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What guilt are we talking about?

It is your guilt from remembering all of the evil acts that you have committed.

• Mark 7:21-23 [21] For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, [22] Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: [23] All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.

There is one thing that all evil acts have in common - selfishness. Selfish acts are called "sins."

The list presented here is not all of the evil acts (sins) that a person can do. There are many sins that we do in our lives.

• Mosiah 2:48 - And finally, I can not tell you all the things whereby ye may commit sin: for there are diverse ways and means, even so many, that I can not number them.

Test it for yourself - all of the evil acts (sins) listed above can only happen if a person is selfish in their heart. As a matter of fact, the "evil eye" phrase listed above are the words used for "selfishness" in the time of Jesus.

• Adultery only happens when a person puts their own lust above the trust of marriage
• Fornication (cohabitaion between unmarried people) only happens when a person puts their own lust above a commitment to provide a stable, married family
• Murder only happens when a person selfishly hates another person
• Theft only happens when a person selfishly does not wish to purchase the items, so they just take them from another person
• Covetousness only happens from the inordinate selfish desire to possess that to which they are not entitled
• Wickedness (giving pain, unhappiness, misery) only happens when a person selfishly does not consider the feelings of other people
• Deceit (concealing the truth) only happens when a person fears the consequences to themselves of telling the truth
• Lasciviousness (unrestrained sexual behavior) only happens when a person only thinks about themselves and acts upon their physical lusts
• Blasphemy only happens when a person believes themselves to be higher or better than God
• Pride only happens when a person believes they are higher or better than others
• Foolishness only happens when a person places their own believed knowledge above true wisdom

As for the selfishness of an "evil eye", it is described in Proverbs 28:22, "He that hastens to be rich hath an evil eye," and Deuteronomy 15:9, "thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou give him naught (nothing)"

Imagine... living forever remembering the guilt from all the selfishness that you have committed in your life.

The GIFT is that Jesus is willing to accept all of your sins so that you can forget them and live an eternity in happiness.

John 14:6 Jesus said unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes unto the Father, but by me.

What is needed to receive this gift? Do you have to be perfect to receive this gift? No. God provides a way for imperfect people to receive this gift

Jesus only asks that you do a few simple things

• Have Faith - Ether 5:10 "Wherefore ye may also have hope, and be partakers of the gift, if ye will but have faith"
• Faith that Jesus can offer you salvation from your sins and guilt and that He can give you eternal life
• Repent - Acts 3:19 "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out"
• Acknowledge that you have sins and you must change your heart that you wish to do those sins no more
• Be baptized - Enter into an agreement (a covenant) with Jesus the Christ to keep God's Commandments - there are just two simple commandments
• Commandment #1 - Matthew 22:26 Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
• Commandment #2 - Matthew 22:28 Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

• Alma 5:27 Yea, come and go forth, and shew unto your God that ye are willing to repent of your sins, and enter into a covenant with him to keep his commandments, and witness it unto him this day, by going into the waters of baptism;
• Alma 5:28 And whosoever doeth this, and keepeth the commandments of God from thenceforth, the same will remember that I say unto him, yea, he will remember that I have said unto him, he shall have eternal life, according to the testimony of the Holy Spirit, which testifieth in me.

Remember - unless you repent of your sins, your guilt will haunt you forever and you will truly be "dead" to the only one that can save you - Jesus.

Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

If you have just the smallest amount of faith that you can receive this gift, you can repent and receive this wonderful gift of eternal life.

But, YOU must take the first step. No matter how difficult your life may be or what you have done in the past, Jesus WILL accept you. God WILL accept you.

When you know that you have the power within yourself to repent and ask for baptism and that Jesus will accept that repentance and grant you eternal life, what do you have to fear in this life?

Psalm 27:1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

Please, take that first step of faith.

Use the contact information on your gift card to contact a person that can tell you more about this wonderful gift and how to redeem it through baptism.

Have faith that you can receive this gift.

Ether 5:6 to 5:12

[6] And now I, Moroni, would speak somewhat concerning these things; I would shew unto the world that faith is things which are hoped for and not seen;

[7] Wherefore, dispute not because ye see not, for ye receive no witness until after the trial of your faith, for it was by faith that Christ shewed himself unto our fathers, after he had risen from the dead;

[8] And he shewed not himself unto them, until after they had faith in him; wherefore, it must needs be that some had faith in him, for he shewed himself not unto the world.

[9] But because of the faith of men, he has shewn himself unto the world, and glorified the name of the Father, and prepared a way that thereby others might be partakers of the heavenly gift, that they might hope for those things which they have not seen;

[10] Wherefore ye may also have hope, and be partakers of the gift, if ye will but have faith.

[12] But in the gift of his Son, hath God prepared a more excellent way, and it is by faith that it hath been fulfilled;

Is it worth it? YES!

Alma 13:48 to 51

[48] And it came to pass that after Aaron had expounded these things unto him, the king said, What shall I do, that I may have this eternal life of which thou hast spoken?

[49] Yea, what shall I do that I may be born of God, having this wicked spirit rooted out of my breast, and receive his Spirit, that I may be filled with joy, that I may not be cast off at the last day?

[50] Behold, said he, I will give up all that I possess; yea, I will forsake my kingdom, that I may receive this great joy.

[51] But Aaron said unto him, If thou desirest this thing, if thou wilt bow down before God, yea, if thou wilt repent of all thy sins, and will bow down before God, and call on his name in faith, believing that ye shall receive, then shalt thou receive the hope which thou desirest.