In order to work out our salvation, we must continue to live in righteousness. We have to endure to the end and keep God's commandments. Only then can we receive the greatest gift of all--Salvation.
In Romans 12-13, Paul gave much counsel that leads to salvation. Each of the following verses tells what Paul taught would help lead to salvation:
o Romans 12:1--present our bodies as a living sacrifice, do service
o Romans 12:2--do not conform to the world
o Romans 12:9--love, turn away evil, cleave unto good
o Romans 12:13--be hospitable
o Romans 12:16--don't be conceited, do not judge
o Romans 12:21--overcome evil with good
o Romans 13:1--be subject to God
o Romans 13:3--do good
o Romans 13:8--love one another
o Romans 13:9--do not commit adultery, do not kill, steal, bear false witness, or covet
Paul gave the cautions of judging saying that we are all accountable to God and that God will be the one to judge us. We cannot get in the way of God's judgement by casting our own judgements, because we are also going to be held accountable for our own actions to God. People may act and do differently than us, and may believe differently as well, but that doesn't mean that we have the right to judge them according to their works, only God can judge because he knows the true intent of people's hearts. I think that we can't just look at someone and give them the judgement of whether they are the rich son or poor son in rags, like the parable says in D&C. I think that we need to treat everyone with kindness and let the judgements fall to God.
Romans 15:25-26, 31; 16:2, 15.
The term Paul frequently used to refer to members of the Church in his day was: Saints
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