Tag: 2 Nephi

I keep thinking about those who say that all we need to do is confess Christ with our mouth to be saved. They believe that parking of ordinances is relying on works rather than grace but I have come to realize that the various ordinances are structured ways that we confess Christ publicly in our…

For we know that it is by grace that we are saved, after all we can do. 2 Nephi 25:23 This verse seems to cause confusion because of how it is worded. Too many people think “after all we can do” means that we put in “all we can do” first and then grace comes…

It is clear that the prophecies about Israel being redeemed into their promised land have begun to be fulfilled. They have been carried to the lands of their insurance and they have become rulers over some that had been their oppressors historically. It is only partially fulfilled though because it also says that the whole…

When Isaiah says that the Lord will stir up the Medes “who shall not regard good nor silver” I assume that they had a reputation in his time. While this prophecy was specifically about a time when the Medes would be a tool in the hand of the Lord I think it is also a…

O Lord, I will praise thee; though thou wast angry with me… It is interesting to consider why someone would come to praise the Lord after He was angry with them. Do I praise Him simply because now “thou comfortedst me” or do I begin to praise Him because I have come to understand and…

I think when God causes a division among the people and proceeds to destroy the wicked there will be many people surprised at the number of Christians and even latter-day saints who are on the wrong side of that division. It will be even more jarring to see those professed Christians on the wrong side…

There will come a day when all the sealed words from the gold plates will be revealed to the world but that will not come in a day of wickedness. That being the case it would not surprise me if, when those words are revealed publicly, they are revealed with the gold plates being down…

Did the Jews recognize the significance of the fact that the gentiles would seek the stem of Jesse specifically and not Israel generally? When Isaiah had said that the blessings of the covenant will be carried to and by the gentiles before Israel is gathered again this seeking if the stem of Jesse should be…

I keep having the impression that those who follow the Lord can be effectively identified by how they treat the poor, downtrodden, and oppressed. Not only will they treat them humanely but they will seek to alleviate suffering and will support methods to ease the burdens of their fellows and put an end to systemic…