

This is pretty much in line with my speculation. I'm not really surprised considering what information is available to us on the subject

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On 8/9/2017 at 11:59 PM, Jojo Bags said:

Elder Heber C. Kimball once speculated that no more than 5% of LDS would make it to the Celestial Kingdom.  Bruce R. McConkie thought it would be 10%.

I would very much like to see sources for these numbers.  I very much question their validity.

Here is a talk to consider:   https://www.lds.org/liahona/2016/11/saturday-morning-session/am-i-good-enough-will-i-make-it.p9?lang=eng

In this talk, Elder Cornish states, "If you will really try and will not rationalize or rebel - repenting often and pleading for grace - you positively are going to be good enough [for the Celestial Kingdom]."

In every ward I have ever been to in my life, a lot more than 5-10% of the members have been trying to live righteous lives and have been repenting.  I don't believe for a second that 90-95% of these members have deep, dark skeletons in their closets that are going to prevent them from going to the Celestial Kingdom.

By contrast, the most common benchmark for celestial worthiness I have heard all my life is whether you are truly and honestly worthy to enter the temple, not some mysterious, unknown benchmark of "worthiness" that is ill defined.

I feel the attitude of saying "there is a 90% chance I am not going to make it" is not only incorrect, it is dangerous and counterproductive.  Taking such an attitude can, on one hand, encourage some to just give up because they think the way is too hard (we have seen this attitude recently on this very forum).  On the other hand, it can encourage a degree of self-righteousness.  It can also engender too much emphasis on works and not enough on the grace of Christ.  Given that this Church is supposed to guide people to Celestial glory in specific, it also would imply that the Church is not doing its job if such a majority miss Celestial glory (and I don't believe this for a second).

No, I don't believe the statistic about 90-95% of LDS missing the Celestial Kingdom at all.

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Here is an interesting collection of quotes regarding "terrestrial Mormons": 

http://emp.byui.edu/marrottr/TerrestrialMormons.pdf

We can kind of see some general traits, despite having testimonies and living clean lives (and some do hold temple recommends, though their worthiness for such may be questionable):

-part tithepayers

-only go to sacrament meeting sometimes (semi-inactivity)

-only serve when convenient

-don't magnify callings

-concealing sins

-criticizing leaders 

- more interested in worldly things/honors than God

Now, these are vague guidelines, to be sure.  But they do give us some things to think about.  

(And yes, these are basic benchmarks for temple worthiness.  You can't go to the temple if you are not paying tithing, are basically inactive, refuse to serve/magnify callings, conceal serious sins, criticize leaders, and just otherwise don't care about the gospel).

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One more thing - I looked it up, and worldwide, two thirds of Mormons are inactive worldwide.

So, if two thirds are not even coming to Church, using this benchmark you would have 33% of Mormons making Celestial.  (I do get that inactivity is not a death sentence, but it does seem to indicate lukewarmth).

Of those 33%, you may still have a number who are leading sinful lifestyles, covering their sins, etc.  I hear that 60% of Mormon men have some problems with pornography.  If maybe half of those are covering their sins rather than repenting, and other Mormons are covering different sins, and some Mormons are active but refuse tithing, question Church leaders, go only because their spouse makes them, etc., I guess you could see how the number may be 1 in 5 Mormons who are actually living worthy of the Celestial Kingdom (though, as I primarily associate with active Mormons, it seems like all Mormons are living Celestial lives).

I still don't buy 1 in 10 or 1 in 20, though.  Way too small.

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On 8/9/2017 at 8:55 AM, MormonGator said:

I think everyone should be worried about their own place in the Celestial Kingdom. Not if anyone else will get there. 

Agreed; although, there isn't anything inherently wrong seeking to discover what scripture has already highlighted (i.e. Ten Virgins, Strait..Few, Valiant in their testimony, Not valiant, Not magnifying calling, Not accepting the servants of God (Oath & Covenant), When thou art converted strengthen thy brethren, Lehi's dream, and many others).

If we hold ourselves unwilling, to seek to understand what has already been written, then we are not looking correctly either. If we are solely focused on our own salvation, how are we able to help others, unless you have made a judgement that they are not "inline" with gospel principles that would keep them worthy of the Celestial Kingdom?

