GPC46c6: We Should Prepare Now for Judgment Gospel Principles
Unit 10: Life after Death
Chapter 46: The Last Judgment
Concept 6: We Should Prepare Now for Judgment "In reality, every day is a day of judgment. We speak, think, and act according to celestial, terrestrial, or telestial law. Our faith in Jesus Christ, as shown by our daily actions, determines which kingdom we will inherit. We have the restored gospel of Jesus Christ in its fulness. The gospel is the law of the celestial kingdom. All the priesthood ordinances necessary for our progression have been revealed. We have entered the waters of baptism and have made a covenant to live Christlike lives. If we are faithful and keep the covenants we have made, the Lord has told us what our judgment will be. He will say unto us: "Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: " (Matthew 25:34).
Discussion What must we do to be ready for the Final Judgment? Think how you would feel about hearing the words recorded in Matthew 25:34 spoken to you.
Additional Scriptures

D&C 88:98-102 (sounding of the trumps of judgment)
  "98 They are Christ's, the first fruits, they who shall descend with him first, and they who are on the earth and in their graves, who are first caught up to meet him; and all this by the voice of the sounding of the trump of the angel of God.
  99 And after this another angel shall sound, which is the second trump; and then cometh the redemption of those who are Christ's at his coming; who have received their part in that prison which is prepared for them, that they might receive the gospel, and be judged according to men in the flesh.
  100 And again, another trump shall sound, which is the third trump; and then come the spirits of men who are to be judged, and are found under condemnation;
  101 And these are the rest of the dead; and they live not again until the thousand years are ended, neither again, until the end of the earth.
  102 And another trump shall sound, which is the fourth trump, saying: There are found among those who are to remain until that great and last day, even the end, who shall remain filthy still." Alma 11:41; 11:45; Mormon 7:6; Mormon 9:13-14 (we are judged in a resurrected state) Alma 11:41   "Therefore the wicked remain as though there had been no redemption made, except it be the loosing of the bands of death; for behold, the day cometh that all shall rise from the dead and stand before God, and be judged according to their works." Alma 11:45  "Now, behold, I have spoken unto you concerning the death of the mortal body, and also concerning the resurrection of the mortal body. I say unto you that this mortal body is raised to an immortal body, that is from death, even from the first death unto life, that they can die no more; their spirits uniting with their bodies, never to be divided; thus the whole becoming spiritual and immortal, that they can no more see corruption." Mormon 7:6  "And he bringeth to pass the resurrection of the dead, whereby man must be raised to stand before his judgment-seat." Mormon 9:13-14
  "13 And because of the redemption of man, which came by Jesus Christ, they are brought back into the presence of the Lord; yea, this is wherein all men are redeemed, because the death of Christ bringeth to pass the resurrection, which bringeth to pass a redemption from an endless sleep, from which sleep all men shall be awakened by the power of God when the trump shall sound; and they shall come forth, both small and great, and all shall stand before his bar, being redeemed and loosed from this eternal band of death, which death is a temporal death.
  14 And then cometh the judgment of the Holy One upon them; and then cometh the time that he that is filthy shall be filthy still; and he that is righteous shall be righteous still; he that is happy shall be happy still; and he that is unhappy shall be unhappy still."
2 Nephi 29:11; 3 Nephi 27:23-26 (books used in the Judgment) 2 Nephi 29:11   "For I command all men, both in the east and in the west, and in the north, and in the south, and in the islands of the sea, that they shall write the words which I speak unto them; for out of the books which shall be written I will judge the world, every man according to their works, according to that which is written." 3 Nephi 27:23-26
  " Write the things which ye have seen and heard, save it be those which are forbidden.
  24 Write the works of this people, which shall be, even as hath been written, of that which hath been.
  25 For behold, out of the books which have been written, and which shall be written, shall this people be judged, for by them shall their works be known unto men.
  26 And behold, all things are27/26a">written by the Father; therefore out of the books which shall be written shall the world be judged."
