Post by Ammon – Son of King Mosiah – Missionary having served fourteen years in the Land of Nephi among the Lamanites. My brothers and I were, as Alma said, “the vilest of sinners.” That sounds dramatic on the surface. After all, the only thing we did was destroy people’s testimonies of our Savior, and…
Tag: Repentance
Vows, decrees, guarantees, or promises
Post by Zeezrom – The Lord has an interesting way of fulfilling his promises. I may call them decrees, threats, or even guarantees. Maybe vow is a better word. Regardless, I testify that if He says it, as He even declares Himself “My words shall not pass away.” And just as Nephi declared those many…
Healed According To My Faith
Post by Zeezrom – I’d all but resigned myself to utter destruction. I was laid low with a burning fever even exceedingly sore because of my wickedness. Word came that Alma and Amulek were in the land of Sidom. My heart took courage and I sent an immediate message to them. Just knowing they lived…
By way of command or invitation
Post by Nephihah – Chief Judge Permit me to share one more observation we found particularly fundamental in Alma’s discourse. The first thing is, he is speaking specifically to those who belong to the church, and in so doing he stands boldly for the commandments, and supports the call to repentance with reason and promise….
How do I know?
Post by Nephihah – Chief Judge and Alma Fan Alma’s questions, as I recently shared with you, are a sermon in themselves. However, another individual theme that ran throughout his sermons in Zarahemla was his proclamation that everything he taught was from God. He was led by the spirit and inspired by the Lord to teach and…
Declaring, publishing, and imparting good tidings.
Post by Mosiah – Until you experience the challenges I, king over Zarahemla and all the land round about, am currently charged by God to manage, you may never understand the decisions I’ve made. I may not even comprehend them all. I struggle to balance the feelings of my duty to family, to the people…
Alma – Being born of God
Post by Alma – I see Ammon attempted to relate our visit from his astonished view point. Permit me to relate this experience from a different viewpoint, a viewpoint of absolute horror and astonishing wonder. My father Alma and his priests, King Mosiah, and many others dedicated themselves to fasting and prayers for two…
Is Amulon’s Wickedness rewarded?
Post by Helam – Permit me to share the account of our bondage and brutal treatment by Amulon. When we felt safe, we settled into a beautiful land and began to build a city. The land was called after me, the land of Helam. The city we built was called the city of Helam. That choice…
Our nothingness and our worthless and fallen state.
Post by Heloram – After my father ended his speaking about what the angel had told him about the coming of Jesus Christ, the people fell to the earth with fear. They recognized their own carnal state and desired with all their hearts to receive forgiveness of their sins and to have their hearts purified….
Glad tidings of great joy.
Post by Heloram – The next part of my father’s speech was probably the greatest thing he has ever spoken. Not that everyone wasn’t listening intently anyway but they really paid attention when he said “I want to tell you what an angel from God came and told me.” Quoting my father directly again, “And…