As you now look back on this time through the book of 3 Nephi, what have you learned in this book about the concept of holiness? We are taught many things about holiness in this profound book. While it is hard to define what holiness “is,” it can best be understood by how it behaves, what it does, and how it can be obtained and enjoyed. Consider, in review, how 3 Nephi has offered answers to such questions as:
- What is holiness?
- What sorts of people, things, or places are referred to as holy in 3 Nephi?
- How is holiness connected with the presence of God?
- How can this state be transmitted from certain holy beings to other beings?
- What “holy thing” should not be given “unto the dogs”?
- What qualities must the receiving person possess in order to receive and to retain this status?
- What powers or blessings flow out from holiness?
- What effects are created by the presence of holiness in a single person and in a group of people?
- What can drive the state of holiness from us, or can bar us from the realm of holiness?
- What does holiness have to do with your being a Latter-day Saint, with your sense of who you are, or with how you relate to other people?
