GOoD vs dEVIL

Omni

For a short chapter, there is a lot of information in these 30 verses. For one, it covers over 200 years of history. The one commonality between all the writers: wars and the continuing efforts of righteous men to teach of Christ and keep the commandments of God.

It must be very frustrating to a prophet of God – and even just the righteous who know truth – to see the people not embrace the truth that when they are righteous the Lord will bless them and when they seek evil, there is destruction. The prophets see the train wreck coming.

Again, I can't help but be influenced by the things I'm reading. I'm trying to finish Joseph Smith's History by his mother, Lucy Mack Smith before I start reading American Covenant. I sat up last night reading in horror at the atrocities the saints suffered at the hands of evil men. Why? Because they had found truth and the evilness of the world would not accept it. I am appalled at how evil people can be. Where is the decency to another human? Is this really what our future is going to hold? We've been told the persecutions of the saints in the beginning is going to be similar to what we will have to endure? Can I sleep on a snow-covered ground with nothing but my own clothing to protect me as snow continues to fall? How did they do it? I thought you were supposed to die if you slept in the snow.

Amaleki talks about the days of Mosiah and calls people to come unto Christ. What does that mean? To believe in him. To believe in prophesying, revelations, and ministering of angels, the gift of tongues and in DOING GOOD!!! I really like verse 25. That which is good comes from God. That which is evil comes from the devil. Period! What an easy way to judge all things. And what does it require of us to Come unto Christ? To offer our whole souls as an offering, continue in fasting and prayer and endure to the end (v26). How does one offer their whole soul as an offering? Serve the Lord to the end of our days. Whatever it takes – even sleeping on a snow-covered ground. [sigh] The early saints got it. Will I?