Tag: 2 Nephi

The blessing that Lehi have to the children of Laman and Lemuel was based on his belief that they would be faithful if they were taught righteously. Generations later when the people of Ammon would not be swayed from the path of righteousness once they had accepted it it showed the accuracy of Lehi’s stated…

I have wondered why Lehi would tell Joseph that he was born in the days of his (Lehi’s) greatest sorrow. A possibility I had never considered before is that he was calling Joseph a light in the trying days.

I never thought of it before but some of the early parts of what Lehi said to Jacob sounds almost as if he was giving him a blessing of counsel for his life. Later it just sounds like passing on his wisdom and testimony for all his children.

Laman and Lemuel might well have heard chastisement from Lehi but the message he wanted to cover was one of hope and promise if they would heed his advice.

I have doubted Nephi when he said that his written words were less powerful than the spoken words among his people. I trained that the spoken words were powerful to Nephi because He was receptive to the Spirit just as his written words are powerful to me when I am receptive to the Spirit. There…

Without prayer how can anyone hope to arrive at any lasting truth?

Nativii makes clear that the promises of the Lord are to those who covenant with the Lord whether Jew or gentile. Nobody can rely on their lineage without making covenants. Likewise nobody who makes and keeps covenants needs to fear because of their lineage.

The Lord asks why the people murmur when they learn of more words from Him. That should bea joyous thing to His people. He’s surely not surprised however because He understands the human tendency to favor the status quo over change. It’s like our kids complaining when we try to change gears it when we…

What is the sender of “eat, drink, and be merry” if not “live in the moment and don’t worry about pursuing anything greater than the wishes if the moment”? That is precisely the kind of thinking that dulls the senses and puts of the influence of the Spirit which points to the eternal.

All the nations of the earth, gentiles as well as Jews shall be drunken with iniquity and in the last days the poor and humble shall increase. Those both feel true.