Tag: Alma

Alma 22I love that the king was familiar with the concept of a god because of the Amalakites, but that nothing they had done was convincing while the character of Ammon and Arron was enough to convince him of their words.

Alma 21When Aaron and his brethren arrived among the Lamanites they came to a land that was peopled with Nephite dissenters (Amalekites and Amulonites) – no wonder they were more hardened. When the Amalekite challenged Aaron asking how Aaron could know they needed to repent Aaron simply asked if they believed in Christ. The Amalekite…

Alma 20Lamoni’s father was convinced that the Nephites could have no good design in being among the Lamanites. I wonder why Lamoni was surprised that his father was angry when he related why he missed the feast – there must be something more to his character than is revealed here. I wonder what Lamoni thought…

Alma 19I wonder what Ammon was doing for those two days? Perhaps he was praying for Lamoni and/or direction from the Lord. Did he, at any time believe that Lamoni had died? Ammon did understand what it was like to have so much darkness of mind that having the gospel of Christ truly revealed to…

Alma 18Lamoni was already a spiritual person – that is why he believed that Ammon was the Great Spirit and not simply an expert fighter. In fact Lamoni was virtually preaching to his servants about the Great Spirit here – even if his information was not correct he was genuinely spiritual – that is why…

Alma 17Mosiah was desirous to confer the kingdom on his sons. I’ll bet that their decision to leave on a mission directly led him to the idea of altering the system of government – perhaps it was even part of his prayer regarding whether they should be allowed to go. If Ammon knew of the…

Alma 15 – 16I wonder if they were commanded to leave by the spirit or by the people of Ammonihah (or both).The fact that Zeezrom leaped out of bed indicates that he truly has been converted to the message of Christ through the words of Alma.What an amazing period where the church had spread generally…

Alma 14Zeezrom must have been truly hardened to not have realized what effect his words had among the people – now that his heart was softened and he was able to see it is no wonder that he was so tormented with his actions that he fell ill. The sight of the people burning the…

Alma 13I believe that I am prepared to be a high priest now. I don’t know when I will be ordained as such, but I feel assured that I am qualified in my preparation.

Alma 12I love how Alma tells Zeezrom that Satan is an adversary to Zeezrom. I think the point of the statement that our thoughts would condemn us was to emphasize again that the Lord knows our thoughts as evidenced by the fact that Alma and Amulek were able to know the thoughts of Zeezrom. This…