11:2
Is it good to follow your heart? Sometimes. If our will is aligned with the Spirit, we should follow our heart. If our will is aligned with the natural man, we should not follow our heart. As fallen creatures, our desires are often carnal, worldly. Our bodies are set up to feed us selfish desires. This life isn’t about figuring out who we are and what we like and then plot a course that matches our individual wants. This life is about finding the will of God and then working hard to align our will with his.
Noah didn’t do this. “For behold, he did not keep the commandments of God, but he did walk after the desires of his own heart. And he had many wives and concubines.” When we break the commandments to do what we want, we are not choosing the right. We are being bad.
The thing about being bad is that you want to not feel bad about it. One way to not feel bad about it is to surround yourself with others who are also being bad. Noah did exactly this. “And he did cause his people to commit sin, and do that which was abominable in the sight of the Lord. Yea, and they did commit whoredoms and all manner of wickedness.” If everyone around you is doing the same sins, it’s easy to rationalize your bad choices. You don’t stand out on your own as a sinner.
We see this happening a lot today. People put a lot of effort into swaying others to believe the same lies that they believe.
11:5
Noah switched out his priests. “For he put down all the priests that had been consecrated by his father, and consecrated new ones in their stead, such as were lifted up in the pride of their hearts.” Why didn’t Noah choose priests who were drunkards? Why didn’t he choose sex addicts? Why didn’t he choose those who were thiefs? He could have simply placed criminals without any morals in those positions.
Instead, he chose proud priests. Why was pride so attractive to Noah? I think it is because the proud could appear honorable but could be easily manipulated. The proud will do many things to be lifted up above others. The proud do not want to do anything to jeopardize their station. The proud care more about the outward perception of them than their inner righteousness. Pride leads to many selfish choices that would match the king’s. Truly, we must beware of pride.
11:6
“Yea, and thus they were supported in their laziness, and in their idolatry, and in their whoredoms, by the taxes which king Noah had put upon his people.” There are many in our society that are supported in their laziness. They don’t want to work for a living and can, instead, live off of money paid by others as taxes. They feel entitled to assistance from others simply because they exist. They are perpetual takers and not givers. We cannot enable those who simply want to be lazy.
11:7, 14
“Yea, and they also became idolatrous, because they were deceived by the vain and flattering words of the king and priests; for they did speak flattering things unto them.” What is the connection between idolatrous and flattery?
If I love and honor a single God, I attempt to submit to his will. I honor him. He is the center of my life. But, if someone starts flattering me and telling me how amazing I am, I may forget about that God and view myself as the source of goodness. With enough flattery, I may become addicted to it and will do those things that bring more flattery. I may view my profession or my appearance or my possessions as my God in that they become the center of my life.
We should be careful about letting riches and the things of this world become the center. We can become like Noah who “placed his heart upon his riches.”
11:19
“And now, because of this great victory they were lifted up in the pride of their hearts; they did boast in their own strength, saying that their fifty could stand against thousands of the Lamanites.” The Nephites defeated the Lamanites and this caused them to be proud of themselves. It’s so easy to become proud when we do something good. It’s harder to, instead, give credit to God.
When Marci and I worked for the missionary department, we were in a pivotal role in developing training for senior MLS missionaries. We wrote the training manual. We developed a missionary mentoring program. We interviewed and selected return missionaries as mentors. We helped develop a second week of missionary training at the MTC for senior missionaries. We taught two times a week at the MTC - where we taught curriculum that we had written.
It was pretty easy for us to feel good about ourselves. We had created something big from nothing. It appeared we were a source of goodness for the missionary department. There have been many times, during and since, when we have spoken with pride about our accomplishments.
Less often, we simply give credit to the Lord and the Spirit for allowing us to be a part of it. We were directed by a superior being. He was the one opening doors for us. He inspired our brains as we acted simply as tools. We could have been better at giving credit to the right source instead of inhaling it ourselves.
We all must be constantly vigilant in our fight against being proud. It’s easy to start. We especially should fight feeling proud of being righteous. To be proud of righteousness is what we call an oxymoron.
