Tag: Alma

How often do we overlook the greatest generosity of the Nephites with regard to the people of Ammon—they fought and died to protect the people of Ammon before there was any opportunity to receive the promised portion of their crops that was intended to sustain the Nephite army for their protection.

I wondered why the Amalekites were so intent upon shedding blood. They fought the people of Ammon but found it unsatisfying then fought the neighbors and found it unsuccessful before returning to satiate themselves by killing those who would not defend themselves. (I would have found that humiliating.) The Lord told Ammon that Satan had…

Aaron was concerned that Ammon was focused on his own works. Ammon’s boasting however was not in what he had done but in what God had done which he was blessed to see. It is easy for people to be focused inward but important for them to stay focused on God.

It seems likely that these Lamanite converts had a more accurate view of the role of the law of Moses than many of the neighbors likely had.

When people reject the truth they become more hardened against it than if they were never converted. It’s like tempered steel or tempered glass. This does not mean that they can’t repent, it simply means the barrier to conversion is higher after a prior conversion (or at least participation) has once been rejected.

The way of righteous leadership is not to compel people to convert (the Spanish inquisition) but simply to remove barriers that would impede the spreading of the word.

Aaron didn’t have the luxury of waiting 3 days for the father of Lamoni to wake up the Ammon had with Lamoni. When he saw trouble brewing because of the command of the queen who didn’t know what was happening he recognized that it was time to intervene and raise the king.

It’s interesting that the Amalekites brought the teachings of Nehor with them when they joined the Lamanites and that the Amulonites who had never lived among the Nephites were so ready to adopt those vain and flattering teachings.

The father of Lamoni has probably spent the bulk of his life feeling powerful. He was accustomed to being obeyed and more than likely he had history and skill in combat. When Lamoni refused to obey him and then Ammon took him out of the fight it must have really shaken his self image. We…

Based on the carrots arguments being made the the people of Lamoni while Ammon and the king were still unconscious it is ready to see that this people was prepared to hear and accept the word.