This chapter describes wickedness in very plain
language. Alma taught Corianton that the
wicked are evil because they chose evil over good. The devil has taken possession of their house
and led them to captivity (v. 13). They
will be taken home to God at death (v. 11) where they will be cast out and
suffer because of their own iniquity (v. 13), not because of any judgment
rendered by God. Their choosing evil
over good will have removed all influence of the Holy Ghost from them. Then, after they are resurrected, being
unclean, they die again, as it were, being cast out to partake of the fruits of
their labors.” This is an awful death (v.
26).
Contrast that with the words Alma uses to describe the
righteous at death. Like the wicked,
they return to God upon death, but “they are received into a state of
happiness, which is called paradise, a state of rest, a state of peace,, where
they shall rest from all their troubles and from all care and sorrow” (v.
12). Then upon their resurrection they
shall “shine forth in the kingdom of God” (v. 25). Hmmm. It
really makes you want to choose to do good, doesn't it?
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