2 Nephi 28:8 reads:
And there shall also be many which shall say, Eat, drink, and be merry, nevertheless, fear God-he will justify in committing a little sin, yea, yea, lie a little, take the advantage of one because of his words, dig a pit for thy neighbor; there is no harm in this; and do all these things, for tomorrow we die; and if it so be that we are guilty, God will beat us with a few stripes, and at last we shall be saved in the Kingdom of God.
In our society today, we see exactly what this scripture reads. I have to admit, even Satan has tried to convince me that I could sin just a little and still be in the presence of my Father in Heaven, This is false thinking. No unclean thing can dwell in the presence of God.
The pitfall of society is pride. Pride causes corruption. Satan is raging in the hearts of men and we see this daily by all the mass killings that are taking place along with the corruption of our government. Satan is lulling and pacifying the hearts of the children of men. He is convincing them that "All is well in Zion!". All is not well in Zion. Look around at the happenings in the world today!
We are to put our trust in the Lord and strive to have His spirit to be with us.
In chapter 29, we learn that the Gentiles will say they need no more bible. What we have to understand, is that our Lord has created many more nations than just our nation. In verse 4 it reads,
"But saith the Lord God: O fools, they shall have a Bible; and it shall proceed forth from the Jews, and mine ancient covenant people. And what thank they the Jews, for the Bible which they receive from them? Yeah, what do the Gentiles mean? Do they remember the travails, and the labors, and the pains of the Jews, and their diligence unto me, in bringing forth salvation unto the Gentiles?"
Did the Savior created more nations than ours? What about in the East? The West? The North? The South? How awesome is this? The Lord has commanded each nation to write the words that He speaks so that these records will come forth at a latter time. How glorious this shall be!
The Book of Mormon does not contradicts the Bible, nor is it made up by man. It is a sacred record of the people of this nation, just as the Bible is a sacred record of the Jews in their nation.
Our day is very treacherous! Satan is raging in the hearts of men and his flaxen cords are being wrapped ever so tightly around our necks. We are living in a day that has been prophesied by prophets of old. Nephi saw our day and time and was so compassionate, he wept for us to hearken unto the Lord and to follow His commandments. Words can't describe how I feel knowing Nephi wept for me and the Savior bleed and died for me, I will try to strengthen my testimony and to keep my eye single to Lord, all the days of my life.
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