2 Nephi 31
13 Wherefore,
my beloved brethren, I know that if ye shall follow the Son, with full purpose of heart, acting no
hypocrisy and no deception before God, but with real intent, repenting of your sins,
witnessing unto the Father that ye are willing to take upon you the name of
Christ, by baptism—yea, by
following your Lord and your Savior down into the water, according to his word,
behold, then shall ye receive the
Holy Ghost; yea, then cometh the baptism
of fire and of the Holy Ghost; and then can ye speak with the tongue of
angels, and shout praises unto the Holy One of Israel.
14 But,
behold, my beloved brethren, thus came the voice of the Son unto me, saying:
After ye have repented of
your sins, and witnessed unto the Father that ye are willing to keep my
commandments, by the baptism of
water, and have received the baptism of fire and of the Holy Ghost, and
can speak with a new tongue, yea, even with the tongue of angels, and after
this should deny me, it would have been better for you that ye had not known
me.
15 And
I heard a voice from the Father, saying: Yea, the words of my Beloved are true
and faithful. He that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.
16 And
now, my beloved brethren, I know by this that unless a man shall endure to the
end, in following the example of the Son of the living God, he cannot be saved.
17 Wherefore,
do the things which I have told you I have seen that your Lord and your
Redeemer should do; for, for this cause have they been shown unto me, that ye
might know the gate by which ye should enter. For the gate by which ye should enter is repentance and baptism
by water; and then cometh a remission
of your sins by fire and by the Holy Ghost.
18 And
then are ye in this strait and narrow
path which leads to eternal life; yea, ye have entered in by the
gate; ye have done according to the commandments of the Father and the
Son; and ye have received the Holy Ghost, which witnesses of the Father and the
Son, unto the fulfilling of the promise which he hath made, that if ye entered
in by the way ye should receive.
19 And
now, my beloved brethren, after ye have gotten into this strait and narrow
path, I would ask if all is done? Behold, I say unto you, Nay; for ye have not
come thus far save it were by the word of Christ with unshaken faith in him,
relying wholly upon the merits of him who is mighty to save.
20 Wherefore,
ye must press forward with a steadfastness
in Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope, and a love of God and of all
men. Wherefore, if ye shall press forward, feasting upon the word of Christ, and endure to the end, behold, thus saith the Father: Ye shall have eternal life.
21 And
now, behold, my beloved brethren, this
is the way; and there is none
other way nor name given under heaven whereby man can be saved in the
kingdom of God. And now, behold, this
is the doctrine of Christ, and THE ONLY AND TRUE DOCTRINE of the Father, and of
the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, which is one God, without end. Amen.
Helaman
3
26 And it came to pass that the work of the Lord did
prosper unto the baptizing
and uniting to the church of God,
many souls, yea, even tens of thousands.
27 Thus we may see that the Lord is merciful unto all
who will, in the sincerity of their hearts, call upon his holy name.
28 Yea, thus we see that the gate of heaven is open unto all, even to those who will believe on the name of
Jesus Christ, who is the Son of God.
2
Nephi 9
40 O, my beloved
brethren, give ear to my words. Remember the greatness of the Holy One of
Israel. Do not say that I have spoken hard things against you; for if ye do, ye
will revile against the truth; for I have spoken the words of your Maker. I
know that the words of truth are hard against all uncleanness; but the
righteous fear them not, for they love the truth and are not shaken.
41 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.
D&C 132
22 For strait is the gate, and narrow the way that leadeth unto the
exaltation and continuation of the lives, and few there be that find it, because ye receive me not in the world
neither do ye KNOW me.
23 But if ye
receive me in the world, then
shall YE KNOW ME, and shall
receive your exaltation; that where I am ye shall be also.
24 This is
eternal lives—to KNOW the
only wise and true God, and Jesus Christ, whom he hath sent. I am he. Receive
ye, therefore, my law.
25 Broad is
the gate, and wide the way that leadeth to the deaths; and many there are that
go in thereat, because they RECEIVE ME
NOT, neither do they abide in my law.
