Tag: Mosiah

It seems consistent that every time a prophet teaches that little children are saved by the Atonement of Christ and incapable of sin they also invite the adults receiving their words to become like little children and receive Christ.

When teaching his people that they could rejoice because Christ would soon come upon the Earth, Benjamin didn’t simply declare that Christ would come but outlined what He would do and why His coming was important to mankind.

The thing that the Lord desires from those who would serve Him is that they should be if service to those with whom they interact – dealing justly and generously to draw others to see the goodness of God and receive His blessings along with that which they receive from His servants.

Benjamin taught all his sons the virtue of sacred records to be able to retain a member of the words and counsel of God.

There are a number of paths to establishing a constitutional form of government. They may rebel against a ruler or pressure a ruler into concessions. They may move to an uninhabited land for a fresh start. The best way however is for a righteous established ruler to turn the power over to the people in…

Considering the obviously close friendship both before and after their conversion between Alma and the sons of Mosiah it is natural to wonder why Alma was not among those who joined their mission to the Lamanites. The most likely primary reason in my mind if that he was likely in a different state of life…

I recognized in the description of Alma many parallels to the descriptions of Zeezrom, Sharem, Nehor, and other men who influenced society with their words. Alma knew what it was like to convince people of falsehoods which probably equipped him to know how to deal with them later.

I just realized why it is desirable – even necessary – to have two independent forms of judgement (1 spiritual & 1 temporal). One form of judgement should be administered by ecclesiastical authority where sins of thought and belief are involved. The ecclesiastical organisations have no authority for punishment other than limiting or removing standing…

I never thought before that most of the people called Nephites weren’t direct descendants of Lehi. The truth is always more complex than a first glance might suggest.

Alma told his people they had been in bondage to King Noah. While that was true to a point, I suspect that he believed that bondage constituted the fulfillment of Abinadi prophecy for those people. I would be surprised if he expected that this repentant people would yet face bondage to the Lamanites because they…