Alma 5: 1-32
There is great value in remembering the captivity of our fathers, or in other words, remembering the trials they endured which shaped their character and form the foundation of our identity as a people. The key here is that the value often lies in the broad strokes of remembering more than in the specific details of the events and experiences. Too much focus on the details can sometimes draw our attention away from the larger picture, or from our present reality. The real value in remembering is to put a context for us to answer the questions that Alma lists here:
- Have ye spiritually been born of God?
- Have ye received his image in your countenances?
- Have ye experienced this mighty change in your hearts? Do ye exercise faith in the redemption of him who created you?
- Do you look forward with an eye of faith, and view this mortal body raised in immortality, and this corruption raised in incorruption, to stand before God to be judged according to the deeds which have been done in the mortal body?
- I say unto you, can you imagine to yourselves that ye hear the voice of the Lord, saying unto you, in that day: Come unto me ye blessed, for behold, your works have been the works of righteousness upon the face of the earth?