6 Wherefore, all mankind were in a lost and in a fallen state, and ever would be save they should rely on this Redeemer. (1 Nephi 10:6) This week, I'm going to study the doctrine of the Fall and its effects on us. One thing I'd like to ponder is what the prophets of the... Continue Reading →
As He Read, He Was Filled with the Spirit – 1 Nephi 1:11-12
11 And they came down and went forth upon the face of the earth; and the first came and stood before my father, and gave unto him a book, and bade him that he should read. 12 And it came to pass that as he read, he was filled with the Spirit of the Lord.... Continue Reading →
That He Should Return Again – Helaman 13:2-4
2 And it came to pass that in this year there was one Samuel, a Lamanite, came into the land of Zarahemla, and began to preach unto the people. And it came to pass that he did preach, many days, repentance unto the people, and they did cast him out, and he was about to... Continue Reading →
Continually Reminding Them – Enos 1:22-23
22 And there were exceedingly many prophets among us. And the people were a stiffnecked people, hard to understand. 23 And there was nothing save it was exceeding harshness, preaching and prophesying of wars, and contentions, and destructions, and continually reminding them of death, and the duration of eternity, and the judgments and the power... Continue Reading →
If a Prophet Come Among You – Helaman 13:25-26
25 And now when ye talk, ye say: If our days had been in the days of our fathers of old, we would not have slain the prophets; we would not have stoned them, and cast them out.26 Behold ye are worse than they; for as the Lord liveth, if a prophet come among you... Continue Reading →
According to the Flesh – 1 Nephi 22:1-2
1 And now it came to pass that after I, Nephi, had read these things which were engraven upon the plates of brass, my brethren came unto me and said unto me: What meaneth these things which ye have read? Behold, are they to be understood according to things which are spiritual, which shall come... Continue Reading →
By Them Shall All Things Be Revealed – Mosiah 8:16-18
15 And the king said that a seer is greater than a prophet.16 And Ammon said that a seer is a revelator and a prophet also; and a gift which is greater can no man have, except he should possess the power of God, which no man can; yet a man may have great power... Continue Reading →
He Sent Angels – Alma 12:28-30
28 And after God had appointed that these things should come unto man, behold, then he saw that it was expedient that man should know concerning the things whereof he had appointed unto them; 29 Therefore he sent angels to converse with them, who caused men to behold of his glory. 30 And they began... Continue Reading →
They Cast Many Things Away – 2 Nephi 33:2
2 But behold, there are many that harden their hearts against the Holy Spirit, that it hath no place in them; wherefore, they cast many things away which are written and esteem them as things of naught.(2 Nephi 33:2)In statistics, when you are evaluating the truth or falsehood of a statement, you can make two... Continue Reading →
The Manifestations of the Spirit of God – Moroni 10:8
8 And again, I exhort you, my brethren, that ye deny not the gifts of God, for they are many; and they come from the same God. And there are different ways that these gifts are administered; but it is the same God who worketh all in all; and they are given by the manifestations... Continue Reading →