Q. What is the Mormon message of salvation in a nutshell? (like, two paragraphs)?
Not a fan of reading, eh? All right, I'll do it, but you have to promise to do a little more research before you tell your friends at your next barbecue that you 'studied' Mormonism.
This is the very center of our beliefs -- The Gospel of Jesus Christ:

We make mistakes; not just bad, embarassing choices, but often downright wicked decisions. If you haven't ever murdered, stolen, or lied, you might be tempted to say this is a problem for other people, but consider this: Is there someone you dislike whom you treat like garbage? Do you do things in secret that you are ashamed of? Are you holding on to a long-running grudge? Do you snap at people? Just as pain is an indicator to your body that your physical body is in danger, guilt warns us when we are in (or approaching) spiritual danger, and few of us are free of guilt.
The punishment for sin is separation from God. We are powerless, on our own, to avoid this consequence. Once again, Jesus Christ provided the way out. He suffered an infinite atonement for our sins, thus making payment for the wrong moves we made (but He never made). We must choose to accept this gracious gift, and along the way start learning how to make good, holy choices. Our purpose isn't just to fulfill a debt, but to become the sort of person Jesus is.

This is the gospel of Jesus Christ. I realize this was double the paragraphs you had anticipated, but it's such an important topic that you should probably read it again.
1 comment:
Wow! That really is a great explination of our beliefs in the Gospel of Jesus Christ in a nutshell! The only thing I would add is that baptism and the laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost, must be performed by someone who holds the priesthood authority of God to do so. See Why Mormons? for a more indepth explination.
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