Weekends are the most tedious hours for my work. I almost always work 30 hours between Friday to Sunday nights. We missed Saturday's reading for I working but last night we had a good reading. Out of nowhere, all our scriptures seems to appear and more. So as we read now, everyone either take turns reading or following along with their own book in their hands.
In the wilderness, Lehi begats two more sons, Jacob and Joseph. Chapter 2Nephi 2 are Lehi's departing words to his son Jacob. In a single chapter and through a father's counsel, we learn more about these 3 things:
REDEMPTION
6. Wherefore, redemption cometh in and through the Holy Messiah; for he is full of grace and truth.
7. Behold, he offereth himself a sacrifice for sin, to answer the ends of the law, unto all those who have a broken heart and a contrite spirit; and unto none else can the ends of the law be answered.
OPPOSITIONS
11. For it must needs be, that there is an opposition in all things. If not so...righteousness could not be brought to pass, neither wickedness, neither holiness nor misery, neither good nor bad. Wherefore, all things must needs be a compound in one; wherefore, if it should be one body it must needs remain as dead, having no life neither death, nor corruption nor incorruption, happiness nor misery, neither sense nor insensibility.
FREE AGENCY
27. Wherefore, men are free according to teh flesh; and all things are given them which are expedient unto man. And they are free to choose liberty and eternal life, through the great Mediator of all men, or to choose captivity and death, according to the captivity and power of the devil; for heseeketh that all men might be miserable like unto himself.
At a very young age, Jacob witnessed the sufferings and sorrows of his father Lehi due to the rudeness of his brothers Laman and Lemuel. He also learned of the ways of the Lord from his father and his brother Nephi.
Lehi taught Jacob about Jesus Christ and that there must be an oppositions in all things otherwise there will be no progression.
5. And men are instructed sufficiently that they know good from evil. And the law is given unto men. And by the law not flesh is justified; or, by the law men are cut off. Yea, by the temporal law they were cut off; and also, by the spiritual law they perish from that which is good, and become miserable forever.
If there is not law.....there is no sin
if there is no sin........there is no righteousness
if there is no righteousness....there be no happiness
if there is no righteousness or happiness....there be no punishment nor misery
And if these things are not there is no God.
And if there is no God we are not, neither the earth; for there could have been no creation acted upon; wherefore, all things must have vanished away. vs.13
Lehi talked about Adam and Eve. Had they not partaken of the forbidden fruit, they'd have stayed in Eden forever.
25. Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy.
On vs. 21. Lehi reveals that our days in this flesh is a state of probation.
"JOY" is our true purpose here in this life. Joy comes only through making the right choices. However, as we are still in our flesh, we are bound to make mistakes and this is where the Atonement of Jesus Christ sets in. If we repent, we can be forgiven.
It's a great and magnificent plan that we're all embarking on. It comes full circle with not beginning and no end. Our spirits lives on eternally but not our flesh.
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