“Sheddeth Itself Abroad”

The love of God was extended to all men through the atonement of Christ. We literally believe that “all men may be saved, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel” (Articles of Faith 1:3). There is no ceiling on the number of saved beings, no limit to the love of the Father which can be received by all those who qualify for exaltation. “And again,” Moroni said to the Savior, “I remember that thou hast said that thou hast loved the world, even unto the laying down of thy life for the world.” Continuing, Moroni added: “And now I know that this love which thou hast had for the children of men is charity.” (Ether 12:33-34.)

“And the Fall Came by Reason of Transgression”

Jacob’s words sound very much like his father’s words, taken from the brass plates (2 Nephi 2), which account is remarkably close to the language restored through Joseph Smith in his inspired translation of Genesis.

“I give unto you a commandment,” God said to Adam,

“to teach these things freely unto your children, saying: that by reason of transgression cometh the fall, which fall bringeth death, and inasmuch as ye were born into the world by water, and blood, and the spirit, which I have made and so became of dust a living soul, even so ye must be born again into the kingdom of heaven.” (Moses 6:58-59; italics added.)

Doctrinal Commentary on the Book of Mormon, Vol. 1

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