After describing God’s perfect and caring consistency in his relationship to mankind (and every individual who ever was and is a part of it), Nephi concludes his message on a cautionary note.
“…For all thy doings thou shalt be brought into judgment. Wherefore, if ye have sought to do wickedly in the days of your probation, then ye are found unclean before the judgment-seat of God; and no unclean thing can dwell with God; wherefore, ye must be cast off forever.” (1 Nephi 10:20-21)
Questions:
-What does it mean to seek after wickedness? Why does participating in wickedness make a person unclean?
-Why is it that nothing unclean (including an unclean soul) can stay in the presence of God?
-What is the difference between being clean and being perfect? Does this passage say that a soul needs to be perfect to enter God’s kingdom?
-Since all of us have been tainted — to some degree or another — by the wickedness of this world, how can we be made clean again and return to live with God? (See: Rely on This Redeemer; Repentance; Atonement)
-Why does Nephi refer to mortality as a time of probation?
-Is there a point where all who are unclean will remain so forever?
-If you believe there will be a day of judgment, how does it affect the way you live your life day to day? If a day of judgment is in the future, how important is it to know this and to be prepared?
-Would a perfect God provide anything less than a perfect judgment? Would a God who loves perfectly offer everything He possibly could in terms of eternal blessings?
Messages of the Book of Mormon 