LESSON XVI.

(Scripture Reading Exercise.)

THE APPLICATION OF PRINCIPLES—(A) ARBITRARY ACTION EXCLUDED IN MAN'S REDEMPTION.

ANALYSIS.REFERENCES.
I. Recapitulation of Principles.
II. The Commandment Given—Violated—EffectsDoc. & Cov., Sec. 29; Gen. ii and iii.
III. The Commandment Given as to an Immortal Person—The Penalty Eternal.Hebrews ix and x.
IV. The Problem Propounded— 1. What can man do? 2. What can God do? Alma xxxiv and the works and passages cited in the body of this lesson.
V. Redemption by the Sovereign Act of God—Arbitrary Action Under Reign of Law, Inadmissable.

SPECIAL TEXT: "And thus we see that all mankind were fallen, and they were in the grasp of justice yea the justice of God, which consigned them forever to be cut off from his presence." (Book of Alma xlii:14.)