11:27
Abinadi calls the people to repentance. “Now when king Noah had heard of the words which Abinadi had spoken unto the people, he was also wroth; and he said: Who is Abinadi, that I and my people should be judged of him, or who is the Lord, that shall bring upon my people such great affliction?” When we see ourselves as the center of the universe, anyone outside of ourselves is secondary. We can have so much pride in ourselves that the Lord himself isn’t even considered worthy.
11:28
Noah has a good thing going. He views anyone who might jeopardize his con as a serious threat. Noah must kill Abinadi. But, Noah doesn’t want to see himself as a selfish, proud, threatened weakling so he must invent a “righteous” reason to killing Abinadi. “I command you to bring Abinadi hither, that I may slay him, for he has said these things that he might stir up my people to anger one with another, and to raise contentions among my people; therefore I will slay him.” Instead of killing Abinadi for selfish reasons, Noah is doing a favor for his people.
Whatever makes you able to sleep at night Noah.
12:2, 4-8
I’ve sometimes wondered if God actually intervenes in life to punish or does he just allow natural consequences to occur. These verses seem to answer this question. “Yea, wo be unto this generation! And the Lord said unto me: Stretch forth thy hand and prophesy, saying: Thus saith the Lord, it shall come to pass that this generation, because of their iniquities, shall be brought into bondage, and shall be smitten on the cheek; yea, and shall be driven by men, and shall be slain; and the vultures of the air, and the dogs, yea, and the wild beasts, shall devour their flesh. And it shall come to pass that the life of king Noah shall be valued even as a garment in a hot furnace; for he shall know that I am the Lord. And it shall come to pass that I will smite this my people with sore afflictions, yea, with famine and with pestilence; and I will cause that they shall howl all the day long. Yea, and I will cause that they shall have burdens lashed upon their backs; and they shall be driven before like a dumb ass. And it shall come to pass that I will send forth hail among them, and it shall smite them; and they shall also be smitten with the east wind; and insects shall pester their land also, and devour their grain. And they shall be smitten with a great pestilence—and all this will I do because of their iniquities and abominations. And it shall come to pass that except they repent I will utterly destroy them from off the face of the earth.” Clearly, the Lord does do the punishing directly.
12:11-12
The people embellish what Abinadi says. “And again, he saith that thou shalt be as a stalk, even as a dry stalk of the field, which is run over by the beasts and trodden under foot. And again, he saith thou shalt be as the blossoms of a thistle, which, when it is fully ripe, if the wind bloweth, it is driven forth upon the face of the land.” There’s no record of Abinadi saying this! They embellished. Why do people do this? Sometimes, events happen in a way that doesn’t support our narrative. When this happens, we will exaggerate what happened to make our point. If you ever find yourself doing this, take a look at your motivations.
12:14-15
People must be the heroes of their stories. “And now, O king, behold, we are guiltless, and thou, O king, hast not sinned.” I believe that these people literally cannot see the evil that they are doing. Their perspective is so warped that they can only see themselves as the heroes of their story. How much are we like the wicked priests of King Noah?
Because of their flawed premise, they can now assign fault with Abinadi. “…therefore, this man has lied concerning you, and he has prophesied in vain.” In other words, “because we are awesome and he says we’re not awesome, he must be lying.”
12:19
When the Pharisees couldn’t discover a problem with Jesus’s behavior, they attempted to manufacture one by tricking him with questions. The priests did the same thing with Abinadi. “And they began to question him, that they might cross him, that thereby they might have wherewith to accuse him.” It’s a lame strategy.
The problem with their wicked strategy is that Abinadi was speaking the truth. “But he answered them boldly, and withstood all their questions, yea, to their astonishment; for he did withstand them in all their questions, and did confound them in all their words.” When you’re speaking the truth and have the power of the Holy Ghost with you, you can’t be tripped up.
12:21
The priests use another trick of using the scriptures to disprove Abinadi’s words. They see that he is proclaiming death and destruction because of sin. They see this as contradicting the scripture in Isaiah of “How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings; that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good; that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth.” They are essentially saying “you’re supposed to be bringing good tidings and you’re prophesying destruction.”
Obviously, they are using Isaiah’s words out of context. Of course those who share the good tidings of Christ’s atonement are beautiful, but that doesn’t preclude prophesying destruction for the wicked. It’s a weak attempt to discredit Abinadi.
