Question of the day: Why is it so imperative to have a contrite spirit when we look unto the Savior?
Having a contrite spirit means we are seeing our selves clearly as sinners, and thus dependent on the Savior. In this passage the judges or political leaders would not admit their sins, which were many. They also see themselves as great leaders who have created cities so great that they can not be destroyed. What they have forgotten is that when they do not have the strength of the Lord they are ever so vulnerable. On the contrary great miracles are wrought through a righteous people, consider the 2000 stripling warriors.
This passage is about reminding the wicked leaders that prophets exist, they can prophecy, and that what they warn of is serious. The judges sardonically refer to Nephi as 'this man'. Nephi puts it back to them later by saying 'this man', MOSES, (who the wicked probably acknowledged as a great prophet of the past), is the same kind of person that I am. He performed miracles, and warned the people. And then Nephi performed his miracle and prophesied of the dead Judge, murdered by his own brother.
Pearl of Great Price (PoGP): Joseph Smith History:
I really like the way the spoke/wrote in the early 19th century.
What was it that the Methodists did that spurred the other religions to develop this same kind of excitement?
Do we in our day have organizations that feign interest and acceptance of people until they go a different direction? Do we do this in the church?
How can I trust James 1:5 like Joseph Smith did, and how can it make a difference in how I pray, or commune with God?
Having a contrite spirit means we are seeing our selves clearly as sinners, and thus dependent on the Savior. In this passage the judges or political leaders would not admit their sins, which were many. They also see themselves as great leaders who have created cities so great that they can not be destroyed. What they have forgotten is that when they do not have the strength of the Lord they are ever so vulnerable. On the contrary great miracles are wrought through a righteous people, consider the 2000 stripling warriors.
This passage is about reminding the wicked leaders that prophets exist, they can prophecy, and that what they warn of is serious. The judges sardonically refer to Nephi as 'this man'. Nephi puts it back to them later by saying 'this man', MOSES, (who the wicked probably acknowledged as a great prophet of the past), is the same kind of person that I am. He performed miracles, and warned the people. And then Nephi performed his miracle and prophesied of the dead Judge, murdered by his own brother.
Pearl of Great Price (PoGP): Joseph Smith History:
I really like the way the spoke/wrote in the early 19th century.
What was it that the Methodists did that spurred the other religions to develop this same kind of excitement?
Do we in our day have organizations that feign interest and acceptance of people until they go a different direction? Do we do this in the church?
How can I trust James 1:5 like Joseph Smith did, and how can it make a difference in how I pray, or commune with God?
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