Tag: 2 Nephi

People who recognize as believe that they have the ability to exercise their agency feel hope but those who feel trapped feel girls even if things are generally going well for them.

Lehi told his sons that when his seed would no longer serve God they would fight among themselves continually. That sounds like what we know if maybe American culture at the time the Europeans settled – they were consistently fighting against other tribes. The same seems true today – as we gravitate away from righteousness…

I love the testimony of Christ that Nephi offers. “If they are not the words of Christ judge ye, for Christ will show you at the last day that they are His words.”

Nephi’s counsel to his people about not writing off the gentiles but understanding that the Lord covenants with all those and only those who believe in Him is a lesson to all disciples. We must always see people as individuals, specifically individuals with infinite potential as children of God.

I just realized the meaning of the phrases about robbing the poor because of fine sanctuaries and fine clothing. It means that when people spend their resources on those fine things rather than seeking to aid the poor it is robbery against those they have a moral obligation to help. For those who are honestly…

I have the impression that the time will come when the gold plates will be revealed again to men when the words of the sealed portion shall be read upon the rooftops by the power of God.

Did the people of Nephi who heard his prophecy concerning their descendants being visited by Christ rejoice in that knowledge?

When Nephi says that he is speaking plainly that no man can err he isn’t kidding.

The message at the end if the section of it is interesting. Essentially he is saying that a judgement will come where all shall be addicted except those who have been downtrodden.

The covenant people shall go from being conquered to overthrowing the conquerer of the earth. They shall go from ignoring and trampling the command of their God and complaining that He has abandoned them to praising Him and trusting in Him over anything else.