This also happens frequently among the anti-LDS crowd. They will take a verse out of context and suggest that it disproves our teachings. For example, when Paul is teaching that there is only one God (to those who are idol worshipping multiple Gods) that this proves that our Heavenly Father didn’t have a father. Another example is that John taught that Jesus created everything in our universe - which is true - that this means that Jesus also created Satan - so Satan can’t be Jesus’s brother.
It’s tiring when people use a scripture like this to prove a point that doesn’t exist simply to contradict a true teaching. It’s even worse if the deceivers know the truth. “I say unto you, wo be unto you for perverting the ways of the Lord! For if ye understand these things ye have not taught them; therefore, ye have perverted the ways of the Lord.”
12:29-30
Abinadi is able to make his point through questions. “And again he said unto them: If ye teach the law of Moses why do ye not keep it? Why do ye set your hearts upon riches? Why do ye commit whoredoms and spend your strength with harlots, yea, and cause this people to commit sin, that the Lord has cause to send me to prophesy against this people, yea, even a great evil against this people? Know ye not that I speak the truth? Yea, ye know that I speak the truth; and you ought to tremble before God.” If they truly attempted to answer these questions themselves, they would likely arrive at the truth:
"If ye teach the law of Moses why do ye not keep it?" Why aren’t they living according to the law of Moses? What is it about their character that makes them ignore what they are teaching? Why aren’t they strong enough to stay true to their convictions?
"Why do ye set your hearts upon riches?" Why are riches so important to them? What are riches doing for them? Why are riches, instead of God, the center of their lives?
"Why do ye commit whoredoms and spend your strength with harlots?" Why are they giving into their base instincts? Why don’t they have the strength to rise above the natural man. Why can’t they resist their carnal desires?
They could strengthen themselves by doing the soul searching that would come from attempting to answer these questions about themselves.
12:35
“Thou shalt have no other God before me.” There is a reason why this is the first commandment. It isn’t just about carving a golden calf. This is about making something other than God the center of your life. This is about not putting our selfish needs above what God has commanded.
It’s about pride. Pride leads to the fall. It did for Satan, Cain, Korihor. Pride can lead to a thousand different paths to hell. It’s why this is the first commandment.
13:1
When people can’t make a cogent argument, they use ad hominem attacks. “Away with this fellow, and slay him; for what have we to do with him, for he is mad.” In other words, “I can’t make a valid argument with this guy so he’s an idiot.” If someone starts just attacking your character or intelligence or sanity, it’s because it’s their last defense to an argument that they are losing.
13:3, 5-6
When we speak the truth, our words have power. When they attempted to put hands on Abinadi, his response was, “Touch me not, for God shall smite you if ye lay your hands upon me…the people of king Noah durst not lay their hands on him, for the Spirit of the Lord was upon him…and he spake with power and authority from God.” This power and authority comes from speaking gospel truths. When we do, because it is part of the plan of salvation which was taught to us before we were born, it is familiar. Those words have power because it is true. The Spirit testifies of their truthfulness. That confirmation from the Holy Ghost infuses our words with power.
13:7
“Ye see that ye have not power to slay me, therefore I finish my message. Yea, and I perceive that it cuts you to your hearts because I tell you the truth concerning your iniquities.” The Light of Christ confirms truth. It also confirms to people the wickedness of their bad choices. Sometimes, people refer to this as their conscience. We know when we do something wrong.
When someone calls us out on our wicked deeds, it cuts us because we already know that what we’re doing is wrong. Knowing we’re wrong initiates a defense mechanism with the proud. Usually, the response is anger - as it was with Noah and his priests.
13:9
“But I finish my message; and then it matters not whither I go, if it so be that I am saved.” Abinadi had such a good perspective about what was important in life, he didn’t care about what happened to him after he delivered the message he was commanded to give.
13:11
“And now I read unto you the remainder of the commandments of God, for I perceive that they are not written in your hearts.” Understanding the principles of the gospel, beginning with the commandments, is not about memorization. Making the commandments part of us is about integrating them into our character. That’s what it means to have them written in our hearts.
I DO NOT have many scriptures memorized. I usually don’t know who said what, when. I can say that I have the principles written on my heart. I can paraphrase unknown scriptures very well!
13:16, 29-30
One of the commandments is to “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.” We humans need a day to focus on God instead of the many worldly options for fun or work responsibilities. It would be easy for us to stray off of the covenant path without this weekly time set aside to worship.
