How can we be sanctified and have our garments “washed white”?

Thomas R. Valletta

“As men exercise the priesthood, it has a purifying effect upon them. They become sanctified [holy] and the Atonement of Christ takes away their sins (v. 11). In addition to the priesthood, they are given the Holy Ghost, which is also a sanctifying gift if they receive it. Because of their pure and spotless [divine] nature, they cannot look upon sin without abhorring that sin (v. 12). Nonetheless, as the Prophet Joseph Smith said: ‘I love you all; but I hate some of your deeds’ ([Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith], 361). Sanctification is not limited to a few, but to all who will magnify the priesthood and be guided by the Holy Ghost” (Nyman, Record of Alma, 176).

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