The Lord has given us the
promise of salvation, <and> He <has> also has made clear the
conditions of salvation. The first condition of salvation, as laid down in
modern revelation, is the acceptance of the plan of salvation—the plan
of which we have spoken several times in these talks, the plan formulated
by God in the heavens above. The <plan> must be accepted. There is no
possibility of salvation outside of that <it;> which of course
is a self-evident proposition if it be true that salvation is tied up
eternally with the Priesthood, because the Priesthood is connected definitely
and organically with the plan of salvation. That means that Those
who want to be saved, those who desire to achieve salvation, must accept
Jesus Christ. There can be no salvation without <otherwise> the
acceptance of Jesus Christ. The revelations are very clear on that subject.
And, as I have said already, a condition of salvation is that those who achieve
it must be in possession of the Priesthood, or in some way be made partakers of
it, even though their suborn wills may not wholly receive all that is included
in the plan of salvation under the authority of the Priesthood. (John A.
Widtsoe, Lecture 5, “The Meaning of Salvation,” February 10, 1938, Modern
Revelations and Modern Questions, 3)
