Q.6
Church members are specifically taught to seek for all the following except:
None of the above (See 1 Tim 3:1-7, particularly verse 1).
Q.7
The atonement of Christ pays for the sins of all mankind.
False – there are sins which are unpardonable.
Q.8
The more influential the church calling, the greater access one has to the Spirit.
False
Q.9
Repentance and reformation are synonymous terms.
False
Q.10
Suffering for our sins brings forgiveness.
False

Go to the following link and hopefully you’ll have your question answered. Thanks for coming by and taking the quiz. 🙂

http://www.ldsaliveinchrist.com/2011/11/what-is-the-most-important-thing-a-church-member-can-do-in-this-life/

My issue is with Q5. I think the wording is the catch. If you were to ask “what is the most important thing a member can do in their lifetime,” then one could answer correctly, “Living a Christ-like life.”

For Christ has said over and over in the New Test. that to serve others, to love others, is the greatest good anyone can do. For if we serve others, we are serving Him.

BUT because you started the question with “The PROPHETS say …” – that was the trick.

Good question. I hope the following info helps answer your question.

“We sometimes speak of baptism for the remission of sins. The remission, if you will read the scriptures carefully, comes through the baptism of fire and of the Holy Ghost.” Boyd K. Packer, “The Gift of the Holy Ghost: What Every Member Should Know”, Ensign, Aug. 2006, 46-52.

There are several places in the Book of Mormon that help answer this question.

Enos was the son of a prophet, Jacob, Nephi’s brother. He didn’t receive a remission of sins until many years after his baptism. He wrote:

And I will tell you of the wrestle which I had before God, before I received a remission of my sins. (Book of Mormon | Enos 1:2)

The 4th article of faith says: baptism by emersion for the remission of sins. I am just wondering about that since you said that remission of sins comes upon the receipt of the Holy Ghost.

I tend to believe an unbaptized member can sometimes partake of the ordinance of the sacrament with some efficacious result. Imagine a woman who is believing but unbaptized because her husband won’t allow it, or a teenager who is believing but unbaptized because his or her parents won’t allow it. I cannot reach so far as to say that their partaking of the sacrament, should they do so, would “have no meaning for them because they are not under covenant.” Their partaking may have great sanctifying effect on their souls, and such is surely meaningful.

I tend to look on the sacrament as an ordinance, not as a covenant. It works better for me. I also tend to look on baptism as an ordinance rather than a covenant.

Thanks for the clarification. It should read, “Can a person take the sacrament who hasn’t been baptized. No, one must be baptized to take the sacrament with the prospect of receiving a remission of sins. Should an unbaptized person take the sacrament, which happens often in our meetings, it would have no meaning for them because they are not under covenant.”