Tag: 3 Nephi

Because of the things which had come to pass already they knew … Therefore they did forsake all their sins, and their abominations, and their whoredoms, and did serve God with all diligence. 3 Nephi 5:2-3 Despite the turmoil of blatant lawlessness, insurrection, social unrest, and a global pandemic all within the last 5 years…

As soon as Jesus had departed the people began to exert themselves. They did not rest up to wait for his return but dispersed to gather others so that they could share in His next arrival. Rest is important. Downtime is important. But sometimes we have to stretch ourselves and expend our energy to accomplish…

When Christ offers to heal the people He acknowledges that they have faith sufficient to be healed. It occurred to me today that this faith was connected to them having heard the voice of Christ in the darkness as He said “will ye not now return unto me, and repent of your sins, and be…

It occurred to me that the Gadianton Roberts had put themselves in a position where they could not reverse course and make peace with the Nephites on any terms. They couldn’t support themselves without plundering the Nephites and they had driven the Nephites into a defensive situation where they could never trust the robbers to…

…they began to be hard in their hearts, and blind in their minds, and began to disbelieve all which they had heard and seen. 3 Nephew 2:1 Is this where we are today? Is that why so many people are willing to at least consider voting for a man who, even under the mouse generous…

This is a pattern that with successive generations society moves toward greater wickedness or greater righteousness or greater consciousness of one issue or another. We can’t blame that movement solely on the rising generation. Part of it comes because of how they were raised and part of how it plays out depends on the ways…

It occurred to me today that people who are blinded—who have allowed themselves to be led captive by the devil—will not recognize good fruit vs evil fruit and thus will be incapable of discerning reliably between those who are good and those who are evil. I think we are seeing a lot of that today.…

As soon as Jesus turned to doctrine with the Nephites He began by sharing what is regarded as his most influential sermon—the Sermon on the Mount—so that they would be instructed equal to the Jews at Jerusalem even though he spent so much less time in Bountiful than in Judea.

I can imagine how cathartic it would be for the people to grieve over the destruction, pain, loss, and fear. That was only the first step. After they had time for that initial grief their attention was focused on the voice of Christ detailing the destruction and the reasons for it. Then they had hours…