Tag: Helaman

The Nephites relaxed their vigilance, thinking that their outer cities were fully guarded so that the defenses in the heart of their land were too soft to withstand the full Lamanite army. This led to get initial losses but Moroni hah was able to turn that into a final victory.

The people who did not wish to believe we’re willing to make up any excuse, no matter how baseless, to convince themselves that the prophets were driven by selfish motives. They would not believe the clear indications that the only motive was love and concern.

How did the Nephites feel when Samuel said that the Lamanites would be preserved even if they fell into iniquity because of their steadiness when they were converted.? Is it possible that they were envious it that they felt Samuel was suggesting that God would play favorites.

Surely there were many people in Zerahemla who heard the words of Samuel and quietly rejoiced to hear someone preaching publicly about Christ. While the rents if the city overall were wicked the were doubtless some righteous among them who felt they had to live their faith in hiding (and a small number like Nephi…

The call the repentance is a plea of love – not the angry cry to awake guilt that it is often accused of being. When the cry of repentance is made in anger it comes from the wrong place. If we hear that cry it is because either or hearts are won’t before the Lord…

How is it that men are so unwise as to forget the Lord just when he is blessing them? This isn’t true of all individuals but it is generally true of societies as a whole.

In a time of global pandemic it is easier to imagine what it would be like for the Lord to bring famine to stir the people up to repentance. In an age with so much political rancor it is easier to imagine an era of so much hated in the people that plague would be…

Nephi must have felt a great place at hearing the words of the Lord. That would have been tempered by the sorrow at seeing the wickedness and hard-heartedness of the people as he delivered his message.

The wicked judges thought they were clever enough to trap Nephi and frame him for the murder. They hired that he was as corrupt as they were and had arranged a murderer to convince people to follow him. In their attempted trap he showed another miracle which truly convinced some people that he was a…

Note the difference between the vague accusations of the wicked judges against Nephi and the specific prophecy of Nephi regarding the wickedness of their nation shown in the murder of their chief judge.