Alma the younger is a perfect example of why we must continue to live the sinner even as we decry their sin. Like Paul in centuries to come, Alma had inside him a great spirit to do good once it was converted. We first hear of him as one of the chief detractors wiring to destroy the church despite the civil laws of the day protecting religion and religious people. Once he finally opened his heart to God he became a powerful missionary striving to bring his fellow men back to repentance for the rest of his life.
Those who are doing bad things still have potential, often great potential, to do good things if their hearts turn to the Lord.
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