David Journal

Tag: Alma

  • What do I labor diligently for?

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    Moroni labored diligently to preserve His people and their liberty. I wonder what anyone would say I labor diligently for.

  • Living among Lamanites

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    It always used to aptitude me how easily Amalickiah fooled the Lamanites into accepting his rule. Now I look at how easily people are taken in by those who want to lead them and I am less surprised at his success.

  • Moroni and Amalickiah

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    I see the actions and appeal of both Moroni and Amalickiah differently now than I used to. Today we live in a time when large groups of people distrust what their guvernant is doing. That distrust is deep enough that they favor anyone not connected to the current centers of power. This is what drove…

  • Depressingly true

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    I’m sure as Helaman saw the people pursue wickedness despite his best efforts shortly after the prophecy of his father he must have felt that was confirmation of the prophecy of Alma.

  • Following the wrong leader

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    I feel for those people who were too weak to go against their leader and surrender and who were then killed before their leader concluded that surrender was the best option.

  • Captain Moroni

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    How was Moroni able to distinguish himself at such a young age to be given command of all the Nephite armies? He must have demonstrated both prudence and insisting on their earlier struggles with the Lamanites.

  • Space for repentance

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    A key to the plan of salvation was that man must have a space for repentance. Without that there would be no opportunity to change after sin. To have a space for repentance there had to be a clear cutoff to the probationary state. That clear cutoff is death. The nature of the soup at…

  • See that ye are merciful

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    Alma teaches Corianton that the restoration restored good for good and then counsels him to act in the way he would desire to be restored, to be merciful, just, righteous, and doing good. That is a good reminder that we need to practice what we wish to become so that what we want will be…

  • Looking for … the wrath of God

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    The fact that the wicked will be “looking for the fiery indignation of the wrath of God upon them” clearly indicates that they didn’t sin in ignorance. Those who were without the law may suffer from confusion but only to the extent that they had reason to believe in an afterlife with a judgement based…

  • Testify of Christ

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    Alma demonstrates the importance of hearing testimony of Christ as he beats that testimony to both of his faithful sons. The fact that they were already faithful was no reason to stop repeating his testimony of Christ. He also counseled Shiblon to continue in testifying of Christ to the people as he had already been…