Merit no flesh that can dwell in the presence of God, save it be through the merits … of the Holy Messiah, 2 Ne. 2:8. man … could not merit anything of himself, Alma 22:14. taken away the guilt from our hearts, through the merits of his Son, Alma 24:10. relying alone upon the merits of Christ, Moro. 6:4 (D&C 3:20).