(LDS) What kind of payment can a murderer make to receive a pardon?
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Related to this other question about whether murder is unforgivable according to the LDS Church.
One of the answers to the question says that:
> Murder is a very serious sin, and while it can't be forgiven it can be
> pardoned.
However the link in the word "pardoned" leads to a "page not found" message.
This answer, however, does quote the following from D&C study guide in chapter 42:
> The second most serious sin is to commit murder—that is, to willfully
> shed innocent blood. Concerning this sin, the Lord has said: ‘Thou
> shalt not kill; and he that kills shall not have forgiveness in this
> world, nor in the world to come.’ (D&C 42:18.) **Thus this is an
> unforgivable sin, which means that Jesus Christ cannot pay for (or
> ‘atone for’ or ‘forgive’) the penalty demanded by the broken law. This
> sin is a pardonable sin, however; that is, the sinner can eventually
> make full payment himself, and be received into a state of pardon.** (Emphasis added.)
So, murder is described as a sin that Jesus cannot atone for and yet, the individual himself can receive a pardon by making some form of a payment.
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My questions are:
**1. What kind of "payment" can a murderer make to cover for murder?**
**2. What are the differences, if any, between being thus pardoned and
being forgiven by Jesus' atonement?**
Asked by Dee
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Mar 3, 2018, 09:44 PM
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