Tag: 1 Nephi

I wonder if the ability to expand upon doctrine us a hallmark of those who have truly come to know for themselves, as Nephi was able to know that his father had failed to notice the filthiness of the river.

When someone sees the great vision there are parts which are universal for all such visions and parts which are personalized. I suspect that the parts talking about the coming of Christ and his atonement are universal but anything after that is personalized.

As I hear of Lehi’s dream where his eldest son’s would not he’s him I think on the fact that any decent father, no matter how little light he may have, will invite his children toward anything he had found to be good. If his life is full of sorrow he is more likely to…

Laman and Lemuel were willing to complain and even your Nephi up but they are too week to actually strike out on their own. When Nephi tells them that they are free to return to Jerusalem they opt to stay with their parents and go into the wilderness.

In talking with Zoram as they took the plates outside the city Nephi probably learned that Zoram was a righteous man who would be open to the “surely the Lord has commanded it” argument.

What did Laman and Lemuel trembled before Lehi? Was it simply the Spirit as he spoke the truth or did they fear their father for other reasons (social pressures and expectations).

I’ve always found it interesting that Nephi wow an introduction to the first book of Nephi but no other book in the Book of Mormon has such an introduction. Tonight I realized that the reason for that was that Nephi was introducing his small plates where he was writing a second record which mirrored much…

I wonder if his brothers recognized as Nephi shifted from simply answering the meaning of the words of Isaiah to expounding on their meaning based on what he had learned from the vision he had after selling to understand the vision of the Tree of Life.

Isaiah soaks with supreme confidence the words of a God that has complete confidence. The time of these chapters is if it assurance that the Lord can deliver whatever He promises to His people.

Being ignored can feel like being trampled but Christ recognized the difference and thus was able to suffer the nanny painful ways that the people set at naught His counsels. Any parent must learn that skill unless they are going to be content allowing their natural reactions at being dismissed to further wide their ability…