Tag: Alma
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27 October 2007
Alma 14I think that as Alma was telling Amulek that they were not to stretch forth their hands to save the people he knew that the people of Ammonihah were doomed to destruction. He knew by this open and blatant act of defiance, shedding the blood of innocent and defenseless people in retaliation against the…
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26 October 2007
Alma 13It is interesting to think about what Alma did or didn’t know as far as gospel details go. He knew the basic plan of salvation and had a solid testimony of it, but he did not apparently know when Christ would come. to us it is simple to read the words of Nephi and…
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25 October 2007
Alma 12Alma really knew how to speak to Zeezrom because he had once been such an ardent and effective opponent of the church. I love how he tells Zeezrom that “this subtle plan” was “a plan of thine adversary.” Despite how hard Zeezrom has been fighting him, Alma does not suggest that Satan is a…
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24 October 2007
Alma 11“Zeezrom was a man who was expert in the devices of the devil.”It occurs to me that the same thing could probably have been said of Alma from his days opposing the church.
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23 October 2007
Alma 10The craftiness of the Lawyers, making crimes appear by trapping people, or helping people get free on technicalities sounds like our day. They would try to make those who would testify of the truth to appear guilty instead so long as they could get employment.
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22 October 2007
Alma 9I wonder if Alma had an experience like Abinadi in that the people could not lay hold of him when they wanted to, but was protected by the Spirit while he delivered his message. I have always been conscious of the recitations of how the Nephites had been preserved, and how the Lord could…
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21 October 2007
Alma 8I know that my assumption when new cities are mentioned is that they came out from the more established areas of the Nephites. They may be true, but I realized that we don’t always know that. The people of Ammonihah sound as if they were never believers in the church. I believe they came…
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20 October 2007
Alma 6 – 7“See that ye have faith, hope, and charity, and then ye will always abound in good works.” (Alma 7:24)I realized today why this is true. If we have faith in Christ we will trust him and worry less about our material concerns. If we have hope in Christ we will not be…
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19 October 2007
Alma 5When Alma tells the people that the Good Shepherd is calling them with His own name, he is reminding them of the time under king Benjamin when they were told that the Lord was giving them a new name, even His name. I can just hear the love of the invitation to repent. I…
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18 October 2007
Alma 3 – 4I used to be surprised by how quickly the Nephites could go from righteous to wicked, but as I look more closely at my life and our society I am no longer surprised. The only reason that we don’t seem to have such wide swings is that our whole society is not…