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say—Lord, our works have been righteous works

       upon the face of the earth—and that he will save you?

      Alma 5:18

       18 Or otherwise, can ye imagine yourselves brought before the

       tribunal of God with your souls filled with guilt and remorse,

       having a remembrance of all your guilt, yea, a perfect

       remembrance of all your wickedness, yea, a remembrance that ye

       have set at defiance the commandments of God?

      Alma 5:19

       19 I say unto you, can ye look up to God at that day with a pure

       heart and clean hands? I say unto you, can you look up, having

       the image of God engraven upon your countenances?

      Alma 5:20

       20 I say unto you, can ye think of being saved when you have

       yielded yourselves to become subjects to the devil?

      Alma 5:21

       21 I say unto you, ye will know at that day that ye cannot be

       saved; for there can no man be saved except his garments are

       washed white; yea, his garments must be purified until they are

       cleansed from all stain, through the blood of him of whom it has

       been spoken by our fathers, who should come to redeem his people

       from their sins.

      Alma 5:22

       22 And now I ask of you, my brethren, how will any of you feel,

       if ye shall stand before the bar of God, having your garments

       stained with blood and all manner of filthiness? Behold, what

       will these things testify against you?

      Alma 5:23

       23 Behold will they not testify that ye are murderers, yea, and

       also that ye are guilty of all manner of wickedness?

      Alma 5:24

       24 Behold, my brethren, do ye suppose that such an one can have

       a place to sit down in the kingdom of God, with Abraham, with

       Isaac, and with Jacob, and also all the holy prophets, whose

       garments are cleansed and are spotless, pure and white?

      Alma 5:25

       25 I say unto you, Nay; except ye make our Creator a liar from

       the beginning, or suppose that he is a liar from the beginning,

       ye cannot suppose that such can have place in the kingdom of

       heaven; but they shall be cast out for they are the children of

       the kingdom of the devil.

      Alma 5:26

       26 And now behold, I say unto you, my brethren, if ye have

       experienced a change of heart, and if ye have felt to sing the

       song of redeeming love, I would ask, can ye feel so now?

      Alma 5:27

       27 Have ye walked, keeping yourselves blameless before God?

       Could ye say, if ye were called to die at this time, within

       yourselves, that ye have been sufficiently humble? That your

       garments have been cleansed and made white through the blood of

       Christ, who will come to redeem his people from their sins?

      Alma 5:28

       28 Behold, are ye stripped of pride? I say unto you, if ye are

       not ye are not prepared to meet God. Behold ye must prepare

       quickly; for the kingdom of heaven is soon at hand, and such an

       one hath not eternal life.

      Alma 5:29

       29 Behold, I say, is there one among you who is not stripped of

       envy? I say unto you that such an one is not prepared; and I

       would that he should prepare quickly, for the hour is close at

       hand, and he knoweth not when the time shall come; for such an

       one is not found guiltless.

      Alma 5:30

       30 And again I say unto you, is there one among you that doth

       make a mock of his brother, or that heapeth upon him

       persecutions?

      Alma 5:31

       31 Wo unto such an one, for he is not prepared, and the time is

       at hand that he must repent or he cannot be saved!

      Alma 5:32

       32 Yea, even wo unto all ye workers of iniquity; repent, repent,

       for the Lord God hath spoken it!

      Alma 5:33

       33 Behold, he sendeth an invitation unto all men, for the arms

       of mercy are extended towards them, and he saith: Repent, and I

       will receive you.

      Alma 5:34

       34 Yea, he saith: Come unto me and ye shall partake of the fruit

       of the tree of life; yea, ye shall eat and drink of the bread and

       the waters of life freely;

      Alma 5:35

       35 Yea, come unto me and bring forth works of righteousness, and

       ye shall not be hewn down and cast into the fire—

      Alma 5:36

       36 For behold, the time is at hand that whosoever bringeth forth

       not good fruit, or whosoever doeth not the works of

       righteousness, the same have cause to wail and mourn.

      Alma 5:37

       37 O ye workers of iniquity; ye that are puffed up in the vain

       things of the world, ye that have professed to have known the

       ways of righteousness nevertheless have gone astray, as sheep

       having no shepherd, notwithstanding a shepherd hath called after

       you and is still calling after you, but ye will not hearken unto

       his voice!

      Alma 5:38

       38 Behold, I say unto you, that the good shepherd doth call you;

       yea, and in his own name he doth call you, which is the name of

       Christ; and if ye will not hearken unto the voice of the good

       shepherd, to the name by which ye are called, behold, ye are not

       the sheep of the good shepherd.

      Alma 5:39

       39 And now if ye are not the sheep of the good shepherd, of what

       fold are ye? Behold, I say unto you, that the devil is your

       shepherd, and ye are of his fold; and now, who can deny this?

       Behold, I say unto you, whosoever denieth this is a liar and a

       child of the devil.

      Alma 5:40

       40 For I say unto you that whatsoever is good cometh from God,

       and whatsoever is evil cometh from the devil.

      Alma 5:41

       41 Therefore, if a man bringeth forth good works he hearkeneth