Friday, May 29, 2009

Doctrinal Clarification

Sometimes people think that Mormon belief includes condemnation of all those who are not Mormon. 'Taint so.

For example, we believe the following:
25 Wherefore, he [God] has given a law; and where there is no law given there is no punishment; and where there is no punishment there is no condemnation; and where there is no condemnation the mercies of the Holy One of Israel have claim upon them, because of the atonement; for they are delivered by the power of him.
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27 But wo unto him that has the law given, yea, that has all the commandments of God, like unto us [the Nephite people in the Book of Mormon], and that transgresseth them, and that wasteth the days of his probation, for awful is his state!

2 Nephi 9:25 ,27
What that boils down to is, God will reward or punish us depending in large part on whether we transgress his commandments only after we have been taught them.

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