1 Nephi 1:13
Warning of Consequences
What
Lehi
read that the Lord had seen the abominations of Jerusalem, that it
would be destroyed by the sword and many carried away captive into
Babylon.
Why
Because of their wickedness they would
be destroyed as Lehi had prophesied. That the wicked would perish.
Pattern
2 Kings 24:19
Zedikia did evil
2 Chron. 36:14 All
the chief priests transgressed very much...they polluted the house
of the Lord- mocked the messengers of God and misused his prophets.
Jer. 13:27
adulteries, neighings, lewdness, whoredoms...abominations
Jerusalem-2 Kings
23;27. I will remove Judah also out of my sight and will cast off
this city Jerusalem.
Carried away
captive
2 Kings 20: 17-18
everything will be of Hezekiah carried into Babylon and even his
sons.
Jer. 52:3-15 tells
the destruction and was famine, city broken up and men fled, pursued
overtaken, scattered, they slew Zedikiah's sons before his eyes and
all the princes and then put Zedikiah's eyes out and carried him to
prison, burned the Lord's house and all the houses. They left only a
few poor people as vinedressers and husbandmen (farmers to raise the
crops).
Babylon- In the
Bible Dictionary- described-links as Devil,Church of..Israel, bondage
of.. Worldliness.
Christ
Saw the
abominations and bid it be destroyed. Evil destroys evil.
Apply
Consequences
Sin destroys
people. The greater the sins, the greater the destruction when
people refuse to repent, they are destroyed spiritually and often in
the same way as Jerusalem. They become prisoners to evil. Evil
destroys evil! Misery begets misery. Thank God for repentance and
the atonement for all who choose to repent.
We can shun evil
and seek the good. We can also “warn our neighbors” or in other
words, preach the gospel and live exemplary lives.
What evils are out
there that can destroy us as individuals?
Conference
10/14 Richard G.
Scott
Make the Exercise
of Faith Your First Priority
Despite all of the
negative challenges we have in our life, we must take time to
actively exercise our faith. ...Through Adam and Eve's partaking of
the forbidden fruit, knowledge of good and evil was introduced into
the world. Their choice made it possible for each of us to come to
this earth to be tried and tested. We are blessed with agency, which
is our ability to make decisions and to become accountable for those
decisions.
Hymns
#3 Now Let Us
Rejoice
#316 the Lord Is
My Shepherd
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