Comments on: 3. Mormon Beliefs: The Plan of Salvation http://www.mormonbeliefs.org What Mormons believe about Jesus Christ, Bible, Book of Mormon, and more Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:34:01 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Gale http://www.mormonbeliefs.org/mormon_beliefs/mormon-beliefs-the-plan-of-salvation/comment-page-1#comment-7508 Gale Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:52:36 +0000 http://www.mormonbeliefs.org/?page_id=210#comment-7508 Mormon doctrine teaches that we are judged by our knowledge and the difficulty of our journey. Where much is given, much is expected. Those who die without law or knowledge cannot sin. Their behavior is usually inspired by the behavior of their ancestors and the rules of their culture. People who die without knowledge learn of Christ in the "spirit world." There, they have the opportunity to accept or reject Him. Those who willfully rebel against their knowledge of Christ and know right from wrong are saved through the atonment of Christ, if they choose to lay hold on its saving power. This necessitates a belief in Christ, and repentance of one's sins. Without repentance, it is like no atonement was made for that person. A person who doesn't repent, but continues in sin, must suffer for his own sins in the spirit world. The person is then resurrected and judged. "Outer Darkness" is reserved for fallen prophets -- those who have a certain knowledge of Christ (have seen the Lord in person) and then deny Him. This is called "the sin against the Holy Ghost" and is akin to crucifying Christ anew. All others will inherit a kingdom of glory in heaven. Joseph Smith and Sydney Rigdon saw the kingdoms of heaven in a vision and said that even the lowest was glorious beyond description. Mormon doctrine teaches that we are judged by our knowledge and the difficulty of our journey. Where much is given, much is expected. Those who die without law or knowledge cannot sin. Their behavior is usually inspired by the behavior of their ancestors and the rules of their culture. People who die without knowledge learn of Christ in the “spirit world.” There, they have the opportunity to accept or reject Him.

Those who willfully rebel against their knowledge of Christ and know right from wrong are saved through the atonment of Christ, if they choose to lay hold on its saving power. This necessitates a belief in Christ, and repentance of one’s sins. Without repentance, it is like no atonement was made for that person. A person who doesn’t repent, but continues in sin, must suffer for his own sins in the spirit world. The person is then resurrected and judged. “Outer Darkness” is reserved for fallen prophets — those who have a certain knowledge of Christ (have seen the Lord in person) and then deny Him. This is called “the sin against the Holy Ghost” and is akin to crucifying Christ anew. All others will inherit a kingdom of glory in heaven. Joseph Smith and Sydney Rigdon saw the kingdoms of heaven in a vision and said that even the lowest was glorious beyond description.

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