Post by Nephihah – Chief Judge Before I continue with the teachings of Alma as he completes his work here in Zarahemla, I wish to talk about a man who’s life represents the ideal of faithful courage. A man I knew and loved and who was loved by all, and I mean ALL, (with the…
Tag: Christ’s Words
Alma Inquires of the Lord concerning transgressors.
Post by King Mosiah – Our people are so moved by our unification. With the people of Lemhi being brought back and Alma and his people returning, we have rejoiced and sorrowed together. Alma has been given authority over the church and with it tremendous challenges. Many of our people were but children at the…
Lemhi wants us to do a Moses.
Post by Helem – This is probably the most interesting few days of my life. It looks like we are going to do a Moses tomorrow. What I mean by that is, we are going to be instruments in God’s hands to deliver his people. That’s the way King Lemhi puts it. Following our few…
The Natural Man is an Enemy of God
Post by Heloram – The glad tidings of great joy of which my father spoke brings so much hope, yet it carried with it a warning to those who fail to exercise the faith unto repentance. For me, my father’s speech raises a few points as well as questions. 1. There is hope for those…
A Charge to Mosiah – our new king
Post by Heloram – What an exciting time to live! Before I share the words my father proclaimed from the tower let me share with you some of what he told Mosiah, Helaman and I, as we prepared for this great gathering. “My sons, I will give this people a name, that thereby they may…
The Lord verifies His word.
Post by Amaron – Of all the prophesies and doctrines and exhortations found in these writings, one that stands out and is repeated time and again is the promise of the Lord that He will not suffer His children to prosper in the land if they reject His commandments. This is a promised land and…
I too go to the place of my rest
Post by Enos – As I mentioned earlier, there were many prophets sent to our people to teach and encourage and call them to repentance. Following my experience which I described as my wrestle with the Lord, I joined these many prophets and I went among our people, the people of Nephi and I too…
Wherefore my soul did rest.
Post by Enos – Once I had received a forgiveness of my sins and knew I was known by the Lord, I began to feel a desire for the welfare of my fellow Nephites. I began to then pray for them with my whole soul. As I was so doing, the voice of the Lord…
God knows me by name.
Post by Enos – As you know, my Uncle Nephi was a very great hunter. He has been dead for many many years, but his love for hunting has also been my love for most of my life. I was very young when Nephi left this world and though I feel blessed for having shared…
A grosser crime than pride.
Post by Jacob – I find it interesting that following my chastisement of our people for the grievous sins of greed and pride, I feel my heart would rejoice if that was the worst of our problems. But no, the word of God burdens me because of their grosser crimes. Here is what the Lord commanded me to…
