David Journal

Tag: Mormon

  • Sad developments

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    I could just imagine the sorrow that Mormon felt as the disciples of Christ were withdrawn from the Nephites and as he observed that none received the Holy Ghost among the people. It must have felt hopeless and debilitating.

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    Know ye that ye must come to the knowledge of your fathers, and repent of all your sins and iniquities, and believe in Jesus Christ, that he is the Son of God, and that he was slain by the Jews, and by the power of the Father he hath risen again, whereby he hath gained…

  • Why did Mormon return?

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    Mormon knew that he had been commanded to observe. He knew that the Nephites had passed the point of repentance and would be destroyed. Why then did he chose to return to lead the people? Did he fell the Lord has authorized it? Did he fell that he couldn’t just stand aside? Did he think…

  • “I had loved them”

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    It takes a special strength to do as Mormon did, loving his people even while being clear-eyed about their wickedness.

  • Why that detail?

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    I wonder why it is that Moroni felt it necessary to explain the languages used by the Nephites for their records. What do we learn by knowing that the language was one that would have no known origin to modern academics? Is that a fact that would earn us that no 19th century escolar could…

  • Doubting nothing

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    I think it is important to note that the promise of receiving “whatsoever thing they should ask” is for those who”believe in Christ doubting nothing.” I have to imagine that those which such solid believe either all t for things differently than most or are very careful about what they ask because of the nature…

  • Eternal torment

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    I love how Moroni makes it so clear that those who reject Christ and His gospel would need more uncomfortable living with God and feeling their guilt at rejecting Christ than they would living with the tormented should in hell. We would not be happy enjoying higher blessings for eternity while feeling like hypocrites because…

  • The oppressed cry for vengeance

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    Those with means are lifted up in price and forget those in need but those in need will cry out for justice and the Lord will be mindful of their cries.

  • Seeing with the eye of faith

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    Moroni knew as he hid up the plates that they would come forth unto the fulfilling of the prophecies. How do I learn to truly see with the eye of faith? I can say that everything will work out but then I get discouraged as things get harder and I worry that they won’t really…

  • A sacred trust

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    Mormon recognized that even after the Nephites had been destroyed the care if the sacred records was not to be abandoned so long as a righteous person lived. With his people wiped out he only had himself and his son, Moroni, who could take charge of the plates. I expect that he told Moroni everything…