Question of the day: What changes can you make now to become the person God wants you to be?
Becoming the person God wants us to become has a lot to do with how we receive personal revelation through prayer and scripture study. It is a gift that is to be developed and takes consistent time and energy. Developing the gift of revelation allows us to more clearly know and understand the will of God for us.
Two points from these passages. The first is that Mormon was a great spiritual as well as battle leader. He followed simple principles to lead his people to victories against the Lamanites. Recognize here that he led his people to the land of Desolation and positioned them here to 'receive' the Lamanites. After their victories the people wanted to 'go up to battle' to avenge the deaths of their friends and family members. Mormon says that for the wickedness of the people he will not do it. I believe the wickedness he is referring to is the bloodthirsty attitude to be the aggressors, to instigate battle, to go on the offensive. Up until this time it has been only a matter of defending their people and their lands.
The other point is that here Mormon turns his attention to us in the latter days and teaches us that we will be judged for our works. More specifically he explains that the 12 Tribes of Israel will be judged by the 12 that were called by Jesus in Jerusalem. And that the remnant of his people would be judged by the 12 chosen by Jesus in the Americas. I would tend to believe that we will be judged by which ever 12 are over us as a people. How that works exactly I'm not sure, could it be that when I die, whoever the 12 are at that time would stand to judge me? It would make sense as their words are the most relevant and will hold me accountable. How important then it is to hear their teachings at conference time and throughout the 6 months following. If I were to die in the next 6 months I think the judgement would go better if I could say I was actively following the counsel they provided in their most recent messages. (This is all speculative, but not too far fetched...)
Becoming the person God wants us to become has a lot to do with how we receive personal revelation through prayer and scripture study. It is a gift that is to be developed and takes consistent time and energy. Developing the gift of revelation allows us to more clearly know and understand the will of God for us.
Two points from these passages. The first is that Mormon was a great spiritual as well as battle leader. He followed simple principles to lead his people to victories against the Lamanites. Recognize here that he led his people to the land of Desolation and positioned them here to 'receive' the Lamanites. After their victories the people wanted to 'go up to battle' to avenge the deaths of their friends and family members. Mormon says that for the wickedness of the people he will not do it. I believe the wickedness he is referring to is the bloodthirsty attitude to be the aggressors, to instigate battle, to go on the offensive. Up until this time it has been only a matter of defending their people and their lands.
The other point is that here Mormon turns his attention to us in the latter days and teaches us that we will be judged for our works. More specifically he explains that the 12 Tribes of Israel will be judged by the 12 that were called by Jesus in Jerusalem. And that the remnant of his people would be judged by the 12 chosen by Jesus in the Americas. I would tend to believe that we will be judged by which ever 12 are over us as a people. How that works exactly I'm not sure, could it be that when I die, whoever the 12 are at that time would stand to judge me? It would make sense as their words are the most relevant and will hold me accountable. How important then it is to hear their teachings at conference time and throughout the 6 months following. If I were to die in the next 6 months I think the judgement would go better if I could say I was actively following the counsel they provided in their most recent messages. (This is all speculative, but not too far fetched...)
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