We humans are just built this way. “And now I say unto you that it was expedient that there should be a law given to the children of Israel, yea, even a very strict law; for they were a stiffnecked people, quick to do iniquity, and slow to remember the Lord their God; Therefore there was a law given them, yea, a law of performances and of ordinances, a law which they were to observe strictly from day to day, to keep them in remembrance of God and their duty towards him.”
Remember the sabbath day is part of the law of Moses that survives to this day. It is strict. Again, why is this strictness necessary? Because we are a “stiffnecked people, quick to do iniquity, and slow to remember the Lord.” There is no difference between us and the people who lived the law of Moses. We are all the same stiffneckedness. We need strict observances to keep us in the way. There is a purpose behind attending church and the temple, doing family history, not drinking coffee/tea/alchohol, waiting to have sex until being married, etc.
Sometimes the purpose of a rule is to keep us on the path.
14:3-4
Jesus didn’t have an easy life in any way. He wasn’t in a protective bubble. He wasn’t free from disappointment, pain, setbacks, frustrations, loss, fatigue. His life was difficult. It is why he was described as “a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief…surely he has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows.” This grief and sorrow wasn’t contained in the Garden of Eden. Grief and sorrow filled his mortal life.
14:6
My skin crawls every time someone says that they are following “their truth.” It’s a weak phrase that simply means that they are doing what they want. They are choosing the path that best suits them. There is no strength connected with doing what you want to do. Isaiah surely had this problem in mind when he wrote, “All we, like sheep, have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way.” We must understand that this mortal life is not about turning every one to his own way. There is no progress in that.
15:5, 7
These two verses teach a challenging, important topic. Speaking of Jesus, “And thus the flesh becoming subject to the Spirit, or the Son to the Father, being one God…Yea, even so he shall be led, crucified, and slain, the flesh becoming subject even unto death, the will of the Son being swallowed up in the will of the Father.” The flesh wants what the flesh wants. Those on the covenant path are in the process of their flesh becoming subject to the Spirit. We can allow the Spirit to be the controlling force in our lives rather than our own preferences. We are allowing the voice of the shepherd to lead us rather than all of us going our own way. In other words, we are becoming one with the Spirit.
Christ did this same thing with the Spirit and also with God himself. His will was swallowed up in God’s will. In this way, Jesus is becoming one with his Father. They are not becoming the same person. They are simply becoming one in purpose. Their is no daylight between the will of Jesus and the will of his Father.
15:11
There are some great verbs in this verse. “Behold I say unto you, that whosoever has heard the words of the prophets, yea, all the holy prophets who have prophesied concerning the coming of the Lord—I say unto you, that all those who have hearkened unto their words, and believed that the Lord would redeem his people, and have looked forward to that day for a remission of their sins, I say unto you, that these are his seed, or they are the heirs of the kingdom of God.” If we have heard the prophets and hearkened to their words and have believed in our redemption - looking forward to the day that their sins will be in remission, we have found the path and are walking down the path. If we continue, we will be “heirs of the kingdom of God.”
15:15-16, 18-19
I love how Abinadi eventually answers the priests’ questions - after giving the answer context.
He starts by calling them to repentance.
Then he reminds them of the commandments and law of Moses - and the necessity of the commandments.
Demonstrates how the law of Moses points to Christ.
Teaches how Christ is the source of our salvation.
Then, does he make the point about “how beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of those that are still publishing peace!” He brings context into the answer to their question. It is a wise and excellent way of helping them understand the point of the scripture.
I think it is part of how Alma was convinced. He is seeing, firsthand, how the priests are twisting the scriptures into something that they aren’t. Abinadi is using their own question to teach a lesson. Alma, as an honest person, was actually recognizing truth. I’m sure Alma participated with the other priests in their abominable acts - but he was open enough to see the truth when he heard it.
Abinadi, like all good prophets, ties the principle to the Savior. “And behold, I say unto you, this is not all. For O how beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that is the founder of peace, yea, even the Lord, who has redeemed his people; yea, him who has granted salvation unto his people; For were it not for the redemption which he hath made for his people, which was prepared from the foundation of the world, I say unto you, were it not for this, all mankind must have perished.” The key point here is the necessity of Jesus.
