David Journal

Category: Scripture Notes

  • Animosity and pride

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    It seems to me from reading of the Nephites and Lamanites and from observing our nation that the preference of animosity and pride among us are key markers regarding how righteous we are as a people. When we tear people down and sow division we are distancing ourselves from the Spirit. When we see people…

  • Internal strive leads to external danger…again

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    Once again a Lamanite threat has success because the Nephites were busy quarreling internally and failed to have adequate defenses. It makes me wonder as I see our strident divisions what external threats might emerge against us (and when).

  • Internal division

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    Moroni had noted that the Lamanites we’re able to begin prosecuting this war because the neighbors were fighting along themselves at that time. I’m sure everything made sense to him when he was told that there was again an internal war between Nephites that was preventing his armies from getting the story they needed to…

  • Disparate results

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    Both Helaman and Moroni we’re laboring faithfully with insufficient temporal support to accomplish the task set before them. In the case of Helaman they were miraculously able to recapture all the lands in their quarter. In the car of Moroni they were unable to recapture everything. This is a reminder to us that the results…

  • Those who would have received it

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    The Lord knows who among the departed spirits would have received His gospel in mortality if they had the chance because they readily receive it in the spirit world when it is presented to them there.

  • The fall of Antiparah

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    The retaking of Antiparah should remind us to think carefully about our options. When Ammoron offered the city in exchange for prisoners we have reason to believe the offer was made because he knew that they were not strong enough to maintain the city anyway and figured he would try to get something in return…

  • Clearing the Lamanites

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    I’ve never before considered how Moroni cleared the Lamanites out of the east and west wilderness areas. I’ll bet that while he was forceful he was not cruel. I expect that they relocated the people and did not allow them the option to remain but that he did not kill any in the process.

  • A modern Moroni

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    We need (and have needed for a few years) a modern Moroni—someone who can and will rally people to defend their liberty in the face of the threats against it that are becoming every more obvious. When confronted with direct opposition those who followed Amalickiah began to doubt the righteousness of their cause such that…

  • Unwilling to listen

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    Notice how vastly different Moroni and Zerahemnah perceive the same situation. Moroni declared that they have been preserved by the Lord because of their faith and Zerahemnah arches that they were preserved by their armor and their cunning. Nothing Moroni could say would change the kind of Zerahemnah because he has no desire to believe…

  • Teaching by the Spirit

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    I’m sure Alma was guided by the Spirit in speaking to his sons—especially Corianton—but i wonder how much he knew in advance what he would say (at least the topics he would cover) and how much he figured out during the course of the conversation.