Tag: Mosiah

The children of Israel followed the law of Moses but many did not understand the doctrine behind it even though Moses taught the doctrine plainly. They choose to follow the works without care for the reasons. People do the same thing today all too often. That leads to people making covenants and then treating their…

I assume that Alma asked about the words of Isaiah in scripture. I suspect that he took confirm in those words and interpreted them to mean that the children of Israel could be relaxed because God would save them for their lineage.

The Lamanites must have discovered something they valued in the records of the Nephites to believe that they had been robbed when the Nephites took those records with them when they physically separated themselves from the Lamanites. Perhaps they came to realize that the written words had value in preserving their knowledge and their language…

Zeniff saw that which was good among the Lamanites and desired not to destroy them. He failed to recognize that just because there was good along them did not mean it would be safe to live in close proximity to them. For one thing he had no indication what they thought of his people before…

I never before considered the infuriated way that Limhi and Ammon go about recounting the history that has passed with each of their people and share records before they even begin planning to escape the Lamanites. Why were those things considered so important?

I’m sure that Limhi was happy that he had not acted hastily to kill the men he had taken for spies when he caught them with his guards. If he had he might never have known that the people of Zerahemla were yet alive.

After the people made their covenant Benjamin recorded their names so that they might be remembered and encouraged. While the covenants we make are individual the keeping of covenants Isa colective effort—that is, we do not leave people alone to weather the spiritual storms partly because the keeping of covenants requires that we teach out…

There is an important teaching pattern in the way that King Benjamin asks his people if they believe the words he has taught. He gives them a chance to affirm for themselves their belief which opens the door for them to both reiterate his words and offer a covenant because of what he taught. The…

Notice the pattern of communication. Benjamin delivered his message and they looked for an indication of whether it has been understood by the people. When he knew that it was understood then he confirmed and expanded on the message.