Tag: 2 Nephi

The power of the Holy Ghost is the power to testify of truth. Agency is the power to accept or reject truth when it is presented to us. The holy ghost can testify of truth more easily when it is being directly given than when it is simply written but the power of the words…

The keys to ensuring to the end are to get upon the words of Christ and pray to know His will.

One of the hallmarks of the plain prophesying of Nephi is that he brings the prophecy down to a point where those hearing him can act on his words. He reminds them that the doctrine of Christ invites them to act by following the example of Christ – specifically to be baptized and to endure…

The are primary steps from darkness to peace. First, the gospel shall go to the gentiles and then to the remnant of the seed of Lehi. Second, the Lord will destroy the wicked and preserve the righteous. Third, the will be peace in all the world such that the lion and the lamb may lie…

We have the words of the Jews and if the Nephites and we can clearly expect to gain the words of the lost tribes of Israel at some point but the Lord declares that He speaks to all nations. Will we, at some point, receive inspired records from yet other nations?

Nephi tells us that there is no deliverance from the awful chains of the devil but that deserves clarification. There is no deliverance from those awful chains by the power of the arm of flesh but the Atonement of Christ is fully sufficient to lose is from those awful chains if we will come to…

This project seems to clearly indicate that Joseph Smith doesn’t sound time doubting his ability to translate the Book of Mormon – perhaps thinking he should enlist the aid of a scholar. If so it was most likely during the four years before receiving the plates when Moroni would come to instruct him.

The book of Mormon speaks with a voice that is comfortable to ask those who really love God insist as they have knowledge of Him. If it works to us in that way we can feel confident that we are prepared to hear His word for us. As this spoke of the laborer in Zion…

When Nephi speaks in plainness regarding the prophecies of Isaiah the message is this: whether living the law of Moses before the coming of Christ or leaving the law of Moses behind after the Atonement of Christ – in all cases salvation is through Christ and we must look to Christ in order to live…

Those who wait upon the Lord may have trials and terrible but will finally be rewarded richly. Those that fight against Zion may prosper for a season but I’m the end they shall have the fruit of their iniquities and it will be clear who was in the Lord’s side.