Jacob experienced anxiety, "For because of faith and great anxiety, it truly had been made manifest unto us concerning our people, what things should happen unto them." Why was he anxious? Because he worried about the end state of those he was called to serve, even before he was the prophet.

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30 minutes ago, DoctorLemon said:

One more thing - I looked it up, and worldwide, two thirds of Mormons are inactive worldwide.

So, if two thirds are not even coming to Church, using this benchmark you would have 33% of Mormons making Celestial.  (I do get that inactivity is not a death sentence, but it does seem to indicate lukewarmth).

Of those 33%, you may still have a number who are leading sinful lifestyles, covering their sins, etc.  I hear that 60% of Mormon men have some problems with pornography.  If maybe half of those are covering their sins rather than repenting, and other Mormons are covering different sins, and some Mormons are active but refuse tithing, question Church leaders, go only because their spouse makes them, etc., I guess you could see how the number may be 1 in 5 Mormons who are actually living worthy of the Celestial Kingdom (though, as I primarily associate with active Mormons, it seems like all Mormons are living Celestial lives).

I still don't buy 1 in 10 or 1 in 20, though.  Way too small.

Im not sure any LDS are actually celestial worthy in mortality right now. So much to learn and overcome. Its true we "all" fall short.

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On 8/8/2017 at 3:53 PM, slamjet said:

<Gospel According to Slamjet> It's my view that in the final judgement, God will be taking into account the whole of our environment and influences including that which created the catalyst for our decision making progress; the first being our imperfect parents.  Because we have been raised under the tutelage of flawed people, we can't be expected to make flawless decisions.  Besides, there are a host of flawed people who influence us to the day we die.  Some have it good, some have it bad.  In the end, the trials will be more or less equal and it's how we work within these trials that will ultimately count: 

</Gospel According to Slamjet>

 

4 hours ago, DoctorLemon said:

Here is a talk to consider:   https://www.lds.org/liahona/2016/11/saturday-morning-session/am-i-good-enough-will-i-make-it.p9?lang=eng

In this talk, Elder Cornish states, "If you will really try and will not rationalize or rebel - repenting often and pleading for grace - you positively are going to be good enough [for the Celestial Kingdom]."

These two posts sum up my view!  

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On 8/12/2017 at 10:47 PM, DoctorLemon said:

One more thing - I looked it up, and worldwide, two thirds of Mormons are inactive worldwide.

So, if two thirds are not even coming to Church, using this benchmark you would have 33% of Mormons making Celestial.  (I do get that inactivity is not a death sentence, but it does seem to indicate lukewarmth).

Of those 33%, you may still have a number who are leading sinful lifestyles, covering their sins, etc.  I hear that 60% of Mormon men have some problems with pornography.  If maybe half of those are covering their sins rather than repenting, and other Mormons are covering different sins, and some Mormons are active but refuse tithing, question Church leaders, go only because their spouse makes them, etc., I guess you could see how the number may be 1 in 5 Mormons who are actually living worthy of the Celestial Kingdom (though, as I primarily associate with active Mormons, it seems like all Mormons are living Celestial lives).

I still don't buy 1 in 10 or 1 in 20, though.  Way too small.

A few things to consider.

"...and if it so be that we are guilty, God will beat us with a few stripes, and at last we shall be saved in the kingdom of God."
(2 Nephi 28:8)

21 And others will he pacify, and lull them away into carnal security, that they will say: All is well in Zion; yea, Zion prospereth, all is well—and thus the devil cheateth their souls, and leadeth them away carefully down to hell.
22 And behold, others he flattereth away, and telleth them there is no hell; and he saith unto them: I am no devil, for there is none—and thus he whispereth in their ears, until he grasps them with his awful chains, from whence there is no deliverance.
(2 Nephi 28:21–22)

...for the Lord cannot look upon sin with the least degree of allowance.
(Alma 45:16)

For I the Lord cannot look upon sin with the least degree of allowance;
(Doctrine and Covenants 1:31)

From Elder H. Verlan Andersen's book, The Great and Abominable Church of the Devil.