With or without the law of Moses, it is the redemption offered only through Jesus Christ that matters. Abinadi is using their known scriptures to teach them about Jesus. Effective technique. It worked with Alma.
15:26
This scripture is confusing for me. “But behold, and fear, and tremble before God, for ye ought to tremble; for the Lord redeemeth none such that rebel against him and die in their sins; yea, even all those that have perished in their sins ever since the world began, that have wilfully rebelled against God, that have known the commandments of God, and would not keep them; these are they that have no part in the first resurrection.” This sounds pretty clear. This sounds like, if you are a sinner and die, that you cannot be redeemed. That doesn’t sound right to me. We will all die as sinners.
To wilfully rebel against God means that we KNOW what’s right and go against it. Abinadi says as much - he’s talking about those who “have known the commandments of God.” Again, many of us appear to be in that category. So, if I know about the commandments and sin anyway, am I going to hell?
I believe the key to understanding this is a combination of rebellion and knowing.
To know what God wants and still make mistakes is human.
To know what God wants and not care is rebellion.
It’s the rebellious that have a problem. The problem is that they don’t care in this life and that’s not likely going to change in the next. If they know in mortality and rebel, they can know more in the spirit world and rebel. It’s an element of their character that isn’t going to change with how much they know. “Knowingly rebel” is the key phrase - along with “willful rebellion.”
I personally think this is what “sinning against the Holy Ghost” is. It is when we know the truth, the Holy Ghost confirms it and we deny what we know. Redemption cannot redeem that person because they don’t want to be redeemed. God will never force any of us to do anything. If we purposefully separate ourselves from God, it will be as Alma taught, “Then, I say unto you, they shall be as though there had been no redemption made; for they cannot be redeemed according to God’s justice; and they cannot die, seeing there is no more corruption.” This group sounds like sons of perdition.
It all depends on what you consider redemption, salvation and exaltation. Almost everyone will be saved in some kingdom of glory. What degree of glory depends on our faithfulness. Faithfulness and willful rebellion don’t exist in the same person.
Abinadi is speaking to wicked priests who know better. He’s wanting them to reconsider their wicked ways. He wants them to “fear and tremble before God.”
16:3-5
We must understand ourselves to be fallen people in a fallen world. We must understand that our human natures pull us toward the worldly. “all mankind becoming carnal, sensual, devilish, knowing evil from good, subjecting themselves to the devil.”
Mercifully, we can rise above this through the atonement of Jesus Christ. “Thus all mankind were lost; and behold, they would have been endlessly lost were it not that God redeemed his people from their lost and fallen state.” We are redeemed. Thank God.
“But remember that he that persists in his own carnal nature, and goes on in the ways of sin and rebellion against God, remaineth in his fallen state and the devil hath all power over him. Therefore he is as though there was no redemption made, being an enemy to God; and also is the devil an enemy to God.” We cannot continue to give in to our carnal nature and expect to progress. We will truly remain in our “fallen state.” If we continue to give in to our carnal nature, we become an “enemy to God” and “the devil hath all power over” us.
If we understand our nature, we can stand up and fight against it. We can recognize that we cannot just be baptized and then not diligently strengthen ourselves spiritually. We cannot step away from the church for a while. We must proactively fortify our spiritual strength on a daily basis.
16:9
There is always hope in Christ. “He is the light and the life of the world; yea, a light that is endless, that can never be darkened; yea, and also a life which is endless, that there can be no more death.” There is no corner of this universe that the light of Christ cannot reach. His reach is endless. His light cannot be darkened, even by you and your sins. You cannot stop his light from pouring over you. Sometimes we think Christ is infinitely powerful but not powerful enough to save - in our unique case. That is not true.
16:11
“If they be good, to the resurrection of endless life and happiness; and if they be evil, to the resurrection of endless damnation, being delivered up to the devil, who hath subjected them, which is damnation.” Just a thought on this. An endless life of happiness must include progression. If my life is happy but every day is like Groundhog Day, I’m not sure how satisfying that will be. It actually sounds a little boring. It is our progression that makes us feel like we are really living. Look inward. Do you feel that too?
To not be able to progress is “endless damnation.” My progress is dammed, stunted, cut off. To be in a kingdom that doesn’t provide progression will cause gnashing of teeth - at least in my case.
