Tag: 2 Nephi

I’ve always thought of this as people chasing after and doing the bidding of actual children (which we certainly see) but today I realized that we are watching at scale as technical adults who act like children and think like children and throw temper tantrums like children and increasingly in charge of very adult institutions…

It is clear that the day of the Lord of hosts has not come yet because we are still clearly in the time that will precede that where people are lifted up in pride and worshipping the work of their hands and mistreating the poor.

Nephi knew how to stay focused and make his decisions based on the most fundamental thing. He used his words to testify of Christ and he based his decisions about what to share based on the sin to prove to the people the spiritual necessity of building faith in Christ. The focus on Christ is…

Jacob lays out clearly the conditions for being blessed upon the promised land—don’t fight against Zion and have God as your god. This applies to the children of Israel—specifically the seed of Lehi—as well as the gentiles who will be less to the land later. Those conditions for blessings really aren’t specific to the promised…

Contrary to most Christian sects, Jacob teaches of a plan whereby people are not condemned in ignorance. Those who have not been given the law are covered by the Atonement of Christ. Some people might conclude that leaving people in ignorance is the easiest way to save most of His children but they fail to…

This is a good example of the interplay between agency and grace. The Lord would willingly write his law in the heart of every person but we have to allow it to happen. On the other hand, we can’t write His law in our hearts all we can do is allow Him to do His…

Joseph Smith called Section 88 of the Doctrine and Covenants (if my memory is accurate) an olive leaf from the Lord. I feel that same way about 2 Nephi 9.

Isaiah is recommending to the Jews that they look to Abraham but imagine who Abraham would have looked to. Ultimately, good is the rock from whence we were hewn and we should look to Him and to His plan for strength and comfort

Whenever we feel abandoned by the Lord we should remind ourselves that the Lord does not put his children away. Someone we put ourselves away through iniquity. Other times we feel put away perhaps because of some spiritual or emotional interference but the Lord never abandons anyone.