Alma 41:2-7 (our judgment is determined by our works, the desires of our hearts, repentance, enduring to the end
  "2 I say unto thee, my son, that the plan of restoration is requisite with the justice of God; for it is requisite that all things should be restored to their proper order. Behold, it is requisite and just, according to the power and resurrection of Christ, that the soul of man should be restored to its body, and that every part of the body should be restored to itself.
  3 And it is requisite with the justice of God that men should be judged according to their works; and if their works were good in this life, and the desires of their hearts were good, that they should also, at the last day, be 3d">restored unto that which is good.
  4 And if their works are evil they shall be restored unto them for evil. Therefore, all things shall be restored to their proper order, every thing to its natural frame mortality raised to immortality, corruption to incorruption raised to endless happiness to inherit the kingdom of God, or to endless misery to inherit the kingdom of the devil, the one on one hand, the other on the other
  5 The one raised to happiness according to his desires of happiness, or good according to his desires of good; and the other to evil according to his desires of evil; for as he has desired to do evil all the day long even so shall he have his reward of evil when the night cometh.
  6 And so it is on the other hand. If he hath repented of his sins, and desired righteousness until the end of his days, even so he shall be rewarded unto righteousness.
  7 These are they that are redeemed of the Lord; yea, these are they that are taken out, that are delivered from that endless night of darkness; and thus they stand or fall; for behold, they are their own judges, whether to do good or do evil." Mormon 3:22 (repent and prepare to stand before the judgment seat)
  "And I would that I could persuade all ye ends of the earth to repent and prepare to stand before the judgment-seat of Christ." Luke 12:47-48; D&C 82:3 (of whom much is given, much is required)
Luke 12:47-48
  "47 And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
  48 But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more". D&C 82:3  "For of him unto whom much is given much is required; and he who sins against the greater light shall receive the greater condemnation." D&C 88:16-33 (we each receive that for which we are worthy)"
  "16 And the resurrection from the dead is the redemption of the soul.
  17 And the redemption of the soul is through him that quickeneth all things, in whose bosom it is decreed that the poor and the meek of the earth shall inherit it.
  18 Therefore, it must needs be sanctified from all unrighteousness, that it may be prepared for the celestial glory;
  19 For after it hath filled the measure of its creation, it shall be crowned with glory, even with the presence of God the Father;
  20 That bodies who are of the celestial kingdom may possess it forever and ever; for, for this intent was it made and created, and for this intent are they sanctified.
  21 And they who are not sanctified through the law which I have given unto you, even the law of Christ, must inherit another kingdom, even that of a terrestrial kingdom, or that of a telestial kingdom.
  22 For he who is not able to abide the law of a celestial kingdom cannot abide a celestial glory.
  23 And he who cannot abide the law of a terrestrial kingdom cannot abide a terrestrial glory.
  24 And he who cannot abide the law of a telestial kingdom cannot abide a telestial glory; therefore he is not meet for a kingdom of glory. Therefore he must abide a kingdom which is not a kingdom of glory.
  25 And again, verily I say unto you, the earth abideth the law of a celestial kingdom, for it filleth the measure of its creation, and transgresseth not the law
  26 Wherefore, it shall be sanctified; yea, notwithstanding it shall die, it shall be quickened again, and shall abide the power by which it is quickened, and the righteous shall inherit it.
  27 For notwithstanding they die, they also shall rise again, a spiritual body.
  28 They who are of a celestial spirit shall receive the same body which was a natural body; even ye shall receive your bodies, and your glory shall be that glory by which your bodies are quickened.
  29 Ye who are quickened by a portion of the celestial glory shall then receive of the same, even a fulness.
  30 And they who are quickened by a portion of the terrestrial glory shall then receive of the same, even a fulness.
  31 And also they who are quickened by a portion of the telestial glory shall then receive of the same, even a fulness.
  32 And they who remain shall also be quickened; nevertheless, they shall return again to their own place, to enjoy that which they are willing to receive, because they were not willing to enjoy that which they might have received.
  33 For what doth it profit a man if a gift is bestowed upon him, and he receive not the gift? Behold, he rejoices not in that which is given unto him, neither rejoices in him who is the giver of the gift."
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