Who are those who are “without the law” and how are they similar to little children?

Thomas R. Valletta

“All little children are alive in Christ, as are those ‘that are without the law. For the power of redemption cometh on all them that have no law’ (Moroni 8:22). Two groups of people in scripture are referred to as dying ‘without law.’ The first group consists of the heathen nations, those who will not receive the fulness of gospel light and understanding and who thereby qualify for a terrestrial inheritance (see D&C 45:54; 76:72). The other group consists of those who never have an opportunity to receive the gospel in this life but who would have done so had the opportunity presented itself (D&C 137:7–8)” (Millet, “Alive in Christ,” 9).

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