Sunday, September 25, 2016

Beware of Bondage-1 Nephi 19:14

1 Nephi 19:14

Beware of Bondage
What
 14 And because they turn their hearts aside, saith the prophet,and have adespised the Holy One of Israel, they shall wander in the flesh, and perish, and become a bhiss and a cbyword, and bedhated among all nations.

The Jews would wander in the flesh and become a hiss and a byword and be hated among all nations.

Why
because they turn their hearts aside, saith the prophet,and have adespised the Holy One of Israel

Pattern
Ps. 22:6
6  But I am a worm, and no man; areproach of men, and despised of the people.
Mosiah 14:3 (3–6)
3  He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
4  Surely he has 
borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows; yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
5  But he was 
wounded for ourtransgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
6  All we, like 
sheep, have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquities of us all
Jer. 24:9.
:99  And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be areproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.
3 3 Ne. 29:8 (8–9) Ne. 29:8 (8–3 Ne. 29:8 (8–9) 9)
3 Ne. 29:8  Yea, and ye need not any longer hiss, nor spurn, nor make game of the Jews, nor any of the remnant of the house of Israel; for behold, the Lord remembereth his covenant unto them, and he will do unto them according to that which he hath sworn.
9  Therefore ye need not suppose that ye can turn the right hand of the Lord unto the left, that he may not execute judgment unto the fulfilling of the covenant which he hath made unto the house of Israel.


TG Israel, Bondage of, in Other Lands
Israel, Bondage of, in Other Lands

2 Kgs. 15:29
king of Assyria … carried them captive to Assyria.
Christ
Because the Jews despised Jesus and turned their hearts aside, they became hated among all nations.

Conference 10/13 Quentin L. Cook
Lamentations of Jeremiah: Beware of Bondage

Our doctrine is clear: “The Lord scattered and afflicted the twelve tribes of Israel because of their unrighteousness and rebellion. However, the Lord also [utilized] this scattering of his chosen people among the nations of the world to bless those nations.”12
We learn valuable lessons from this tragic period. We should do everything within our power to avoid the sin and rebellion that lead to bondage.13 We also recognize that righteous living is a prerequisite for assisting the Lord in gathering His elect and in the literal gathering o fIsrael.
Bondage, subjugation, addictions, and servitude come in many forms. They can be literal physical enslavement but can also be loss or impairment of moral agency that can impede our progress. Jeremiah is clear that unrighteousness and rebellion were the main reasons for the destruction of Jerusalem and captivity in Babylon.14
Other kinds of bondage are equally destructive of the human spirit .Moral agency can be abused in many ways.15 I will mention four that are particularly pernicious in today’s culture.
Apply
Following Christ will help us avoid all kinds of bondage both spiritual and physical. Bondage that is mortal and that is eternal will be a consequence of our choices.

Hymns
239-Choose The Right

160- Choose The Right Way

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