“They Are They Who Shall Inherit the Kingdom of God”
In the context of this verse, we see that faith in Christ and the ordinance of baptism (both by water and by fire) are required for entrance into the celestial kingdom (see John 3:3-5; 2 Nephi 31:17-18). “Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God,” the Prophet Joseph Smith declared. “This eternal truth settles the question of all men’s religion. A man may be saved . . . in the terrestrial kingdom, or in the telestial kingdom, but he can never see the celestial kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit.” (Teachings, p. 12; see also a similar statement by President Lorenzo Snow, Teachings of Lorenzo Snow, p. 96.)
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