Book of Mormon - Revised Authorized Version by Smith Jr. Joseph

Author:Smith Jr., Joseph [Smith Jr., Joseph]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Herald Publishing House
Published: 2016-11-16T16:00:00+00:00

THE BOOK OF ALMA

Chapter 17

The commandments of Alma to his son, Helaman.

1 My son, give ear to my words; for I swear to you, that inasmuch as you shall keep the commandments of God you shall prosper in the land.

2 I would that you should do as I have done in remembering the captivity of our fathers; for they were in bondage, and none could deliver them, except it was the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and he surely delivered them in their afflictions.

3 Now, O my son Helaman, behold, you are in your youth, therefore I beseech of you that you will hear my words and learn of me; for I know that whoever shall put his trust in God shall be supported in his trials and troubles and afflictions, and shall be lifted up at the last day.

4 And I would not have you think that I know of myself—not of the temporal, but of the spiritual; not of the carnal mind, but of God.

5 Now, behold, I say to you, If I had not been born of God, I should not have known these things; but God has, by the mouth of his holy angel, made these things known to me, not of any worthiness of myself, for I went about with the sons of Mosiah seeking to destroy the church of God; but, behold, God sent his holy angel to stop us by the way.

6 And he spoke to us, as it were with the voice of thunder, and the whole earth trembled beneath our feet, and we all fell to the earth, for the fear of the Lord came upon us.

7 But, behold, the voice said to me, “Arise.” And I arose and stood up, and beheld the angel. And he said to me, “If thou wilt not of thyself be destroyed, seek no more to destroy the church of God.”

8 And I fell to the earth; and it was for the space of three days and three nights that I could not open my mouth; neither had I the use of my limbs.

9 And the angel spoke more things to me which were heard by my brethren, but I did not hear them; for when I heard the words, “If thou wilt not of thyself be destroyed, seek no more to destroy the church of God,” I was struck with such great fear and amazement lest perhaps I should be destroyed that I fell to the earth, and I heard no more.

10 But I was racked with eternal torment; for my soul was harrowed up to the greatest degree, and racked with all my sins. And I remembered all my sins and iniquities for which I was tormented with the pains of hell.

11 I saw that I had rebelled against my God, and that I had not kept his holy commandments; and I had murdered many of his children, or rather led them away to destruction.

12 And in fine, so great had been

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