What is
Sin?
17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do
good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
Accountability.
Knowledge of God’s Laws is required before a
person can sin.
This tells us that
little children up to a certain age are not capable of sin.
The Atonement of Jesus Christ takes care of
original sin as it says here:
We believe that men will be punished for
their own sins, and not for Adam’s transgression.
In modern revelation that age of
accountability is eight years old.
It is required that children be baptized at
eight years old.
Responsibility
of Parents.
This says to all parents that if they do not
teach their children to have faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and teach them the process of
repentance by the age of eight, the sins will be upon the heads of the parents.
God Has
Given Laws.
The Prophet Jacob in the Book of Mormon
states:
25 Wherefore, he
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.
26 For the atonement satisfieth the
demands of his justice upon all those who have not the law given to them, that
they are delivered from that awful monster, death and hell, and the devil, and
the lake of fire and brimstone, which is endless torment; and they are restored
to that God who gave them breath, which is the Holy One of Israel.
27 But wo unto him that has the law
given, yea, that has all the commandments of God, like unto us, and that
transgresseth them, and that wasteth the days of his probation, for awful is
his state!
While
In This Earth Life Test.
While we are here on earth we have to learn
about God, our Eternal Father and the laws he has given to the prophets of old
and that have come down to us in the Bible and the Book of Mormon.
Once we learn them we must obey them so we
will have claim on all the blessings He has for us.
This life is a probation period away from God's
physical presence to prove ourselves to Him.
While we are doing that, we learn about
ourselves. We learn who we are and what
our capabilities are. We are here to
grow and experience good and evil and to learn how to tell the difference and
to choose the good.
If we choose the evil, repentance has been
given us to correct our mistakes and learn to choose good choices.
We have always had Free Agency even in the
spirit world before we came here and will always have it.
Because we have our Free Agency, and are using it here on
earth, we will be held accountable for how we have chosen.
We will not be able to say at Judgment, the devil made me do it. The devil can only tempt us and that is all. What we do comes from us.
If we repented of a sin and went through the
correct channels to do it, then at the Judgment Bar of Jesus Christ, that sin
will be gone. It will not exist.
Here is what is said about that sin:
42 Behold, he
who has repented of his sins, the same is forgiven, and I, the Lord, remember
them no more.
43 By this ye may know if a man
repenteth of his sins—behold, he will confess them and forsake them.
There is the key, they will confess them to
the proper authority and forsake them, which means they will not do them again.
31 For I the Lord cannot look upon sin
with the least degree of allowance;
32 Nevertheless, he that repents and
does the commandments of the Lord shall be forgiven;
The Lord Jesus Christ came to the earth to perform
the Atonement and suffer for our sins if we would repent and follow His
commandments.
11 For, behold,
the Lord your Redeemer suffered death in the flesh; wherefore he suffered the
pain of all men, that all men might repent and come unto him.
12 And he hath risen again from the
dead, that he might bring all men unto him, on conditions of repentance.
Unless you have committed sin against the
Holy Ghost by shedding innocent blood, which is not forgivable in this world or
in the world to come, all other sins are forgivable.
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