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Nephi 3:6-7
Follow the Leader
Follow the Leader.
Accept the invitation to follow Him. You’ll have joy in the
journey, because He’ll walk beside you. (See 2 Nephi 31:10–12.)
Apr. 1998
Come
Follow Me
What
6 Therefore
I write unto you, desiring that ye would yield up unto this my
people, your cities, your lands, and your possessions, rather than
that they should visit you with the sword and that destruction should
come upon you.
7 Or
in other words, yield yourselves up unto us, and unite with us and
become acquainted with our asecret works,
and become our brethren that ye may be like unto us—not our slaves,
but our brethren and partners of all our substance.
Why
Giddianhi
is seeking power over the people and the government so he wants
Lachoneus and his people to follow him in his evil ways.
Pattern
Hel.
6:22 (22–26)
22
And it came to pass that they did have their signs, yea,
their secret signs,
and their secret words;
and this that they might distinguish a brother who had entered into
the covenant, that whatsoever wickedness his brother should do he
should not be injured by his brother, nor by those who did belong to
his band, who had taken this covenant.
23 And thus they might murder, and plunder, and steal, and commit whoredoms and all manner of wickedness, contrary to the laws of their country and also the laws of their God.
24 And whosoever of those who belonged to their band should reveal unto the world of their wickedness and their abominations, should be tried, not according to the laws of their country, but according to the laws of their wickedness, which had been given by Gadianton and Kishkumen.
25 Now behold, it is these secret oaths and covenants which Alma commanded his son should not go forth unto the world, lest they should be a means of bringing down the people unto destruction.
26 Now behold, those secret oaths and covenants did not come forth unto Gadianton from the records which were delivered unto Helaman; but behold, they were put into the heart of Gadianton by that same being who did entice our first parents to partake of the forbidden fruit—
23 And thus they might murder, and plunder, and steal, and commit whoredoms and all manner of wickedness, contrary to the laws of their country and also the laws of their God.
24 And whosoever of those who belonged to their band should reveal unto the world of their wickedness and their abominations, should be tried, not according to the laws of their country, but according to the laws of their wickedness, which had been given by Gadianton and Kishkumen.
25 Now behold, it is these secret oaths and covenants which Alma commanded his son should not go forth unto the world, lest they should be a means of bringing down the people unto destruction.
26 Now behold, those secret oaths and covenants did not come forth unto Gadianton from the records which were delivered unto Helaman; but behold, they were put into the heart of Gadianton by that same being who did entice our first parents to partake of the forbidden fruit—
Secret Combinations
See
also Conspiracy
See
also Gen.
4:23 ; Ps.
64:5 ; John
3:19 ; Eph.
6:12 ; 2 Thes.
2:7 ; Rev.
17:5 ; 2 Ne.
27:27 ; Alma
37:21 ; Hel.
16:21 ; 3 Ne.
9:5 ;
Alma
37:29 (27–32)
27
And now, my son, I command you that ye retain all their oaths, and
their covenants, and their agreements in their secret abominations;
yea, and all their signs and
their wonders ye shall keep from
this people, that they know them not, lest peradventure they should
fall into darkness also and be destroyed.
28 For behold, there is a curse upon all this land, that destruction shall come upon all those workers of darkness, according to the power of God, when they are fully ripe; therefore I desire that this people might not be destroyed.
29 Therefore ye shall keep these secret plans of their oaths and their covenants from this people, and only their wickedness and their murders and their abominations shall ye make known unto them; and ye shall teach them to abhor such wickedness and abominations and murders; and ye shall also teach them that these people were destroyed on account of their wickedness and abominations and their murders.
30 For behold, they murdered all the prophets of the Lord who came among them to declare unto them concerning their iniquities; and the blood of those whom they murdered did cry unto the Lord their God for vengeance upon those who were their murderers; and thus the judgments of God did come upon these workers of darkness and secret combinations.
31 Yea, and cursed be the land forever and ever unto those workers of darkness and secret combinations, even unto destruction, except they repent before they are fully ripe.
32 And now, my son, remember the words which I have spoken unto you; trust not those secret plans unto this people, but teach them an everlasting hatred against sin and iniquity.
28 For behold, there is a curse upon all this land, that destruction shall come upon all those workers of darkness, according to the power of God, when they are fully ripe; therefore I desire that this people might not be destroyed.
29 Therefore ye shall keep these secret plans of their oaths and their covenants from this people, and only their wickedness and their murders and their abominations shall ye make known unto them; and ye shall teach them to abhor such wickedness and abominations and murders; and ye shall also teach them that these people were destroyed on account of their wickedness and abominations and their murders.
30 For behold, they murdered all the prophets of the Lord who came among them to declare unto them concerning their iniquities; and the blood of those whom they murdered did cry unto the Lord their God for vengeance upon those who were their murderers; and thus the judgments of God did come upon these workers of darkness and secret combinations.
31 Yea, and cursed be the land forever and ever unto those workers of darkness and secret combinations, even unto destruction, except they repent before they are fully ripe.
32 And now, my son, remember the words which I have spoken unto you; trust not those secret plans unto this people, but teach them an everlasting hatred against sin and iniquity.
The
opposite of this is to get to know the Lord and to understand the
plan of salvation and the war that took place in heaven and is still
going on.
Conference
By
Elder David A. Bednar Of
the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
...We
come to know the Savior as we do our best to go where He wants us to
go, as we strive to say what He wants us to say, and as we become
what He wants us to become.27 As
we submissively acknowledge our total dependence upon Him, He
enlarges our capacity to serve ever more effectively. Gradually, our
desires align more completely with His desires, and His purposes
become our purposes, such that we would “not ask that which is
contrary to [His] will.”28
Serving
Him requires all of our heart, might, mind, and
strength.29Consequently,
selflessly serving others counteracts the self-centered and selfish
tendencies of the natural man. We grow to love those whom we serve.
And because serving others is serving God, we grow to love Him and
our brothers and sisters more deeply. Such love is a manifestation of
the spiritual gift of charity, even the pure love of Christ.30
...Believing
Him is trusting that His bounteous blessings are available and
applicable in our individual lives and families. Believing Him with
our whole soul38 comes
as we press forward along the covenant pathway, surrender our will to
His, and submit to His priorities and timing for us. Believing
Him—accepting as true His power and promises—invites perspective,
peace, and joy into our lives.
On
a future day, “every knee shall bow, and every tongue
confess”39 that
Jesus is the Christ. On that blessed day, we will know He knows each
of us by name. And I witness and promise we can not only know about
the Lord but also come to know Him as we exercise faith in, follow,
serve, and believe Him. I so testify in the sacred name of Jesus
Christ, amen.
Apply-
This
is all about choices and whom we will follow. There are only two
choices. Jesus or Satan.
Sitting
on the fence is also to follow Satan because progress is stopped and
when it is stopped we go downhill.
from
Elder Bednar “True
faith is focused in and on the Lord and always leads to righteous
action. “Faith [in Christ is] the first principle in revealed
religion, … the foundation of all righteousness, … and the
principle of action in all intelligent beings.”9Because
acting in accordance with the correct principles the Redeemer
proclaimed is central to receiving and exercising true faith, “faith
without works is dead.”10 We
are to be “doers of the word, and not hearers only.”11
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Hymns-
Come
Follow Me-116
I
Believe In Christ-134
Children
I'm
Trying to Be Like Jesus-78
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