D&C 41:5 “He that receiveth my law and doeth it, the same is my disciple; and he that saith he receiveth it and doeth it not, the same is not my disciple, and shall be cast out from among you;
“So you see, what we do or fail to do determines our status before him. It is not Church membership alone that he asks. Nor is it reading the scriptures alone, nor paying tithing alone. It is wholehearted obedience and faithfulness of heart that counts. The choice is placed before us—worldliness or salvation. Which shall it be? There is no middle ground in this matter. Lukewarm obedience is spurned by the Lord. What shall a man give in exchange for his soul?” Mark E. Petersen, “‘What Will a Man Give?’,” Ensign, Jan 1974, 110
Wow. That’s pretty clear cut to me. We cannot just say that we are members of this church and go through the motions to please man. We cannot just go to church on Sundays and pay our tithing and call it good. We must actually live each day like a disciple of Christ in order to have salvation. It’s all the little things that count. It’s listening to the promptings of the Holy Ghost and acting on them. It’s taking care of our neighbor. It’s what we truly feel in our hearts that we will be judged on at the judgment day.
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