Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- Doctrines; Faith; Latter Day Saint churches -- Doctrines
13. It is also necessary, in order to the exercise of faith in God,
unto life and salvation, that men should have the idea of the existence
of the attribute justice, in him. For without the idea of the existence
of the attribute Justice, in the Deity, men could not have confidence
sufficient to place themselves under his guidance and direction; for
they would be filled with fear and doubt, lest the Judge of all the
earth would not do right, and thus fear, or doubt, existing in the
mind, would preclude the possibility of the exercise of faith in him
for life and salvation. But, when the idea of the existence of the
attribute justice, in the Deity, is fairly planted in the mind, it
leaves no room for doubt to get into the heart, and the mind is enabled
to cast itself upon the Almighty without fear and without doubt, and
with the most unshaken confidence, believing that the Judge of all the
earth will do right.
14. It is also of equal importance that men should have the idea of the
existence of the attribute judgment, in God, in order that they may
exercise faith in him for life and salvation; for without the idea of
the existence of this attribute in the Deity, it would be impossible
for men to exercise faith in him for life and salvation, seeing that
it is through the exercise of this attribute that the faithful in
Christ Jesus are delivered out of the hands of those who seek their
destruction; for if God were not to come out in swift judgment against
the workers of iniquity and the powers of darkness, his saints could
not be saved; for it is by judgment that the Lord delivers his saints
out of the hands of all their enemies, and those who reject the gospel
of our Lord Jesus Christ. But no sooner is the idea of the existence
of this attribute, planted in the minds of men, than it gives power to
the mind for the exercise of faith and confidence in God, and they are
enabled, by faith, to lay hold on the promises which are set before
them, and wade through all the tribulations and afflictions to which
they are subjected by reason of the persecution from those who know not
God, and obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, believing, that
in due time the Lord will come out in swift judgement against their
enemies, and they shall be cut off from before him, and that, in his
own due time he will bear them off conquerors and more than conquerors
in all things.
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