Eat, Drink, and be Merry

2 Nephi 28:7-9 is today's scripture mastery:

 7 Yea, and there shall be many which shall say: Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die; and it shall be well with us.

 8 And there shall also be many which shall say: Eat, drink, and be merry; nevertheless, fear God—he will justify in committing a little sin; yea, lie a little, take the advantage of one because of his words, dig a pit for thy neighbor; there is no harm in this; and do all these things, for tomorrow we die; and if it so be that we are guilty, God will beat us with a few stripes, and at last we shall be saved in the kingdom of God.

 9 Yea, and there shall be many which shall teach after this manner, false and vain and foolish doctrines, and shall be puffed up in their hearts, and shall seek deep to hide their counsels from the Lord; and their works shall be in the dark.

I know that I have heard many who teach these false doctrines.  They either say that God doesn't exist, so it doesn't matter what we do in this life.  Others say that we can participate in the wickedness of the world--we can cheat and lie and do other things like that, but that we will still be saved.

Please do not be fooled by those who teach such things!  They may sound good, and the things that they are teaching may seem fun at the time, but remember that it will only bring misery in the end. . .

It is true that Christ has atoned for our sins, but we must remember that he has given it freely only to those who repent. See Helaman 5:10-11

 10 And remember also the words which Amulek spake unto Zeezrom, in the city of Ammonihah; for he said unto him that the Lord surely should come to redeem his people, but that he should not come to redeem them in their sins, but to redeem them from their sins.

 11 And he hath power given unto him from the Father to redeem them from their sins because of repentance; therefore he hath sent his angels to declare the tidings of the conditions of repentance, which bringeth unto the power of the Redeemer, unto the salvation of their souls.

Let us always follow Christ.  It is only through Him that we may be saved.  He only asks that we keep His commandments and repent when we fall(and since we are all imperfect, we all fall sometimes. . .)