Tag: 1 Nephi
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3 January 1997
1 Nephi 8:24Lehi views those who hold to the rod and press forward through the mist of darkness. These are they who come forth and partake of the fruit of the tree of life. The best definition I can come up with for the mist of darkness is that as we attempt to pass gates…
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2 January 1997
1 Nephi 8: 1 – 23Lehi has his vision of the tree of life. A man tells Lehi to follow him. Lehi follows but he is in darkness. He had faith to follow so he followed. After a while he exercises faith as he prayed to the Lord for mercy. Then he saw a large…
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1 January 1997
1 Nephi 5:10 – 7:22Lehi gave thanks to God (probably in prayer) and then began to study the scriptures. The scriptures tell of his genealogy and give accounts of God’s merciful dealings with the children of men. Nephi states that they found that the scriptures were desirable. We must find that they are “desirable” to…
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31 December 1996
1 Nephi 4 – 5:9Nephi again says “Let us be faithful” and asserts that the Lord is more powerful than Laban. Nephi gives examples of the Lord’s power in action. Laman and Lemuel follow grudgingly. After using their own reasoning and failing twice Nephi now has the Spirit to guide him – he had already…
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30 December 1996
1 Nephi 3Lehi tells Nephi that he has been commanded to send Nephi and his brothers back to Jerusalem. Laman and lemuel complain, but because Nephi already had a testimony his response was “I will go and do.” Lehi recognized that attitude as a sign that Nephi had been blessed by the Lord. Nephi and…
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29 December 1996
1 Nephi 2Lehi is told that he is blessed for his obedience and that the people want to kill him. Then he is Commanded to leave. This teaches a little about comfort zones. If Lehi had stayed in his comfort zone the people would not want to kill him, but he would not have been…
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28 December 1996
1 Nephi 1Nephi says that he was educated and that he has seen afflictions, and then he considers himself to be highly favored of the Lord. Because of his “great knowledge of God” he is making this record, perhaps to record those blessings and show a record of the Lord’s mercy to His people. Nephi…