2 Responses to “If you go to the temple and you aren’t worthy, but you…”
Mario Paz
2016-02-07 13:30:13
Temples are considered houses of God, places of holiness and peace separate from the preoccupations of the world.
Hi friend. It's important to go to the temple only when you're free of any sin serious enough to require confession with the bishop. Repent first if needed.
It's impossible to answer specific questions about excommunication. There are too many spiritual and individual factors that determine the best course to help a given sinner recover through Christ's atonement. I can say, though, that typically excommunication is reserved only for very serious sins.
As you know, repentance is a critical step following sin. Regardless of the required process, it's definitely worth it! You can't spend the rest of your life wondering if you're right with God.
I hope this answer helps. All the best.
Richard Nance
2016-03-05 21:57:47
A life of sin can be cleansed and changed through the Atonement of Jesus Christ.
We read in D&C 58:42-43 " 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."
So we keep learning line upon line and striving again and again to do it right and be correct in His Sight ...
The answer above is very well said in that SERIOUS SIN needs to be taken through your Bishop and it's up to him to decide if it's time to take a break from the Temple ... To be excommunicated you need to fight against the church and at noon day say that it is darkness... Don't be excommunicated. You can never go so far that Christ can't reach you and redeem you.
To quote our late President Packer, "There is no habit, no addiction, no rebellion, no transgression, no apostasy, no crime exempted from the promise of complete forgiveness. That is the promise of the atonement of Christ" ("The Brilliant Morning of Forgiveness, " Ensign, Nov. 1995, 20)."
It's impossible to answer specific questions about excommunication. There are too many spiritual and individual factors that determine the best course to help a given sinner recover through Christ's atonement. I can say, though, that typically excommunication is reserved only for very serious sins.
As you know, repentance is a critical step following sin. Regardless of the required process, it's definitely worth it! You can't spend the rest of your life wondering if you're right with God.
I hope this answer helps. All the best.
43 By this ye may know if a man repenteth of his sins--behold, he will confess them and forsake them."
So we keep learning line upon line and striving again and again to do it right and be correct in His Sight ...
The answer above is very well said in that SERIOUS SIN needs to be taken through your Bishop and it's up to him to decide if it's time to take a break from the Temple ... To be excommunicated you need to fight against the church and at noon day say that it is darkness... Don't be excommunicated. You can never go so far that Christ can't reach you and redeem you.
To quote our late President Packer, "There is no habit, no addiction, no rebellion, no transgression, no apostasy, no crime exempted from the promise of complete forgiveness. That is the promise of the atonement of Christ" ("The Brilliant Morning of Forgiveness, " Ensign, Nov. 1995, 20)."
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