16:12
This verse makes me think of our current society. “Having gone according to their own carnal wills and desires…” Doesn’t this sound like “my truth.” Were becoming a collection of individuals who are all attempting to figure out life for themselves. I always hear, “I am on a journey.”
“…having never called upon the Lord while the arms of mercy were extended towards them…” We’re becoming so independent that we feel like we don’t need anyone. The goodness in our lives comes from us. The badness in our lives also come from us. If we don’t, as individuals, lift ourselves up by our own bootstraps, nothing is going to change. However, we can call upon the Lord. He can help us. His arms are always extended.
Just because Christ’s arms of mercy are extended, that doesn’t mean we are forced to accept his help. “…for the arms of mercy were extended towards them, and they would not…”
“…they being warned of their iniquities and yet they would not depart from them; and they were commanded to repent and yet they would not repent.” A warning often will not motivate us to depart from our iniquities. We just love our iniquities that much. A commandment to repent will also not be enough for many. They will choose not to repent.
17:3
Alma believe Abinadi. The king didn’t like that. “But the king was more wroth, and caused that Alma should be cast out from among them, and sent his servants after him that they might slay him.” Why would the king be so upset?
It is because Noah was smart enough to know that one believer could make a very large impact. He knew that Abinadi’s words needed to die with him. If just one priest continued to teach this same doctrine, the king and his priests were vulnerable.
Noah was right. One single believer did have a HUGE impact over the next 500 years. Consider the stories and people who came from Alma’s conversion! Most of the Book of Mormon is from those who sprang from this one person. We should consider that when it comes to a prompting to share the gospel with a single person. It may not seem like a huge impact whether they learn about the gospel or not - but, clearly, it can have an unimaginable impact.
Think of Alma when you have a prompting to share the gospel with a single person.
17:8
The king wants to kill Abinadi. He finds a single point in what Abinadi taught that may have contradicted accepted doctrine. “For thou hast said that God himself should come down among the children of men; and now, for this cause thou shalt be put to death…” Really, that’s worthy of death??
How about you tell us the real reason you want Abinadi to die? “…unless thou wilt recall all the words which thou hast spoken evil concerning me and my people.” There it is. His death has nothing to do with that point of doctrine. All they care about is Abinadi recalling all of the condemnation that he stated directly to their faces.
17:9-10
“Now Abinadi said unto him: I say unto you, I will not recall the words which I have spoken unto you concerning this people, for they are true; and that ye may know of their surety I have suffered myself that I have fallen into your hands.” I always thought it was dumb of Abinadi to call himself “Abinadi” when he snuck back into the city. Obviously, he intended to be caught. He "suffered himself” to be “fallen” in to their hands.
He was NOT going to recall what he had said. He knew the consequences of what he had done and said. “Yea, and I will suffer even until death, and I will not recall my words, and they shall stand as a testimony against you. And if ye slay me ye will shed innocent blood, and this shall also stand as a testimony against you at the last day.“ He was willing to die for what he had said. Certainly, this made an impact on king Noah. What man would die for something that wasn’t true?
17:12
The king was suddenly afraid about the judgments of God that would be poured out on his head. However, the priests riled him up again. “But the priests lifted up their voices against him, and began to accuse him, saying: He has reviled the king. Therefore the king was stirred up in anger against him, and he delivered him up that he might be slain.” Why were the priests more upset than the king himself?
Who knows. I can see how the king would feel more secure in his position even if he let Abinadi continue. He wouldn’t lose all power and be removed as king. The priests, however, were much more afraid of losing their station. He was attacking them as priests. He was suggesting that they were hypocrites. If he was allowed to continue, they may lose all influence that they have over the people.
I think this is possibly the reason why they were so much more committed to Abinadi’s death.
17:20
“And now, when Abinadi had said these words, he fell, having suffered death by fire; yea, having been put to death because he would not deny the commandments of God, having sealed the truth of his words by his death.” Abinadi is a type of Christ. There are many similarities between him and Christ and how he faced off with religious leaders and was put to death.
Both valued their message above their lives. Abinadi held his life in perspective. It didn’t matter if he lived or died as long as he was faithful. He knew that he would be saved and what happened in mortality was meaningless in comparison to his eternal reward. I love Abinadi and his example and his courage.
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