Tag: Alma

Having a mighty change of heart once isn’t the pinnacle of spiritual progress but it increases your responsibility for your spiritual state because it removes the excuse of ignorance.

Every single person can and should be spiritually born of God. That is a status which each person can attain and unless they again that no person will be settled in the gospel. For those who have experienced such a change of heart that must not rest on the past assuming that one change will…

When alma devoured himself to placing full time by giving up the judgement seat his first message was to remind the people of the beginnings of the church and to encourage them to remember that beginning and their own spiritual history.

The price of the church spoken of here is a very real possibility in our day. Those who looked down on the poor were not necessarily the rich (some were I’m sure but looking down with scorn or disdain doesn’t require wealth, just pride).

The fallout from war generally hit the Nephites harder than the Lamanites because the ward were almost always waged in Nephite lands which meant that it was Nephite crops that were trampled, not Lamanite crops.

When one part of the group choose to reject teachings regarding God there must be some way for the righteous to recognize the rebellious so that they have the ability to preserve the faith in their children.

Amlici adapted his strategy to his opportunities. He sought to be mage King by the voice of the people, then tried to take it by force, then joined with the Lamanites to try bringing the Nephites into subjection.

The people who set their hearts upon riches were able to gain weakly or at least appear wealthy with their visit apparel but those who focused on industry and sharing their substance with those in need became truly wealthy over time.

The law had no hold on Nehor based on his teachings. It was only when he took action by killing Gideon that there was a way to punish him according to the law. Alma noted how destructive priestcraft was, but he punished Nehor fit murder, not for promoting priestcraft.