After clearly identifying the sins of his people, Jacob turns his attention to the “pure in heart” among them. He assures them that God will plead their cause and that they may “feast upon his love” forever if their minds are firm. But he reiterates that those who are not pure need to repent.
Chapter Outline
- Jacob speaks to the pure in heart (v. 1-2)
- He warns those who are not pure that the Lamanites will overpower them (v. 3-11)
- Jacob said many more things which are not written (v. 12-14)
My Takeaways
- We can find solace and strength in the scriptures.
- We need to express our love to our families.
- Writing in a journal can help us better evaluate and extract meaning from the experiences of life.
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❖ The pure in heart – Jacob 3:1-2
“The Pleasing Word of God” – Jacob 2:8, Jacob 3:2
At the beginning of Jacob’s second sermon, he expresses sorrow that many innocent people in the congregation will be subjected to a strict call to repentance. He acknowledges the people present, “many of whose feelings are exceedingly tender and chaste and delicate before God. He says that he imagines that they have come to the…
If Your Minds Are Firm – Jacob 3:1-2
1 But behold, I, Jacob, would speak unto you that are pure in heart. Look unto God with firmness of mind, and pray unto him with exceeding faith, and he will console you in your afflictions, and he will plead your cause, and send down justice upon those who seek your destruction. 2 O all…
❖ Warning to the impure – Jacob 3:3-11
How Much Better Are You Than They? – Jacob 3:7
7 Behold, their husbands love their wives, and their wives love their husbands; and their husbands and their wives love their children; and their unbelief and their hatred towards you is because of the iniquity of their fathers; wherefore, how much better are you than they, in the sight of your great Creator? (Jacob 3:7)…
Ye Have Grieved Their Hearts – Jacob 3:10
10 Wherefore, ye shall remember your children, how that ye have grieved their hearts because of the example that ye have set before them; and also, remember that ye may, because of your filthiness, bring your children unto destruction, and their sins be heaped upon your heads at the last day. (Jacob 3:10) The Lord…
Their Husbands Love Their Wives – Jacob 3:7
7 Behold, their husbands love their wives, and their wives love their husbands; and their husbands and their wives love their children; and their unbelief and their hatred towards you is because of the iniquity of their fathers; wherefore, how much better are you than they, in the sight of your great Creator? (Jacob 3:7)…
❖ Jacob said many more things – Jacob 3:12-14
“A Hundredth Part” – Jacob 3:13
Near the beginning of Nephi’s record, he instructed those who would add to the record after him not to “occupy these plates with things which are not of worth” (1 Nephi 6:6). He emphasized that his father had seen and heard and taught many things which could not be included in his record (1 Nephi…
Old Testament Foundations
Marriage
After God created Adam and Eve, He instituted a special relationship, which He characterized in this way: Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. Genesis 2:24 Jesus emphasized the sacred nature of this relationship when He rebuked the Pharisees for asking a flippant question about divorce: Have ye not…
Why Is It Important to Lift Up Our Heads?
As he looked forward to the temple which his son would build, King David wrote a psalm about the joy of welcoming God’s presence into that holy house. “Lift up your heads, O ye gates” he wrote; “and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in” (Psalm 24:7,…
New Testament Parallels
The Creator
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. John 1:3 The scriptures teach that Jesus Christ created the heavens and the earth under the direction of the Father. “Worlds without number have I created,” God told Moses, “…and by the Son I created them” (Moses 1:33).…
All Posts Referencing Jacob 3
- Strengthening Families (12/20/2025)
- By Me or by My Word (11/14/2025)
- “Take Especial Care of Your Family” (11/6/2025)
- Becoming and Remaining Pure in Heart (9/2/2025)
- Biblical References in Doctrine and Covenants 76 (7/8/2025)
- What Is the Second Death? (9/14/2024)
- A Hundredth Part: Mormon’s Editorial Decisions (1/3/2024)
- Out of Much Affliction (9/16/2023)
- Abuse (4/20/2023)
- Consoled, Restored, Refined (8/6/2022)
- The Creator (12/21/2021)
- Marriage (11/13/2021)
- John Whitmer, Record-keeper (6/25/2021)
- Brimstone (6/10/2021)
- “Marriage Is Ordained of God” (5/14/2021)
- Pray in Faith (4/15/2021)
- Record-keeping (3/7/2021)
- “The Pleasing Word of God” – Jacob 2:8, Jacob 3:2 (3/14/2020)
- “A Hundredth Part” – Jacob 3:13 (3/13/2020)
- Why Is It Important to Lift Up Our Heads? (9/7/2019)
- What Does the Book of Mormon Teach About Racism? (4/29/2019)
- Ye Have Grieved Their Hearts – Jacob 3:10 (6/14/2018)
- How Much Better Are You Than They? – Jacob 3:7 (8/30/2017)
- Their Husbands Love Their Wives – Jacob 3:7 (11/15/2016)
- If Your Minds Are Firm – Jacob 3:1-2 (4/1/2015)