“See That Ye Are Not Baptized Unworthily”

Bryan Richards

James E. Faust

"Should we not baptize all those who want to or are willing to be baptized? The answer is not that simple. It is a great responsibility to bring someone into this Church who has not been adequately taught and who has not received of the Spirit so that through baptism they may become a new person through repentance. Moroni gave a solemn warning about this in Mormon 9:29: 'See that you are not baptized unworthily.' "
"Some of our young missionaries are so hungry for baptisms they may urge people to be baptized before their investigators understand what they are baptized for. Peter said, 'Repent and be baptized.' (Acts 2:38.) We must be certain the repentance process is at work." (Church News, 06/29/96)

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