Today's Favorite Verse: Alma 42:18

Today's Favorite Verse: Alma 42:18
"Now, there was a punishment affixed, and a just law given, which brought remorse of conscience unto man."

I pondered on the role of our conscience. At a very basic level everyone knows right from wrong. Their conscience is there to prick them. Though some may never hear the gospel in this life they will be judged on their ability to do what is right or not. We have a moral compass, the light of Christ within us.

“All of us sometime, and some of us much of the time, suffer remorse of conscience from things we did wrong or things left undone. That feeling of guilt is to the spirit what pain is to the physical body. …
“We all make mistakes. Sometimes we harm ourselves and seriously injure others in ways that we alone cannot repair. We break things that we alone cannot fix. It is then in our nature to feel guilt and humiliation and suffering, which we alone cannot cure. That is when the healing power of the Atonement will help.
“The Lord said, ‘Behold, I, God, have suffered these things for all, that they might not suffer if they would repent [D&C 19:16]”
(Boyd K. Packer, "The Touch of the Master's Hand", Apr 2001 General Conference)
(Book of Mormon Student Manual, "Chapter 32:Alma 40-42)

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