Tag: 1 Nephi

1 Nephi 3 – 4Nephi’s strong response may have been the more sure because he had so recently received his assurance from the Lord of the validity of his father’s prophetic mission. I’m sure that Laman and Lemuel only agreed to try taking their riches to buy the plates because such a plan made sense…

1 Nephi 2It is interesting that the first thing we really learn about Nephi is that he had great desires to know the truth and he does not take credit for believing – the credit goes to the Lord who answered his prayer for understanding.

1 Nephi 1“Because I have a great knowledge of the goodness of the Lord I make a record of my proceedings.” In other words, if I knew not his goodness I would see no reason to keep a record.

1 Nephi 22All the judgments and prophecies of destruction will come to pass, but the righteous will be spared by the Lord so that they need not worry about the pronouncements of destruction. They need only maintain their righteousness.

1 Nephi 18 – 19I never realized before that the record keepers did exactly as Nephi instructed. They handed the records down from generation to generate or from prophet to prophet. I also realize that the judgments against the house of Israel for killing the Savior were visited most upon those who were at Jerusalem…

1 Nephi 17I never realized that Nephi had already seen the vision of himself building the ship before he asked about how to make the tools. He knew what the tools would look like and he knew how the ship would be built. He asked about making tools because he could see the other materials…

1 Nephi 16While most of the people around him were complaining that they had lost their hunting gear, Nephi set about making a bow. I’m sure that’s not all he did, nor was it his idea to fix this problem himself. I’ll bet that while he was making the bow he was saddened to overhear…

1 Nephi 14 – 15Nephi was told, minus naming names, that the brother of Jared had seen the vision that he and John had seen of all things. Doubtless this is the same vision that Moses and Enoch were shown. I wonder that a person could remain mortal after being shown so much detail of…

1 Nephi 12 – 13I had never noticed before that the Savior said to Nephi that “I will bring forth unto [the gentiles] . . . much of my gospel” (1 Nephi 13:34) I wonder if that is an allusion to the book of the 10 tribes for the fullness of the gospel, or an…