Tag: 3 Nephi
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11 January 2008
3 Nephi 13It could be very easy to get so caught up in “do not your alms to be seen of men” that we fail to do alms at times when we might “get caught.” The real issue is why we do alms or pray or fast, not when.
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10 January 2008
3 Nephi 12This is the practical gospel, none of the technicalities or mechanics of how the plan works, but just how to live to partake of it. This is the golden rule in action. That is why the Savior gave it verbatim in his mortal ministry and among the Nephites.
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9 January 2008
3 Nephi 11When Christ publicly called Nephi and the others he did do, not as a particular surprise to them, but to show the people who had the authority to do His work. There were many who survived who had been confused among the various religious views that had been taught before the destruction. Thus…
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8 January 2008
3 Nephi 10I can’t say that I am surprised, but I had never noticed before that some people suffocated during the darkness (They were “overpowered by the vapor of smoke and of darkness”). Christ promised as he spoke that the Jews would flourish after the promises made to their fathers were fulfilled though their days…
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7 January 2008
3 Nephi 9I wonder if there was greater wickedness and thus greater destruction, or destruction of a greater part of the population among those who lived within the cities (especially larger cities). This is pure speculation, but I could conceive that those who lived outside the cities, keeping to themselves and living off of the…
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6 January 2008
Why did I never recognize that at the time of the sign of the death of Christ that the Nephites had no central authority. They were not one people in any sense of the word save for a common ancestry. Each man, each family, each tribe was responsible for their own choices and felt the…
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5 January 2008
3 Nephi 7 When I look at this dissolution of the government and the breaking up of the people into tribes I ask myself if such a thing could happen today. My answer has to be yes. I believe that it could happen. I don’t know if it will, but it could. We are already…
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4 January 2008
3 Nephi 6Notice that there were many, lawyers, officers, and merchants. In other words, there were many people who did not produce anything for their livelihood. Merchants depend on the movement of goods, regardless of the real value of the goods. There is some benefit in having some merchants, judges, and officers, but too many…
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3 January 2008
3 Nephi 5I get such a feeling of the great effort of Mormon and all the other record keepers in preserving the history of the Nephites according tot he spirit of prophecy. It must have pained them so see a people among whom nobody doubted the prophecies turn within 8 years to the complete dissolution…
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2 January 2008
3 Nephi 4When reading of the wars and tactics of the Nephites, I think it is easy to see the successful tactics and forget that the reason for their success was that they were predicated on a people who were trusting to God for their success.