Tag: 3 Nephi

We should keep our focus as much as possible on the van in our own eye and on our own fruit rather than paying primary attention to the most in our brothers eye out the fruit of his works.

When Christ came to the neighbors His first task after establishing His identity was to set clear boundaries about what was expected among those following Him. He defined baptism and the behaviors of disciples.

I realized that the people breaking into tribes in our day could be different than the government being dissolved, it could be more like political parties fracturing so that we have many smaller parties with different regional mixes. I also realized the the timing of this breaking for the neighbors is interesting—less than two years…

I feel like we are not far removed from the Nephite society not many years after they had destroyed the Gadianton robbers when they turned quickly from righteousness to wickedness. We feel that unstable and there are certainly those who wish for a king figure (regardless of what official title he might hold).

I’m an constantly amazed at how bold Giddianhi was in declaring his intentions. It makes me wonder if we will ever see someone so boldly wicked in our time. I wouldn’t count on it but I wouldn’t rule it out either.

The period of righteousness after the sign of the coming of Christ was extremely short. It was less than 5 years before the people as a whole were actively disbelieving the signs that they saw.

How many gentiles receive this invitation and recognize what blessings await those who are numbered among the people of Christ?

I get the impression here that Christ understand how the gentiles without the fullness of the restored gospel could be inclined to look down upon the ancient covenant people because if their having rejected Christ at his coming. He clearly expects that with the fullness of the gospel they would instead feel kinship with the…

I can only imagine the various works that we accomplished by the four sanctified disciples of Christ who were never to taste of death. During centuries of spiritual darkness in earth they would have done things to keep candles of faith alive and move the work forward at crucial moments. How many people throughout history…

It seems clear that John the revelator was given a blessing of his choice like the Nephite disciples. That makes me wonder if all the apostles from Jesus’ earthly ministry were given a blessing of their choice (perhaps when Christ ascended to heaven from ministering to them). If so, it would be interesting to learn…