Tag: Alma
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Looking for our Moroni
How do we get a person or people who will consistently point people towards what is truly important and will keep their focus on establishing and justice rather than selling for power, prestige, and punishment of their enemies? Those are the kind of we need right now—the more the better.
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Another matching pattern
I see the pattern of these wars in our recent history. The Nephites were threatened by an external force and resisted it only to soon be threatened by an internal force. Zerahemnah and his armies attacked and were defeated similar to the United States being attacked by Osama Bin Laden who we eventually defeated. Not…
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Moroni’s motivation
Morning is known for being a military leader but he consistently avoided bloodshed wherever possible because his aim wasn’t to punish enemies, it was to protect his people. That reminds me of Tim Walz who responded to people chanting “lock him (Trump) up” by saying it was more important to beat him handily at the…
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Anger as a tool
His designs were to stir up the {people} to anger … that he might usurp great power over them. Alma 43:8 I’ve been thinking about this concept a lot lately (without any particular reference). Using division and anger to motivate people is NOT how the Lord works nor does He condone his followers using such…
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What changed in the Fall?
…they had become carnal, sensual, and devilish, by nature… Alma 42:10 Perhaps I am reading too much into this but it sounds like the result of the fall was that human nature changed to become carnal, sensual, and devilish—as is before that, in their state of innocence, they were motivated by something other than base…
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Restoration vs Transformation
The concepts of restoration and transformation are both foundational to the plan of salvation but they are two separate things that each have a place. Alma presents two lists: Restoration is what happens at the judgement when God takes the inputs of desire and action by each individual and outputs an eternal version of them…
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What made Alma question?
I wonder what prompted Alma to diligently seek answers concerning the state of the soul between death and the resurrection. I feel confident in thinking that his time of dread before turning to Christ informed his understanding of the awful state of the wicked. Perhaps the day of family members has him asking “I know…
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Men are their own judges
For behold, {men} are their own judges, whether to do good or do evil. Alma 41:7 This is the whole point of agency and is the reason that with full facts laid before them nobody will have cause to complain that their final judgement is unjust because they will recognize that any variance from unvarnished…
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Preliminary judgement
The thing that Alma asked “may be called a resurrection” is really a preliminary judgement. There is no reuniting of the spirit and the body (resurrection) but merely a differentiation between those who were primarily good and earnest who find themselves in a state of peace and those who tried to get away with ignoring…
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Give heed to the counsel of your brothers
Alma encouraging Coronation to listen to the counsel of his brothers suggests that he expected that his time and availability were limited. It also teaches us that we should look to our righteous peers and not limit our learning to those with more experience than we have.