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Ne 9:49 my soul abhorreth sin
It
takes a lot of purification and sanctification before there is no more room in
your soul for even the entertainment of a sinful thought. This is the state of
God for he cannot look upon sin with the least
degree of allowance (Alma 45:16). This is the degree of godliness we
must strive for while on the earth. It is a state reached by few.
Immediately
after their conversion, king Lamoni and his servants had a change of heart so
dramatic that they had no more desire to do evil
(Alma 19:33). Jacob had developed this as a permanent quality. The qualities of
godliness and purity exemplified by this phrase are difficult to master. We are
not likely to be successful in this endeavor without divine help.
ˇ°The
Holy Ghost is a sanctifierˇ¦.One who lives worthy of the guidance and cleansing
influence of the Spirit will, in process of time, become sanctified. Sanctification is the process whereby one
comes to hate the worldliness he once loved and love the holiness and
righteousness he once hated. To be
sanctified is not only to be free from sin but also to be free from the effects
of sin, free from sinfulness itself, the very desire to sin. One who is sanctified comes to look upon sin
with abhorrence (cf .Mosiah 5:2; Alma 13:12; Alma 19:33).ˇ± (McConkie and
Millet, Doctrinal Commentary on the Book of Mormon, vol. 1, p. 263)