And it goes beyond that, as well. Just doing what is right is not enough to entitle us to eternal life. We must do what is right, with the right intent. Christ, Paul and other prophets condemned the Jews and others for good actions without the right intentions behind the actions. We can't just say, "Lord, Lord" and do many good works. We must have the right intentions, as described in Moroni 7. In this manner, works must follow faith, the two together; otherwise they are dead by themselves.
K'aya K'ama, Gerald (Gary) Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.geocities.com/rameumptom/index.html LDS Evidences, Family History, Food Storage, etc. Ron: Well, this could turn into an endless debate. So I'll try for some shortcuts. Short of taking a crash course in Mormon doctrine, there are many non-doctrinal ways one can *learn* what is right. For instance, Jimmy Carter learned correct *do good* principles in a Baptist Church in Plains. Richard Nixon was taught (apparently he didn't learn very well) similar principles in a Quaker meetinghouse and so on and so forth. Presumably they both believed similar basic principles, even though each of them applied what they'd learne very differently. To wit: DOING counts more than the learning, which I will modify this way: good learning often leads to good doing, but you never can be too sure. Ron ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// --^---------------------------------------------------------------- This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html --^----------------------------------------------------------------
