You can read 1 Nephi Chapter 14 HERE.
We are told in this chapter of how we should follow the light of Christ. That we should not be swayed away by the devil. There are promises and blessings that come from this. Everyday we are faced with challenges that tempt us towards choosing the wrong. It talks of how there are only 2 churches on this earth. The church of Christ and the church of the devil. Anything that is taking us away from the Church of Christ is the church of the devil.
Basically, we have to stay away from the things that tempt us away from Jesus.
This chapter is the end of Nephi's vision where he is carried away by the spirit to understand what his father saw. It is revealed unto Nephi that an apostle will talk of the end of the earth, and that is John in Revelations.
I don't have a lot of words with this chapter.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Gospel Principles
I got up this morning and went to re-read Chapter 14 in the BOM again so that I could write about it, but I picked up my Gospel Principles book instead. I just opened up and the chapter I opened up to was Chapter 16, The Church of Jesus Christ of Former Times. I actually looked up every scripture that it referenced and was pretty amazed at literally how in sync with the LDS church it was. Our church is designed EXACTLY how Jesus had designed His church when he was on our earth.
When you read the scriptures that it references you learn how we lost the authority that Jesus had given us through the Holy Spirit back in his days. How it all became corrupt and the following chapter talks about how Jesus restored the church.
I love starting my mornings out by reading the scriptures. It sets this tone for my day that is peaceful, and I find I have much more patience. Gospel Principles is an amazing place to start if you are curious about the church. CLICK HERE to read it online. I'm still learning so much from the book and loving all that I am learning. I think I'm going to restart from the beginning of this book and read all the scripture references and really take it in.
There's so much I want to read and never enough time.
When you read the scriptures that it references you learn how we lost the authority that Jesus had given us through the Holy Spirit back in his days. How it all became corrupt and the following chapter talks about how Jesus restored the church.
I love starting my mornings out by reading the scriptures. It sets this tone for my day that is peaceful, and I find I have much more patience. Gospel Principles is an amazing place to start if you are curious about the church. CLICK HERE to read it online. I'm still learning so much from the book and loving all that I am learning. I think I'm going to restart from the beginning of this book and read all the scripture references and really take it in.
There's so much I want to read and never enough time.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
1 Nephi Chapter 13
You can read 1 Nephi Chapter 13 HERE
I've read this chapter a couple of times. The first time I didn't really grasp a lot of it, but this morning I opened up my Book of Mormon and re-read it again and I think I got the main points here.
First off I wanted to talk about this abominable church. The church that the devil is the founder of. Read this verse, which is 13:7-8
And I also saw gold, and silver, and silks, and scarlets, and fine twined linen, and all manner of precious clothing; and I saw many harlot. (Harlots means Immoral persons or prostitutes)
And the angel spake unto me, saying: behold the gold, and the silver, and the silks, and the scarlets, and the fine-twined linen, and the precious clothing, and the harlots, are the desires of this great and abominable church.
This makes me think of when we put object, and desirable things above God. So, this "church" isn't even so much a "church", but the way that society is. Choosing the wrong things as your priorities, like going to the club, having the best of everything, doing the things that are wrong, yet are fun.... those are what makes up this "church". Sadly, society is here right now. The majority is all about these things. It's easier to be bad then good, and it might be a lot funner. Yet, once you get a taste of the joy of being good, and listening to the words of God, it's so much better. A lot of work, but like the vision ~ it is the sweetest fruit.
Next I want to talk about Nephi's vision of the Latter Days.
This chapter talks about how the Gentiles take away parts of the bible, so that basically they don't have to follow the rules. We are so blessed today to have the fullness of the gospel restored. We know the fullness of the words that God had for us. Nephi saw in his vision that the fullness of the gospel will be restored. Now we have it, and it is up to us to live by it and follow the words that God has given us.
I can tell you, by my experiences, that following the words of God have brought me so much more joy. I've had a lot of fun in my days. I've done things that I am not proud of, and these things have NEVER brought me joy. I'm so thankful for the opportunity of being able to have the fullness of the gospel in my life.
Verse 37 says:
And blessed are they who shall seek to bring forth my Zion at that day, for they shall have the gift and the power of the Holy Ghost; and if they endure unto the end they shall be lifted up at the last day, and shall be saved in the everlasting kingdom of the Lamb; and whoso shall publish peace, yea, tidings of great joy, how beautiful upon the mountains shall they be.
That verse is enough for me to want to strive hard in my life to follow God's words. I say things things in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
I've read this chapter a couple of times. The first time I didn't really grasp a lot of it, but this morning I opened up my Book of Mormon and re-read it again and I think I got the main points here.
First off I wanted to talk about this abominable church. The church that the devil is the founder of. Read this verse, which is 13:7-8
And I also saw gold, and silver, and silks, and scarlets, and fine twined linen, and all manner of precious clothing; and I saw many harlot. (Harlots means Immoral persons or prostitutes)
And the angel spake unto me, saying: behold the gold, and the silver, and the silks, and the scarlets, and the fine-twined linen, and the precious clothing, and the harlots, are the desires of this great and abominable church.
This makes me think of when we put object, and desirable things above God. So, this "church" isn't even so much a "church", but the way that society is. Choosing the wrong things as your priorities, like going to the club, having the best of everything, doing the things that are wrong, yet are fun.... those are what makes up this "church". Sadly, society is here right now. The majority is all about these things. It's easier to be bad then good, and it might be a lot funner. Yet, once you get a taste of the joy of being good, and listening to the words of God, it's so much better. A lot of work, but like the vision ~ it is the sweetest fruit.
Next I want to talk about Nephi's vision of the Latter Days.
This chapter talks about how the Gentiles take away parts of the bible, so that basically they don't have to follow the rules. We are so blessed today to have the fullness of the gospel restored. We know the fullness of the words that God had for us. Nephi saw in his vision that the fullness of the gospel will be restored. Now we have it, and it is up to us to live by it and follow the words that God has given us.
I can tell you, by my experiences, that following the words of God have brought me so much more joy. I've had a lot of fun in my days. I've done things that I am not proud of, and these things have NEVER brought me joy. I'm so thankful for the opportunity of being able to have the fullness of the gospel in my life.
Verse 37 says:
And blessed are they who shall seek to bring forth my Zion at that day, for they shall have the gift and the power of the Holy Ghost; and if they endure unto the end they shall be lifted up at the last day, and shall be saved in the everlasting kingdom of the Lamb; and whoso shall publish peace, yea, tidings of great joy, how beautiful upon the mountains shall they be.
That verse is enough for me to want to strive hard in my life to follow God's words. I say things things in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
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