Scripture of the Day: D&C 82:7,10; Thought of the Day: Do as the Lord Asks

D&C 82:7,10
"7 And now, verily I say unto you, I, the Lord, will not lay any sin to your charge; go your ways and sin no more; but unto that soul who sinneth shall the former sins return, saith the Lord your God.
10 I, the Lord, am bound when ye do what I say; but when ye do not what I say, ye have no promise."


Thought of the Day

D&C 82:7. “Unto That Soul Who Sinneth Shall
the Former Sins Return”
President Brigham Young said: “It is present salvation
and the present influence of the Holy Ghost that
we need every day to keep us on saving ground.
When an individual refuses to comply with the
further requirements of Heaven, then the sins he had
formerly committed return upon his head; his former
righteousness departs from him, and is not accounted
to him for righteousness: but if he had continued in
righteousness and obedience to the requirements of
heaven, he is saved all the time, through baptism, the
laying on of hands, and obeying the commandments
of the Lord and all that is required of him by the
heavens—the living oracles. He is saved now, next
week, next year, and continually, and is prepared for
the celestial kingdom of God whenever the time comes
for him to inherit it.” (In Journal of Discourses, 8:124.)


D&C 82:10. “I, the Lord, Am Bound When Ye
Do What I Say”
This verse shows a part of God’s basic nature: the
way He deals with His children and the reason
they can trust Him. Elder James E. Talmage said:
“‘Mormonism’ has taught me that God holds himself
accountable to law even as he expects us to do. He
has set us the example in obedience to law. I know
that to say this would have been heresy a few
decades ago. But we have the divine word for it:
‘I, the Lord, am bound when ye do what I say; but
when ye do not what I say, ye have no promise.’
(Doc. and Cov. 82:10.) He operates by law and not by
arbitrariness or caprice.” (In Conference Report, Apr.
1930, p. 96.)