Nevertheless, the Lord God showeth us our weakness that we may know that it is by his grace, and his great condescensions unto the children of men, that we have power to do these things.
Weakness serves a useful purpose in our lives. Not only does God show us our weakness, but according to Moroni, God gave us our weakness to begin with. That weakness is mortality, which challenges us with a fallen natural in a fallen world, where the natural man is ever present in us. When we see our true plight, we can appreciate that anything good we may do is only by God's enabling power, which is called grace. How grateful we should be for that grace, and for the loving atonement, which frees us from the eternal consequences of our weakness. How unfair it would be for God to give us weakness and then condemn us forever because we are weak! The atonement covers our weakness and enables us to repent and eventually overcome weakness without having to suffer forever for past mistakes. When we eventually get it right, God will not hold us accountable for our many stumbles along the road of imperfection. Christ has paid the debt, and we are the eternally grateful beneficiaries.
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