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The 189th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints resumed Sunday for its two concluding sessions.

11:25 a.m. — Mercy provides a parachute

During remarks on the atonement of Jesus Christ, outgoing Sunday School General President Tad R. Callister compared sin to a person making a rash decision to jump from an airplane.

Callister said the man might flap his arms trying to fly, or promise to never jump out of a plane again, but the law of gravity knows no compassion, and makes no exceptions.

“When we sin, we are like the foolish man who jumped from the plane,” Callister said. “No matter what we do on our own, only a crash landing awaits us. We are subject to the law of justice, which, like the law of gravity, is exacting and unforgiving.”

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