Clearly, there is an opportunity for those who have been sealed by the Holy Spirit of promise for them to commit all sorts of sins and unless they commit the unpardonable sin, they will be saved at the last day. My point is, just because a person is speaking against one of God's prophets is not a sure fire indicator that this person is an apostate.gclayjr wrote:Finrock,
Having your calling and election made sure does not give you license to sin. The whole idea of having your calling and election made sure is that in working diligently to follow Jesus Christ and the promptings of the holy spirit, you have ceased to be "temptable" by Satan. You no longer have any desire to sin. Your heart is completely changed. Many of us have this in various aspects of our life. I have no desire for alcohol or tobacco. I have no desire to steal someone else's property. If my calling and election were to be made sure, not only would I not have a desire for these things, but I will have no desire to sin in any significant way.Secondly, those who have been sealed up to eternal life by the Holy Spirit of Promise, cannot lose the prize, no matter if they mock the Lord's anointed servant or commit any other sin except that of denying the Holy Ghost or murdering someone in cold blood. Those who are sealed can do whatever they want and have no fear of losing the prize. It is not a sure indicator that a person is apostate just because they might find fault with the leaders of the Church.
Regards,
George Clay
How likely is this, I don't know, but this at least makes it clear that simply speaking out against one of God's appointed leaders is not a sure sign of am apostate. WE DON'T KNOW A PERSON"S HEART! We don't know if they have been sealed up to eternal life. We ought not to make assumptions that because someone is making claims that they have received their calling and election that this is a sure sign that they haven't. That's foolish and envious.D&C 132 wrote: 26 Verily, verily, I say unto you, if a man marry a wife according to my word, and they are sealed by the Holy Spirit of promise, according to mine appointment, and he or she shall commit any sin or transgression of the new and everlasting covenant whatever, and all manner of blasphemies, and if they commit no murder wherein they shed innocent blood, yet they shall come forth in the first resurrection, and enter into their exaltation; but they shall be destroyed in the flesh, and shall be delivered unto the buffetings of Satan unto the day of redemption, saith the Lord God.
-Finrock