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Week 2 covered chapters 8-15 of First Nephi.
Going back to last week, take notice of if/then and wherefore type verses. What do we learn in just these chapters from those kinds of words? Ok, I'm going back to chapter 1. Just some of them.
The first if statement we find is in chapter 2 at the end.
IF they rebel against me, they shall be a scourge unto thy seed.
In Chapter 3,
Wherefore IF (they did not flee) they would also perish.Verse 6,
Therefore thou shalt be favored because thou hast not murmured.1 Nephi 4: 32, 33
If he would hearken unto my words, we would spare his life. (An important if!)
If he would go down to the wilderness with us, he would be a free man.There are parallels for us in those two ifs. IF we hearken unto the Lord He will spare us. If we allow Him to be with us in our wilderness, we can be FREE.
Verse 3,
An angel has spoken to you, WHEREFORE can ye doubt? (That's a head scratcher for sure)Chapter 5, verse 4,
IF I had not seen the things of God, I would not have known the goodness of God and tarried and perished.Chapter 7, this one should just be quoted.
12 Yea, and how is it that ye have forgotten that the Lord is able to do all athings according to his will, for the children of men, if it so be that they exercise bfaith in him? Wherefore, let us be faithful to him.
IF we are faithful to him, we will obtain the land of promise.
If ye (hearken not, go against) ye will perish.In the vision in chapter 8,
I partook of the fruit (and experienced it's joy) and wanted my family to partake.Chapter 9,
The Lord knows things from the beginning WHEREFORE he prepares a way to accomplish all His works. (Pretty amazing, that the way is prepared)Chapter 10. GOOD stuff.
The way is prepared for all men IF they repent and come unto Him.
IF ye have sought to do wickedly, you are cast off forever.
WHEREFORE all men were lost and fallen, SAVE they rely on the Redeemer.
19 For he that diligently aseeketh shall find; and the bmysteries of God shall be unfolded unto them, by the power of the cHoly Ghost, as well in these times as in times of old, and as well in times of old as in times to come; WHEREFORE, the dcourse of the Lord is one eternal round.
THEREFORE remember all they doings, they shall be brought into judgment.Chapter 11,
BECAUSE thou believest in the Son, WHEREFORE thou shalt behold.
Yea, it is the love of God, WHEREFORE it is most desirable above all things.Chapter 13,
IF they endure to the end, they shall be lifted up at the last day.
WHEREFORE there are many plain and precious things taken away.
WHEREFORE I will be merciful unto the Gentiles.Chapter 14,
if the aGentiles shall hearken unto the Lamb of God in that day that he shall manifest himself unto them in word, and also in bpower, in very deed, unto the ctaking away of their dstumbling blocks—
IF the Gentiles repent, it shall be well with them.
Wo unto them, IF they harden their hearts.
WHEREFORE, dwhoso belongeth not to the church of the Lamb of God belongeth to that great church, which is the mother of abominations; and she is the ewhore of all the earth.Chapter 15,
IF ye will not harden your hearths, these things shall be made known to you.
IF they die in their wickedness, they must be cast off.
If their works are filthy, they cannot dwell in the kingdom of God.
WHEREFORE the final state of the souls of men is to dwell in the kingdom of God, or to be cast out because of that djustice of which I have spoken.
WHEREFORE, the wicked are rejected from the righteous, and also from that atree of life, whose fruit is most precious and most bdesirable above all other fruits; yea, and it is the cgreatest of all the dgifts of God.
I hope that gives you some reasons to look for what I call indicator words. Important words that indicate something good is following. Don't forget BEHOLD either. :-)
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