David Journal

Tag: Mosiah

  • Preparing to integrate

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    And it came to pass that after king Limhi had made an end of speaking to his people, … And he caused that Ammon should stand up before the multitude, and rehearse unto them all that had happened unto their brethren from the time that Zeniff went up out of the land even until the…

  • Imparting of our substance

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    And now, if God, who has created you, on whom you are dependent for your lives and for all that ye have and are, doth grant unto you whatsoever ye ask that is right, in faith, believing that ye shall receive, O then, how ye ought to impart of the substance that ye have one…

  • A generous Father

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    But I am like as yourselves, subject to all manner of infirmities in body and mind; yet I have been chosen by this people, and consecrated by my father, and was suffered by the hand of the Lord that I should be a ruler and a king over this people; and have been kept and…

  • Meekness is critical

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    Faith and how are basin for those who are not meek and lowly in heart. No matter the object of faith or the sincerity of intent, those who are not meek and lowly in heart will not “submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him, even as a child doth…

  • A thorny problem

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    When Mosiah sought the voice of the people on who should succeed him he did not already know that he wanted to propose a system of judges instead of a king. He may have even requested their input before his sons set off on their mission to the Lamanites. When he saw that the people…

  • Prepared for self-rule

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    I’ve never before thought about the preparations that the people of Zerahemla had to rule by the voice of the people. They had already been established as a righteous people. This same preparation was needed before the United States could be founded and in any nation where we might wish to establish democracy we must…

  • Dual purposes

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    When the Lord answered Mosiah that his sons going to preach among the Lamanites would bring about the salvation of many He may also have been considering the value that their leaving would create the opportunity to end the monarchy in a peaceful and natural manner which itself would be a positive development.

  • They did publish peace

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    I get the impression that the grip who encountered the angel with Alma consisted of the sons of Mosiah but also others. Ask who were there began to preach the gospel and seek to make restitution for their former sins by preaching repentance and faith in Christ.

  • Separate and hardened

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    Those who would not call in the Lord and did not understand the words of King Benjamin when they were little children were hardened and refused to join the church. This is a phenomenon that we will witness time and time again throughout our lives. We must choose not to become hardened ourselves our we…

  • Many unified parts

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    The story of the unification of the peoples of Mosiah, Alma, and Limhi does a contrast between the desire and value for unity and the strength and necessity of redundant parts of the whole. All the people unified under the banner of a single king and a single name. They also unified under a single…