We have to be careful not to be deceived by the very wicked men in our day. They have to be persuasive, or they wouldn’t really convince anyone. I observe, and sometimes feel how a mob can get swept up in passionate feelings about something completely wrong. It seems to me, the only way to not be deceived is to rely on the Holy Ghost, and to remember to pay attention to the Holy Ghost. Sometimes his prompting feel so similar to other things, we have to always remember to really listen, and do those things that make it easier to hear. (Like, Jinny, reading scriptures every day). It is why the commandment to “ALWAYS remember” the Savior is so important. If I can really focus on Him in everything I am doing, it will change the way I see everything.
I wonder if the title of liberty had better flow in their language? It is really awkward wording in English.
Moroni said that God would not allow them to be trodden down and destroyed except by their own transgression. But then we hear about how God allows others to use their agency and of course bad things happen to good people. But things like what Moroni said I think are why the bad things are such a faith-shaking experience for people. We are told repeatedly in the scriptures we will be blessed and protected for being righteous. And then when things are hard we are told that means eternally, but Moroni clearly means it temporally here. Maybe it means God will not let all of His people be destroyed, but is that comforting in times of individual suffering? I suppose if we have a larger Zion vision of life that it would be. Except if we believe God’s work cannot be stopped, and things will work out in the end, why would it even matter? It is hard for my mind to reconcile.
Alma 46:9-18
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