“I might append that this is a lifelong process, and will not be completed while we are in this life.”
Whatever you think you are suppose to be completing had better be completed while you are “in this life” because it is all the life and time you get..
Once you are dead, there will be no “works” to complete.
“As it is appointed unto man once to die, and afterwards the judgement” Hebrews 9:27
Jesus the Righteous will judge us only up to the point of death...
There is no sin in Heaven, so there is nothing to be judged on there ..
When you die you will either go to Heaven or to Hell...
Your long dead family members died and either went to Heaven or Hell....There’s no getting out of either...
At the point of death to your earthly body it is all over for you...you either go to Hell for rejecting Jesus...or if you are saved, you go to Heaven and get to worship Jesus, the Lamb of God, around the throne of God, forever...
No wonder it’s known as Paradise...I can think of no other thing I would like to do for eternity than hang out with Jesus, my Lord and Savior..
Soimetimes I think I’m teaching two year olds, and then I remember that a 2 yo is brighter, and gets it the first time...
25 For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:I await with interest, your explanation.
26 Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
28 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.
29 Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.
30 Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
31 He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
I do believe you’re missing the point, Nana. According to Mormon beliefs, there is no “tally” of good and evil that a person does. Continual repentance and humility before God are the key. If your heart is right before God - irregardless of your human foibles - then His Grace is extended to you now and in the hereafter.
By choice, this may be lost. But most who truly embrace a lifetime of following this path never depart from it. Either way, there is no “completion,” as you have put it.