Jesus Saves! From What?

"Just as a man does not really desire food until he is hungry, so he does not desire the salvation of Christ until he knows why he needs Christ.”
- Ezra Taft Benson

00:07 Problem being solved
00:23 Behavioral standards & the nature of sin
01:25 Diversity of Christian belief about salvation
01:53 Disclaimer
02:11 Two deaths, physical and spiritual
02:40 Jesus Christ, the solution
02:56 Spiritual death & mercy/forgiveness
03:12 The First Principles & Ordinances of the Gospel
03:44 Baptism
04:11 Covenants
04:27 Rites, rituals & ordinances—accountability system
05:00 Physical death & resurrection
05:43 Jesus Christ's unique ability to save
06:32 Limitations of creation & knowledge of good and evil
07:21 Eternal Law & Omnipotence
08:46 Purpose of mortal Earth life
09:04 Sin disrupts the plan, Christ reconciles sin
10:26 The Fall of Adam & Eve
12:05 Original Sin
12:49 Premortality
15:01 Pre-premortality
17:31 Exaltation
19:23 Intro to Three Degrees of Glory
20:12 Temples
20:51 Celestial marriage
21:13 Sealing
21:47 Saved, but not exalted
22:55 Terrestrial and Telestial Kingdoms
24:45 Hell
25:15 Comparison to mainstream Christian beliefs in the afterlife
25:54 Spirit World
26:25 Spectrum of glory
27:33 Choices > character > nature of being > glory
28:22 Intro to Outer Darkness
29:09 Relative knowledge/understanding & accountability
31:22 Capacity for Outer Darkness
31:49 Varied spiritual development
34:14 Outro