“Equity and Justice”

Joseph F. McConkie, Robert L. Millet

Equity and justice are chief among the laws that rule the kingdom of heaven. Describing the coming of Christ, Alma prophesied, saying: “Not many days hence the Son of God shall come in his glory; and his glory shall be the glory of the Only Begotten of the Father, full of grace, equity, and truth, full of patience, mercy, and long-suffering, quick to hear the cries of his people and to answer their prayers” (Alma 9:26).

Among the Lord’s people, equity and justice must always prevail. All who are or who can be called Saints must learn to live in a state of equality one with another. Describing such a state, the Lord spoke to our generation, saying: “In your temporal things you shall be equal, and this not grudgingly, otherwise the abundance of the manifestations of the Spirit shall be withheld” (D&C 70:14, italics added). “For if ye are not equal in earthly things ye cannot be equal in obtaining heavenly things” (D&C 78:6).

Doctrinal Commentary on the Book of Mormon, Vol. 4

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