Tag: 3 Nephi

3 Nephi 18 I don’t know if I had previously recognized the significance if the fact that Christ shared the sacrament at His first visit but not until after He had first told the people He had to leave. Perhaps their faith had been strengthened after the healing of the such and blessing of the…

3 Nephi 17 When Christ saw that the people weren’t ready for all His words He told them He would return on the morrow but when He saw their desire He offered to heal their sick rather than teach more doctrine.

3 Nephi 15 – 16 How is it that I never noticed that Christ thrice repeated the passage about going to other sheep. First, He quoted it to explain that He said that much to the brethren at Jerusalem before being commanded to say no more on the subject to them . Next, He quoted…

3 Nephi 14 It is interesting to note that the Savior taught different things to the disciples than to the multitude. He told the disciples not to worry about their temporal needs. Then he told the multitude not to judge (possibly as a precaution lest they judge the different way the disciples approached things if…

3 Nephi 13 We aren’t supposed to do good works with the intent to be seen by men for those good works. On the other hand, there are times when it does more good to have your good works known. For example, Laura and I choose to donate enough money to a pornography recovery movie…

3 Nephi 12 I wonder how much of being reviled and persecuted any of those who were present when Christ first visited encountered considering that all the people were soon converted and stayed that way for over 100 years. Perhaps they did experience some persecution and reviling in early years from some who were show…

3 Nephi 11 Some have speculated that the people of the church had gathered to the area around the temple at Bountiful. That might be true but even if it isn’t the Lord would have inspired those men who would be His disciples to gather to that region either before the sign off His death…

3 Nephi 8 – 10 There is a part of me that would love to live through a time when something happens which is so incredible that the people almost universally acknowledged it as the work of God. I’d like to witness how the people respond in the immediate aftermath and over time. If Christ…

3 Nephi 7 I’ll bet that frustration at seeing the return of murdering the chief judge is a big part of the reason that people simply fractured society rather than try to remain cohesive. It’s interesting to notice that in an unrighteous society the fraction of the people who were the most wicked had greater…

3 Nephi 6 Seven years before Christ came Mormon declares that there was nothing to hinder the people from prospering continually. Within 3 years the church itself had broken apart. I think it is noteworthy that those who covenanted to defy the law were lawyers and judges—the very people who had sworn to uphold it.