Accountable
Old Testament (0) JST, Genesis 17:7, 11 “they are
accountable before me” “children are not accountable”
New Testament (0)
Book of Mormon (1)
Doctrine and Covenants (5)
Pearl of Great Price (0)
Edwards (69)
Occom-Moses Paul
knowing, that we are all dying
creatures, and accountable unto God
JST, Genesis 17:7 And have said that the blood of the
righteous Abel was shed for sins; and have not known wherein they are accountable before me.
11 And I will establish a covenant of circumcision with
thee, and it shall be my covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee,
in their generations; that thou mayest know forever that children are not accountable before me until they are eight years old.
JST, Genesis 9 Man is accountable for
shedding the blood of animals and of men. God establishes with Noah and his
sons the same covenant He made with Enoch.
Doctrine and Covenants 101:78 That every man may act in
doctrine and principle pertaining to futurity, according to the moral agency
which I have given unto him, that every man may be accountable for
his own sins in the day of judgment.
Doctrine and Covenants 134:1 We believe that governments
were instituted of God for the benefit of man; and that he holds men accountable for their acts in relation to them, both in making
laws and administering them, for the good and safety of society.
Doctrine and Covenants 29:47 Wherefore, they cannot sin, for
power is not given unto Satan to tempt little children, until they begin to
become accountable before me;
Doctrine and Covenants 104:13 For it is expedient that I, the Lord, should
make every man accountable,
as a steward over earthly blessings, which I have made and prepared for my
creatures.
Doctrine and Covenants 42:32 And it shall come to pass, that
after they are laid before the bishop of my church, and after that he has
received these testimonies concerning the consecration of the properties of my
church, that they cannot be taken from the church, agreeable to my
commandments, every man shall be made accountable unto
me, a steward over his own property, or that which he has received by
consecration, as much as is sufficient for himself and family.
Moroni 8:10 Behold I say unto you that this thing shall ye
teach—repentance and baptism unto those who are accountable and
capable of committing sin; yea, teach parents that they must repent and be
baptized, and humble themselves as their little children, and they shall all be
saved with their little children.
3. Jonathan Edwards. Freedom of the Will (WJE Online...
[page 218 | Paragraph | SubSect | Section]
identify the "excellent philosopher," goes on to
remark following the quotation that "'tis obvious from what hath been
said, that nothing can be more false than to assert that men are not accountable for their understanding; for if men are not accountable for their understanding, they cannot be accountable for their actions: if it is not in their power to
have sufficient light to guide them, they cannot have it in their power to
direct themselves aright.... It is by repeated acts that reason can alone acquire
or preserve its rightful power and authority of governing. This is the
7. Jonathan Edwards. Original Sin (WJE Online Vol. 3) [page
12 | Paragraph | Sub2Sect | SubSect | Section]
complete nonsense. "Sin and guilt (so far as I can see)
are personal matters, as much as knowledge, and I can as easily conceive of one
man's knowledge being imputed to another as of his sins being so" (p. 6).
If men were body and soul in the loins of Adam, they were not moral agents and
so not accountable , and if they did sin in Adam, imputation was
unnecessary and impossible (p. 9). Moreover, the whole business of men being
implicit in Adam or covenantally identified with him was not scriptural:
"not one word about any such covenant made with Adam… nor one word about
his
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