Behold, will ye reject these words? Will ye reject the words of the prophets; and will ye reject all the words which have been spoken concerning Christ, after so many have spoken concerning him; and deny the good word of Christ, and the power of God, and the gift of the Holy Ghost, and quench the Holy Spirit, and make a mock of the great plan of redemption, which hath been laid for you? Know ye not that if ye will do these things, that the power of the redemption and the resurrection, which is in Christ, will bring you to stand with shame and awful guilt before the bar of God?
What will cause us shame and guilt before God? The verse explains the conditions under which we will be condemned. It lists rejection of God, denying the Holy Ghost, quenching the Spirit, and mocking the atonement. These are acts of open and willful rebellion, not the mistakes of a good person who gets caught up in temptation and makes mistakes. We do not have to be perfect for the atonement to work in our lives, we just have to be pointed in the right direction, listen the best we can to the Spirit, keep our hearts humble and willing, and lean on Christ in faith. It's not as hard as we sometimes make it out to be.
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