Than verse 8 talks about how only six years has passed away since the more part of the people had turned from their righteousness, like a dog to his vomit, or like a sow wallowing in the mire.. Very interesting imagery for me. For me it brings up feelings of the desire to turn to something disgusting, something that is ugly and gross. It also gives me the great desire to take my own power and choose to turn away from those things that keeps the spirit out of my home.
Verse 18 says that the people were angry with Nephi, even because he had greater power than they, for it were not possible that they could disbelieve his words, for so great was his faith on the Lord Jesus Christ that angels did minister to him daily. WOW!!! I want that kind of faith. I do! I want to be able to testify of Jesus Christ with such boldness that nobody will disbelieve what I have to say. I want angels to minister to me daily.. I want to have that kind of faith.
I am sad for my weaknesses. I want to testify boldly that Jesus is the Christ. I want to be able to bring friends, loved ones, strangers to the knowledge of our savior. I want to emulate him. I want to do this with boldness. These are my desires.
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You are getting to the best part of the Book of Mormon. I still remember my time in the mission field - having investigators read the account of the Savior visiting the Nephite civilization and seeing their reaction to it. Very powerful record. The only thing I can liken it to would be to see God and trying tell the world you had seen God and having the world laugh and doubt and to have a second, reputable person say, I was there and I saw him too. What a burden that would remove from a person who had experienced it.
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