--- From: "Stacy Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- >> I sometimes feel that I have too many regrets about past misdeeds to be >> able to enter the celestial kingdom even when I have repented of them.
--- Jon Spencer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --- >Satan apparently has done a job on you. Don't you believe Christ? He said >that if you have repented, He has forgotten your sins. What a waste for Him >to forget them and for you not to? Otherwise, why did He go through the >Atonement for you (and me)? > >Jut a kindly and humbly administered slap to shake you out of it! I want to agree with you totally, but I can relate to what Stacy is speaking of. For while I try not to think about sin, every so often I trip upon it--sometimes in much the same way that someone might step on a land mine. Having a sin that's forgiven doesn't mean I am always able to forget it, even if I wanted to. And if I remember something that I have done, it sometimes feels like the sin has happened all over again even when sincere repentance has taken place. Moreover, I think of passages like D&C 82:7, which states "...unto the soul that sinneth shall the former sins return, saith the Lord your God." How would I reconcile this verse with the doctrine of the Atonement? Everyone struggles with something, and occasionally I then ask myself, will my record really be clear on account of the things I struggle with? If I am not perfect in something, would not the record reflect my former sins returning with respect to my areas of imperfection? I mean, I try not to believe that, but those are the thoughts I have to contend with, even more often than I would like. All the best, /Sandy/ ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
