Every Day Conversion

My study of 2 Nephi 30 provided some wonderful insights with regards to covenants and promises. 

But, the BIGGER insight was an insight about how Satan gains and maintains his power and leverage in our personal lives. 

Once you understand how he derives his power over us, the Gospel plan makes more sense and you realize why Christ asks us to do what He does and how quickly we can limit Satan's power in our day to day lives. 

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Faith is one of the first principles of the Gospel, and it is indispensable to our salvation. 

But, the Lord frequently proves things to His children as well. 

2 Nephi 29 is a great example of that. 

The Lord clearly proves through multiple arguments that not only did He cause the Book of Mormon to be written, but that it is well within His ability and right to speak to whomever and whenever He so chooses. 

In today's episode we look into those arguments more closely. 

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Brigham Young is quoted as saying, “The worst fear that I have about [members of this Church] is that they will get rich in this country, forget God and his people, wax fat, and kick themselves out of the Church and go to hell."

Nephi seems to concur and think that "carnal security" and thinking that "all is well" is one of the biggest challenges that members of the Church will face. 

He mentions this specific issue TWICE in 2 Nephi 28. 

In this episode we'll talk about this warning, the other tactics Satan uses as well as Nephi's warning about not dismissing ongoing revelation. 

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Two themes really stuck out to me as I studied 2 Nephi 26 and 27. 

The first was the prophecies regarding the coming forth of the Book of Mormon. 

The second was a reminder that God has not ceased to talk to man...and while the prophet today may not say "thus saith the Lord" or translate a new record from ancient sources...he COULD. 

Those keys and responsibilities are still here with us in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints...and should the Lord require those things, President Nelson (or any other prophet) stand ready to fulfill them. 

That's pretty cool...and we talk about that in today's episode. 

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There are some chapters in the Book of Mormon that seem to be pivotal chapters. 

Chapters that are quoted more often than others. 

Chapters that, when someone mentions them, we say "Ohhh, that's a great chapter!"

Chapters that we seem go to, in order to answer questions and strengthen our testimonies. 

In today's episode, I share why I think those chapters are so universally cherished by members past and present. 

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I had a massive realization as I studied this morning...

And the realization became even MORE significant to me as I recorded this episode. 

You cannot have physical freedom without first internalizing and accepting spiritual freedom through the atonement. 

It's a pattern that is repeated throughout the scriptures over and over again! 

Listen to today's episode for a few examples and how I came to this realization. 

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In this episode we review 2 Nephi 11-15 and there is a LOT to review. 

We talk about the three witnesses present at the beginning of the Book of Mormon and the importance of being worthy to attend (and actually attending) the temple.

I share a new insight to the allegory of Israel being a vineyard and the Lord being the owner of the vineyard. 

And we look at the interesting phrase found in Chapter 15 that really exemplifies the way the Lord uses punishments and chastisement to invite us to repent and return to him. 

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In 2 Nephi 10, Jacob focuses heavily on the fulfilling of His promises and the gathering of Israel. 

In connection with those events, Jacob quotes many of the promises and prophecies of the Lord regarding the promise land. 

We dig into the words of Jacob about the gathering, as well as a few things that President Nelson has said in the past few years about the gather of Israel to get an idea of the magnitude of what the gathering of Israel will entail. 

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As I finished my study of 2 Nephi 9, I had an interesting observation.

I realized that just because the Book of Mormon says over and over that the "wicked take the truth to be hard", that doesn't mean that only the wicked are corrected or chastised by the Lord. 

We are ALL corrected and chastised...the difference is how we respond to that chastisement. 

In today's episode we'll talk about that distinction and what we need to do to respond to correction from the Lord. 

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As Jacob begins his discourse in 2 Nephi 9, he teaches almost exclusively the Plan of Salvation. 

But as I started reading it, there was one theme within the Plan of Salvation that I kept coming back to. 

It's exactly what the Savior says in Matthew 11 - "Come unto me."

And exactly what he says in 3 Nephi 10 - "How oft would I have gathered you."

And in 2 Nephi 7 - "when I called...there was none to answer."

Christ is always bidding us to come unto him.

He's made His decision, He wants to save us. 

Now the decision is ours...will we let him? 

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