O then, my beloved brethren, come unto the Lord, the Holy One. Remember that his paths are righteous. Behold, the way for man is narrow, but it lieth in a straight course before him, and the keeper of the gate is the Holy One of Israel; and he employeth no servant there; and there is none other way save it be by the gate; for he cannot be deceived, for the Lord God is his name.
Christ is the one and only way to return to God's presence. No one is an acceptable substitute. We should honor and obey the prophets, but they cannot save us. They can only point us to Christ. The scriptures are vital tools, but they cannot save us. Their words can teach us of Christ, but ultimately it is we as individual sinners who must come unto Christ. Using everything we know and everything we believe, we must exercise faith in Christ until we come to him as he stands at the gate. He will not ask us how many Sunday School classes we have attended or how many scriptures we have memorized. He will ask, rather, how many people we have fed and clothed in his name and whether we love him more than the natural man and the worldly world. If he lets us enter the gate, it is not because we are worthy or have earned it, but because he loves us and has paid for us and atoned for us.
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