David Journal

Tag: 1 Nephi

  • Nephi ben Lehi

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    I can’t decode if it would be easier to be righteous while living in the midst of great wickedness or while living in the must of great wilderness. In the one car you would have ample opportunity to benefit and collaborate with others in meeting the material needs of your family but you would be…

  • Lehi

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    At times I wonder how religious Lehi was earlier in his life before he received his call to preach in Jerusalem and later removed his family from that wickedness. We really have no way or need to know the answer to that. The important thing for us to know is that once lehi answered the…

  • Affliction

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    “I have refined thee. I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.” Affliction that comes because of or discipleship probably hold a special place in the refining process. I’m noticing how prominent this is one the period from Daniel to the restoration of Jerusalem during the reign of Darius.

  • 10 January 2014

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    1 Nephi 20 – 22 Nephi read those passages of Isaiah to his brothers to give them an uplifting, hopeful view of what the Lord had in store for them in this new land. Some of what he seems to have said to them might not have madee sense since it related directly to things…

  • 9 January 2014

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    1 Nephi 18–19 I think the rudeness and wickedness of Laman, Lemuel, and the sons of Ishmael can be attributed to idleness. I believe that’s the same thing that brought the Children of Israel to build the golden calf while Moses was on Mount Sinai as well. Idleness is a curse spiritually.

  • 8 January 2014

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    1 Nephi 17 What did Nephi’s brothers use their time to do after they arrived at the land they called Bountiful? If they thought they were settling they should have been building more permanent dwelling places. Otherwise they should have been busy preparing for further journeys.

  • 7 January 2014

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    1 Nephi 15–16 After what he had seen, the answers to these questions we abundantly clear to Nephi. I wonder if his brothers were surprised when Nephi made corrections to what Lehi had said about his dream.

  • 6 January 2014

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    1 Nephi 13–14 I wonder if the great church is the Catholic Church in the sense that it was what was formed from the Nicene council which, while the creed from that council is still accepted as the basis for the orthodox definition of Christian belief, was called together for the purpose of coopting a…

  • 5 January 2014

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    1 Nephi 8–12 Some details of Lehi’s dream are most particularly for him (wandering for His in darkness before praying and the fact that Laman and Lemuel wouldn’t need him for example). Some day I’d love to have my own vision of the tree of life and see what personal details the Lord would include…

  • 4 January 2014

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    1 Nephi 4–7 I wonder if Nephi initially recognized the first promoting to kill Laban as coming from the Spirit. Perhaps at first he thought it was his own wish for an easy way out of this challenge. Why was Laban wearing his armour when he was supposedly out with the elders of the Jews?…