“Whosoever Perisheth Perisheth Unto Himself”

Bryan Richards

The most natural response when accused of wrongdoing is to make excuses, to blame others, and to deflect any personal responsibility. Therefore, at judgment, the tendency to make excuses for sin will still be there. However, with the perfect remembrance of guilt which accompanies the resurrection, the wicked will be forced to exclaim that all of God's judgments are just (Alma 12:15). Though they had spent their entire lives blaming others, their feverish fault finding will only be satisfied when the finger of blame is pointed back on themselves, for whosoever perisheth, perisheth unto himself. Therefore, they are left without excuse, and their sins are upon their own heads (DC 88:82).

Joseph Smith

"The great misery of departed spirits in the world of spirits, where they go after death, is to know that they come short of the glory that others enjoy and that they might have enjoyed themselves, and they are their own accusers." (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 310-11)

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