Mosiah 16

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Chapter 16

God redeems men from their lost and fallen state—Those who are carnal remain as though there were no redemption—Christ brings to pass a resurrection to endless life or to endless damnation. About 148 B.C.

  1 And now, it came to pass that after Abinadi had spoken these words he stretched forth his hand and said: The time shall come when all shall see the ^asalvation of the Lord; when ^bevery nation, kindred, tongue, and people shall see eye to eye and shall ^cconfess before God that his ^djudgments are just. This is a repeat of what he said 4 versers ago. So...no matter what you think is “your personal truth” NO ONE will deny, at that day, the absolute truth. How this will be made known and undeniable, I would love to know...
  2 And then shall the ^awicked be ^bcast out, and they shall have cause to howl, and ^cweep, and wail, and gnash their teeth; and this because they would not ^dhearken unto the voice of the Lord; You cannot rebel unless you have heard. How much time will they have to hear and hearken and then rebel? A day? A year? A generation? therefore the Lord redeemeth them not. Jesus Christ is the Redeemer of all mankind, but He doesn’t redeem all mankind. Many will not choose Him, so they will not be redeemed. Their choice. He offered it to ALL. And no ‘other god’ can give it to them, no matter what they have believed.
  3 For they are ^acarnal and devilish, and the devil has power over them; yea, even that old serpent that did ^bbeguile our first parents, which was the ^ccause of their fall; which was the cause of ^dall mankind becoming carnal, sensual, devilish, ^eknowing evil from good, ^fsubjecting themselves to the devil. If you believe that you are ‘going your own way’ in not following God, you are sorely mistaken. You are following the devil’s way and you have given him power over you. The devil is the cause of your fall.
  4 Thus all mankind were ^alost; and behold, they would have been endlessly lost were it not that God redeemed his people from their lost and fallen state.
  5 But remember that he that persists in his own ^acarnal nature, and goes on in the ways of sin and rebellion against God, remaineth in his fallen state and the ^bdevil hath all power over him. Therefore he is as though there was no ^credemption made, being an enemy to God; and also is the ^ddevil an enemy to God. One way to read this, is that after one has been "redeemed" or born again, receiving the "mighty change", becoming a "new creature in Christ", you are no longer "fallen" and the devil doesn't have power over you anymore. 
  6 And now if Christ had not come into the world, speaking of things to come ^aas though they had already come, there could have been no redemption.
  7 And if Christ had not risen from the dead, or have broken the bands of death that the grave should have no victory, and that death should have no ^asting, there could have been no resurrection. This is for all those who say “there is no Christ”. If that is true, then we are all lost; we will not be resurrected; and there is no way back. It seems like he's saying that redemption and resurrection are two different things. We are to be redeemed while we are still in the world and resurrected after we die. 
  8 But there is a ^aresurrection, therefore the grave hath no victory, and the sting of ^bdeath is swallowed up in Christ.
  9 He is the ^alight and the life of the world; yea, a light that is endless, that can never be darkened; yea, and also a life which is endless, that there can be no more death.
 10 Even this mortal shall put on ^aimmortality, and this ^bcorruption shall put on incorruption, and shall be brought to ^cstand before the bar of God, to be judged of him according to their works whether they be good or whether they be evil—
 11 If they be good, to the resurrection of ^aendless life and ^bhappiness; and if they be evil, to the resurrection of ^cendless damnation, being delivered up to the devil, who hath subjected them, which is damnation—
 12 Having gone according to their own carnal wills and desires; having never called upon the Lord while the arms of mercy were extended towards them; for the arms of mercy were extended towards them, and they would ^anot; they being warned of their iniquities and yet they would not depart from them; and they were commanded to repent and yet they would not repent.
 13 And now, ought ye not to tremble and repent of your sins, and remember that only in and through Christ ye can be saved? Yes, tremble. Because if you do not repent, then it’s the same as if there were no Christ. You will be lost. (Except you will still receive the gift of resurrection.)
 14 Therefore, if ye teach the ^alaw of Moses, also teach that it is a ^bshadow of those things which are to come—
 15 Teach them that redemption cometh through Christ the Lord, who is the very ^aEternal Father. Amen. This is laid out so clearly. How do you help people to understand the reality of these truths when they are so consumed with pride?