Moroni invokes the spirit of Isaiah in his references to the stakes of Zion (see Isaiah 52:1–2), for Isaiah conveys with mastery the vision of the glory of the kingdom of God in its ultimate, millennial state of perfection. Moroni concludes the Book of Mormon with the plea to “come unto Christ and be perfected in Him by denying ourselves of all ungodliness, by loving God with all our might, mind, and strength, and by becoming “sanctified in Christ by the grace of God” (Moroni 10:33), so that we are holy and without spot, ready to meet Him on the day of His coming. We can be perfected in Christ as we deny all ungodliness and love God with all our hearts, for then is His grace sufficient for us to be made perfect. Elder Bruce R. McConkie confirms this doctrine:
The gospel cause commands every man to take up his cross and follow him who carried his own cross to Golgotha. That is, the saints are to carry the cross of service and consecration, the cross of devotion and obedience. “If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow me,” our Lord said. “And now for a man to take up his cross, is to deny himself all ungodliness, and every worldly lust and keep my commandments.” (Inspired Version, Matt. 16:25–26) (Mormon Doctrine, 2d ed. [Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1966], 173)