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THE “TARES” AND “FOOLISH VIRGINS” ARE MEMBERS OF SATAN’S CHURCH

As unlikely as it may seem to those who regard themselves as members of Christ’s Church, the scriptures indicate that many will be deceived into belonging to Satan’s Great and Abominable Church also. According to the parables of the “wheat and the tares” and the “ten virgins,” when the “great division” comes, at least one-half of those who regard themselves as “faithful” members of the Lord’s Church will be classified as members of Satan’s organization. Let us examine these two parables with this possibility in mind.

Both were taught during the Lord’s ministry on earth, and are also presented in modern scripture as having application in this last dispensation. Regarding the “wheat and tares” parable, Elder James E. Talmage has said:

So important is the lesson embodied in this parable, and so assured is the literal fulfillment of its contained predictions, that the Lord has given a further explication through revelation in the current dispensation, a period in which the application is direct and immediate. (Talmage, Jesus the Christ, p. 288)

In the last days, the angels will be pleading with the Lord to allow them to reap down the fields, but he will restrain them with these words: pluck not up the tares while the blade is yet tender (for verily your faith is weak), lest you destroy the wheat also. Therefore, let the wheat and the tares grow together until the harvest is fully ripe; then ye shall first gather out the wheat from among the fares, and after the gathering of the wheat, behold and lo, the fares are bound in bundles, and the field remaineth to be burned (D&C 86:6-7)

Another modern revelation states that these tares are indeed members of Satan’s great and abominable church:

That great church, the mother of abominations, that made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, that persecuteth the saints of God, that shed their blood—she who sitteth upon many waters, and upon the islands of the sea—behold, she is the tarès of the earth.(D&C 88:94)

President Joseph Fielding Smith has assured us that there will be “tares” among the Church members. Said he:

There are so many influences at work to divide us asunder, right among the members of the Church, and there is going to come, one of these days in the near future, a separation of the wheat from the tares, and we are either wheat or fares. We are going to be on one side or the other. (Smith, Doctrines of Salvation, Vol.111, p. 16)

The parable of the “virgins” is perhaps even more explicit in warning Church members that Satan will ensnare many of them. We may assume that the group to which Christ referred in this parable are all “good Christians.” All of them believe in, and are looking anxiously forward to, the second coming. Each considers herself equally worthy to enter into the marriage with the bridegroom, and is waiting up even until midnight watching for the Master. Outwardly, they are indistinguishable one from another, however, at the last moment, fully one half of this “faithful” assemblage will be rejected by the Savior with these words:

Verily I say unto you, I know you not. (Matt. 25:12)

Another warning that Christ will reject “many” of those who have labored in his Church and regard themselves as worthy for the kingdom is contained in the Sermon on the Mount. Christ taught:

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?

And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you; depart from me, ye that work iniquity. (Matt. 7:21-23)

The late President of the Church, John Taylor, commented on this scripture as follows:

We are told that, many will say to me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name and in thy name have cast out devils, and in thy name done many wonderful works?’ Yet to all such will he say, ‘Depart from me, ye that work iniquity.’ You say that means the outsiders? No, it does not. Do they do many wonderful works in the name of Jesus? No.

This means you Latter-day Saints, who heal the sick, cast out devils and do many wonderful things in the name of Jesus…Hear it, ye Latter-day Saints! Hear it, ye Seventies and ye High Priests!… (D&C Commentary, pp. 462, 463)

 

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To me I don't think we need to worry about how many people are not going to be exalted in the Celestial Kingdom. I'm far more impressed at how many people our Savior Jesus Christ is going to save. Just look at Ether 12:27 for instance 

"And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them." 

Or Moses 1:39

"For behold, this is my work and my glory—to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man."

Finally Doctrine and Covenants 18:22

"And as many as repent and are baptized in my name, which is Jesus Christ, and endure to the end, the same shall be saved"

I am continually awestruck at how much good Christ has brought into my life. He is constantly helping me become better than I was before, and I am confident I will be exalted. Not because of me, but because I believe our Savior when he teaches that all who turn to him will be saved. Will many choose to turn from him and not live the way they should? Of course, but I believe when we get to the other side we will be amazed at how many men and women Christ was able to save, who we may have thought were hopeless or lost causes.

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