Hugh Nibley said: “So it was a blessing to the Nephites after all to have the Lamanites on their doorstep to stir them up to remembrance…No matter how wicked and ferocious and depraved the Lamanites might be (and they were that!), no matter by how much they outnumbered the Nephites,…they were not the Nephites problem. They were merely kept there to remind the Nephites of their real problem, which was to walk uprightly before the Lord.”
(Since Cumorah, p. 376 as taken from Latter-day Commentary on the Book of Mormon compiled by K.Douglas Bassett, p. 358)
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Food for Thought:
Chapter 61 – God Has Not Commanded Us to Be Subject to Our Enemies
1. Freedom is worth fighting for.
2. The Spirit of God is the spirit of Freedom.
3. People make mistakes, but they are still our brothers and sisters.
3. People make mistakes, but they are still our brothers and sisters.
Chapter 62 –Respond to Afflictions with Faith
- Freedom is worth fighting for.
- We can be hardened or softened by trials; we CHOOSE our response.
- Don’t forget to REMEMBER God.
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