I weighed out whether or not to post this video for some time. It isn't possible to fully explain all ideas every time you mention them. I believe the content of the video is the best way to present some of the ideas within it, but I can see that some people will misunderstand or challenge some of the ideas presented.

Potential complaint: You make it sound as if individuals can atone for the sins of others.

To an extent, they certainly can, but the point is the direction of our desire, not the limits of our capacity. For many, it is uncomfortable to consider the role we have the power to play in obtaining forgiveness for the sins of one another, but I wonder how much of that is about intruding upon an act thought of as exclusively God's, and how much of that is about the discomfort of realizing how little you are willing to suffer for the benefit of others. Have you not read: "Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much?" (James 5:16) There are countless examples of righteous men interceding for others, succeeding in turning away the wrath of God through their own sacrifice. Consider the many examples in just the life of Moses.

Potential complaint: You make it sound like we can be forgiven of our continuing sin if we just do some good things every once in a while.

In my video, I never made a claim that the described petitions made to God were granted. It is very important to not add to or take away from revelations without your own new revelations, whether the originals are from others or your own.

God's justice is inviolable. There is no forgiveness of sin without someone paying the penalty of sin. Jesus paid the penalty of sin for all who cease willingly living contrary to how they believe he would in their place, and for none else[1]. But what of those who cannot dwell in the presence of God? Is there no opportunity for them to gain greater access to the glory of God than they would otherwise possess? Those who dwell in God's presence have the ability to minister to those who do not.[2] It is through the ministry of those who have greater access to God that those with lesser access to God obtain more of God's glory. Do you think this ministry costs them something? It does. There is no difference in this pattern here and hereafter, although there are differences in the details of each.

While the righteous sacrifice of others can partially pay the price to obtain your forgiveness, nothing anyone else does can increase your similarity to God. Only your own choices can cause that. Forgiveness absolves you of the moral penalties of sin, but it does not and cannot confer upon you the blessings of actually being righteous, or like God.

In spite of any limits in our capacity to intervene in behalf of others, should we not have an intense desire to make a difference? A righteous king once explained how important it was to have a strong desire to use what you have to bless the lives of those who need it, even if you have nothing to give.[3] The love of God is a willingness to suffer for the benefit of another. He who does not care for others more than himself cannot stand in the presence of God.

Potential complaint: You make it sound as if we can be forgiven of our sin by paying money.

You absolutely, positively cannot be forgiven of your sins by paying money. However, how we spend our money is one of the strongest indications of what we truly desire, and the direction and intensity of our desires absolutely affect whether we are forgiven of our sins. Jesus said where your treasure is, there your heart is, also. What you want the most is demonstrated by what you are willing to sacrifice the most for. In our present world, money is used as an exchangeable store of value. Money isn't the only thing you can sacrifice, but even when it isn't the object of the sacrifice, it is usually still the means of transfer to another.

FOOTNOTES:

[1] - And he shall come into the world to redeem his people; and he shall take upon him the transgressions of those who believe on his name; and these are they that shall have eternal life, and salvation cometh to none else (Alma 11:40)

[2]

86 These are they who receive not of his fulness in the eternal world, but of the Holy Spirit through the ministration of the terrestrial;

87 And the terrestrial through the ministration of the celestial.

88 And also the telestial receive it of the administering of angels who are appointed to minister for them, or who are appointed to be ministering spirits for them; for they shall be heirs of salvation. (D&C 76)

[3] - And again, I say unto the poor, ye who have not and yet have sufficient, that ye remain from day to day; I mean all you who deny the beggar, because ye have not; I would that ye say in your hearts that: I give not because I have not, but if I had I would give. (Mosiah 4:24)