Tag: 3 Nephi

Before His mortal ministry the doctrine of Christ was that people should keep the law of Moses and look forward to the remission of sins through the Atonement of Christ. After His mortal ministry the divine became have faith in Christ unto repentance and covenant, through baptism in His name, to keep his commandments and…

Jesus introduces himself to the Nephites by testifying of what He has done and then inviting them to come and know for themselves that what He has said was true. When we testify of Christ our job is to testify of what He has done and then inviting this who hear to come to know…

Christ is unchanging in his love and concern for us – regardless of how we change in our attitudes towards Him and our efforts to keep or ignore His commandments. That is a fact that we should never forget if we are to truly have faith in Him.

After all that has been spoken and prophesied concerning the gentiles and concerning the latter days, now Mormon writes a direct invitation to the gentiles in the later days for them to claim the blessings in their individual lives that have been promised in the prophecies.

I love it when the prophets speak directly to us across the centuries. I feel the confirming voice of the spirit day, “this is for your day.”

The work of the three Nephites is to bring people unto Christ out of all the lost tribes of Israel. They will find those who are seeking and bring them to the knowledge of the truth. I’m sure they will find those who need to be influenced so that the work of the Lord may…

We forget sometimes that after Christ came there were still people who were hostile to the gospel for a time. These were not people who were near the land of Bountiful when He came. Eventually all the people in the lands of the Nephites and Lamanites (who were note I’ve united people) we converted but…

I wonder how the disciples felt about the knowledge that none of that generation would be lost. Did it give them extra confidence? Did it relax then? Did they feel pressure to make sure that none were lost?

Two simple criteria for the True church is that it must be built upon his gospel and it must be banned after Him who is the founder and finished if the faith. If it isn’t called by His name then it is promoting someone or some ideas not than Him. If it isn’t find upon…

After His brief ministry among the Nephites, the people continued to gather together and minister to one another. It seems to have come very naturally to the people that they had everything in common among them after His ministrations.