“Lay Aside Every Sin”
Alma is not counseling the people to put away their sins one at a time, a bit here and a bit there. This is the world’s approach. It may sound commendable, but it is terrestrial at best. To be born again is to have our natures changed, not always immediately but certainly in process of time. To lay aside every sin is to rid oneself of all sin and the desire for it; to put off all sinfulness to confess and forsake sin; and to rely on the merits and mercies of the Holy Messiah.