"I know I'm breaking a commandment" But do you really know?

"And moreover, I would desire that ye should consider on the blessed and happy state of those that keep the commndments of God...they are blessed in all things..and if they hold out faithful to the end they are recieved into..a state of never ending happiness" (Mosiah 2:41)

    So many times as a missionary, we tell people know about how they are BREAKING the commandments of God. It's called calling to repentence. It's not a bad thing, and we try do it in a very loving way. And we try to help them to start the process of repentence and come closer to Christ. I'm not sure how many times it's happened, but pretty sure almost every day. One of the biggest things is that they KNOW they are breaking a commandment, but don't seem to truly seem to recognize that there are consequences of sin. ETERNAL CONSEQUENCES.

 "And it shall come to pass that when all men shall have passed from this first death unto life... they must appear before the judgment-seat of the Holy One of Israel; and then cometh the judgment, and then must they be judged according to the holy judgment of God." 2 Nephi 9:15


"For I the Lord cannot look upon sin with the least degree of allowance.... Nevertheless, he that repents and does the commandments of the Lord shall be forgiven;"
(Doctrine and Covenants 1:31-32)They say that "yes, I know I'm breaking a commandment" (whether it be the law of chasity, sabbath day, word of wisdom, etc...) but to me I think, Really? Do you REALLY know that you are breaking a commandment of God? Because to me, if you did know, you would find a way to correct it, to stop doing it.

Maybe, it's just that they don't quite understand the HOPE that there is. Jesus Christ suffered the penalty for your sins.
"Wherefore redemption commenth in and through the Holy Messiah...he offereth himself a sacrifice for sin..unto all those who have a broken heart and contrite spirit.."  (2 Nephi 2:6-7) He suffered and died that if we repent (Aka broken heart and contrite spirit) and "hold out faithful to the end" in obedience to the commandments of GOD.  We can be saved.

"We believe that through the atonement of Christ all mankind may be saved by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel" (Article of Faith 1:3)


Please know that there is hope, you can gain this happiness, first recognize that Jesus Christ is your Savior he lived and died for YOU, have faith in him, second repent: Stop doing what you're doing wrong, confess to God, make resitution, and start doing what's right, third, be Baptized (NOT just any "believe and be saved" baptism, Baptism by someone who holds the PROPER PRIESTHOOD AUTHORITY OF GOD) for the remission of your sins, fourth RECIEVE the Gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of Hands, and lastly Endure to the End (keep repenting, having faith and being obedient to God's commandments)
"Unless a man shall endure to the end, in following the example of the Son of the living God he can not be saved" (2Nephi 31:16)

THINK ON THAT.