Salvation

Salvation

Joseph Smith

We believe that through the Atonement of Christ, all mankind may be saved, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel.

Joseph Smith, Third Article of Faith

For we labor diligently to write, to persuade our children, and also our brethren, to believe in Christ, and to be reconciled to God; for we know that it is by grace that we are saved, after all we can do.

Joseph Smith, Book of Mormon, 2 Nephi 2:25

Yea, come unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and deny yourselves of all ungodliness; and if ye shall deny yourselves of all ungodliness, and love God with all your might, mind and strength, then is his grace sufficient for you, that by his grace ye may be perfect in Christ; and if by the grace of God ye are perfect in Christ, ye can in nowise deny the power of God.

Joseph Smith, Book of Mormon, Moroni 10:32

Joseph Fielding Smith

If a man will enter into life, then he must abide in the law of the gospel, keeping all of the commandments to the end of his mortal life. This is the doctrine of the Prophet Joseph Smith. “I . . . spoke to the people,” he says, “showing them that to get salvation we must not only do some things, but everything which God has commanded. Men may preach and practice everything except those things which God commands us to do, and will be damned at last. We may tithe mint and rue, and all manner of herbs, and still not obey the commandments of God.

Joseph Fielding Smith, Doctrines of Salvation, 2:34

James E. Talmage

The sectarian dogma of justification by faith alone has exercised an influence for evil. The idea upon which this pernicious doctrine was founded was at first associated with that of an absolute predestination, by which man was foredoomed to destruction, or to an undeserved salvation

James E. Talmage, Articles of Faith, 1899, p. 432

Salvation is attainable only through compliance with the laws and ordinances of the Gospel.

James E. Talmage, Articles of Faith, 1899, p. 422

Spencer W. Kimball

Your Heavenly Father has promised forgiveness upon total repentance and meeting all the requirements, but that forgiveness is not granted merely for the asking. There must be works—many works—and an all-out, total surrender, with a great humility and “a broken heart and a contrite spirit.

Spencer W. Kimball, Miracle of Forgiveness, p 324-325

To “try” is weak. To “do the best I can” is not strong. We must always do better than we can. This is true in every walk of life.

Spencer W. Kimball, Miracle of Forgiveness, p 165

David A. Bednar

… It is likewise through the grace of the Lord that individuals, through faith in the atonement of Jesus Christ and repentance of their sins, receive strength and assistance to do good works that they otherwise would not be able to maintain if left to their own means. This grace is an enabling power that allows men and women to lay hold on eternal life and exaltation after they have expended their own best efforts.

David A. Bednar. October 2004 General Conference, Mormon Bible dictionary under “grace”