In a sermon
dated 6 April 1857, Heber C. Kimball said the following wherein he affirmed
that God can and does punish believers, not with legal, but fatherly disciplines:
If we sin, and do not repent; God will
chastise us until we do repent of and forsake all sin; but He never will
scourge us so long as we do right. (JOD 5:19)
Of course,
if we continue willfully sinning, we will be disinherited. Furthermore, there
are the punishments of hell itself that those who will be heirs to the
telestial kingdom that one will have to endure to expiate posthumously from
their sins (D&C 76:104-106). For a discussion of this, see:
