“Know Ye That Ye Must Come Unto Repentance”
Every soul-every man, woman, and child who has arrived at the years or the state of accountability-has need of repentance. “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). “Then opened [Jesus] their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures, and said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behooved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations” (Luke 24:45-47). Joseph Smith spoke of the universal need for repentance, certifying that “if there was sin among men, repentance was as necessary at one time or age of the world as another-and ... other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ’ (Teachings, p. 265).”
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