tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1493412114426665214.post4324267693955823283..comments2020-04-05T11:46:07.249-07:00Comments on BishopBlog: Understanding ConsequencesThe Only Cool Heisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11876712344501136429noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1493412114426665214.post-34098750473949750612013-06-18T12:29:40.066-07:002013-06-18T12:29:40.066-07:00I appreciate the distinction you make between beco...I appreciate the distinction you make between becoming clean and suffering the consequences of our actions. After we sin, we can be forgiven, but we will at least remember our actions and the hurt they may have caused to ourselves and others. We will be worthy to partake of the sacrament, enter and participate in temple ordinances, and receive eternal life. <br /><br />However, take for example a person who drank for many years of his life. As he eventually accepts the Atonement into his life, the Lord will forgive him for his destructive behavior. He can participate on all levels in the sacred ordinances of the Gospel. But, he may still develop serious and life threatening liver failure from all of the alcohol consumption. His poor is not a reflection of his worthiness nor a perceived lack of love from God, but the consequences of his actions. <br /><br />Experiences and watching others face such consequences can be heart wrenching. For all the desire we can muster for those consequences to go away, they may not. Perhaps this is why we are instructed to learn the Gospel and continue studying it: so we can know which behaviors will lead to unfavorable consequences. Perhaps this is why we are instructed to "follow the prophet." The Lord counsel's him so that he will know which paths to avoid and then He instructs him to pass that counsel along to the world. We thank Thee o God for a prophet!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18373581981759609795noreply@blogger.com