Everyone Will See God’s Salvation
After Abinadi said these words, he stretched out his hand. He said: 'The time will come when everyone will see God’s salvation. Every nation and all people will see the same truth. They will admit that God’s judgments are right.' 'Then the bad people will be thrown out. They will cry and weep and grind their teeth. This happens because they did not listen to the Lord. So the Lord does not save them.' 'They live by their bodies’ desires and are evil. The devil has power over them. This is the same old snake that tricked our first parents. He caused them to fall. Because of that, all people became selfish and evil. They know good from bad, but they give themselves to the devil.'
People Are Lost Without God
'So all people were lost. They would have been lost forever if God had not saved his people from their lost and fallen state.' 'But remember this: If someone keeps living by their body’s desires and keeps sinning against God, they stay in their fallen state. The devil has all power over them. It is as if there was no way to be saved. They are God’s enemy. The devil is also God’s enemy.'
Christ Makes Resurrection Possible
'If Christ had not come into the world, there could be no way to be saved. I speak of future things as if they already happened.' 'If Christ had not come back from the dead or broken death’s power, there could be no resurrection. The grave would win. Death would keep its sting.' 'But there is a resurrection. So the grave does not win. Christ has taken away death’s sting.' 'He is the light and life of the world. His light never ends and can never be made dark. His life never ends, so there will be no more death.'
The Final Judgment
'Our bodies that can die will become bodies that never die. Our bodies that can rot will become bodies that never rot. We will stand before God. He will judge us by what we have done, whether good or bad.' 'If we did good things, we will come back to life forever and be happy. If we did bad things, we will come back to life forever and be punished. We will be given to the devil who controls us. That is what punishment means.' 'They followed their own selfish wants and desires. They never called on the Lord while he offered mercy. He offered mercy to them, but they would not take it. They were warned about their sins but would not stop. They were told to turn from sin but would not.'
Turn From Sin Through Christ
'Shouldn’t you shake with fear and turn from your sins? Remember that only through Christ can you be saved.' 'So if you teach the law of Moses, also teach that it points to things that will come.' 'Teach them that being saved comes through Christ the Lord. He is the Eternal Father. Amen.'
Influences
- 16:1 — Matthew 12:49 (KJV)And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
- 16:1 — Revelation 14:6 (KJV)And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
- 16:2 — Matthew 22:13 (KJV)Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- 16:2 — Matthew 22:13 (KJV)Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- 16:3 — Revelation 20:2 (KJV)And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
- 16:3 — 2 Corinthians 11:3 (KJV)But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
- 16:3 — Genesis 3:5 (KJV)For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
- 16:7 — 1 Corinthians 15:14 (KJV)And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
- 16:7 — 1 Corinthians 15:13 (KJV)But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:
- 16:8 — 1 Corinthians 15:54 (KJV)So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
- 16:9 — John 8:12 (KJV)Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
- 16:9 — Revelation 21:4 (KJV)And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
- 16:10 — 1 Corinthians 15:54 (KJV)So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
- 16:10 — Revelation 20:12 (KJV)And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
- 16:10 — Ecclesiastes 12:14 (KJV)For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
- 16:11 — John 5:29 (KJV)And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
- 16:11 — Romans 8:20 (KJV)For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,