Tag: 2 Nephi
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Emphasis on Joseph
Why did Lehi put so much emphasis on the project concerning Joseph Smith if, as I suspect, he didn’t anticipate that the fruit of the line of Joseph that would fulfill the promise would come anytime near the lifetime of the son he was teaching? Perhaps he felt that knowing if that project would give…
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Logical instruction
The teachings of Lehi about opposition are very logically dependent. The logical structure lens increased power to the instruction.
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Powerful doctrine
Jacob was very spiritually mature to be ready to receive the doctrine that Lehi taught when he was speaking to him before Lehi finished his mortal life.
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Chastened or invited?
Laman and Lemuel could either have felt chastened by their father’s words or invited to improve. I’m sure they felt chastened while he meant for them to feel an invitation to live righteously.
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“When I came there was no man. “
Ite impression that there was some specific attribute (or critical set of attributes) of manhood that the Kids find lacking among Israel when He came. I wonder what it was specifically.
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“Kings shall be thy nursing fathers and their queens thy nursing mothers”
How could people believe that the kings of the earth would act as servants to the Jews? And yet, despite so much hated leveled against them, the actions of world leaders have served to promote the welfare and benefit of Jews in every age. Obviously not each individual world leader but world leaders in general…
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Prayer plants the seed of faith
When the people ask Alma how to plant the seed of faith he instructed them to pray. When Amulek follows Alma in assisting he tells them again to pray. When Nephi teaches concerning Christ and writes of the path to salvation through the gate of baptism he follows that up by inviting any who wish…
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Men are free according to the flesh
I think it is an important qualification that men are free according to the flesh and have been given all things which are expedient for man.
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Land of liberty
This land was intended to be a land of liberty. Lehi and Mosiah both foretold it, but as we celebrate liberty today it is clear that we are presently squandering the liberty that the Lord has granted us.
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I find no comfort
Having been casually but deeply cut emotionally in front of the kids by Laura I’m looking for some kind of peace. She is completely clueless about why or how her words were hurtful. She had no idea how damaging they were in their delivery nor how haughty she is to have thought them – let…