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“ The devil invites and entices us to sin and do evil continually. But whoever invites and entices us to do good continually, to love God and serve Him, is inspired of God. So take this warning, my beloved brothers and sisters, so that you do not mistake evil to be of God, or good to be of the devil. The way to judge good from evil is as plain as judging day from night, and you may have a perfect knowledge of what is good and what is evil.
The Spirit of Christ is given to everyone so they may know good from evil. Let me tell you how to use your gift in order to judge properly. ”

“ Oh God, the Eternal Father, we ask Thee in the name of Thy Son, Jesus Christ, to bless and sanctify this bread to the souls of all those who partake of it;
that they may eat in remembrance of the body of Thy Son, and witness unto Thee, Oh God, the Eternal Father, that they are willing to take upon them the name of Thy Son, and always remember Him, and keep His commandments which
He has given them, that they may always have His Spirit to be with them. ”

“ If an evil man gives a gift, he can only do it with a grudge, so it is the same as if he had not given the gift, and he is still evil before God.
It is the same when an evil person prays. If he prays without real intent of heart, he receives nothing, for God rejects such prayers. This is why evil people cannot do good nor give a good gift.
A filthy fountain cannot bring forth good water, nor can a good fountain bring forth filthy water. Those who serve the devil cannot follow Christ and those who follow Christ cannot serve the devil. ”

“ Because of this, I know it is solemn mockery before God to baptize little children. Teach repentance and baptism of those who are accountable and capable of committing sin. Teach parents to repent, to be baptized and humble themselves as their little ones. Tell them if they do this they will be saved with their children.
Teach that their little children do not need to repent or be baptized. Baptism is only for those who repent. Baptism fulfills the commandment to repent for all who are accountable, bringing them a remission of their sins. ”

“ Remember, every good gift comes from Christ, and He is the same yesterday, today and forever.
Remember, that all these spiritual gifts will never be taken away as long as the world exists, unless the people stop believing.
There must be faith, hope and charity, for unless you have these three things, you cannot be saved in God's kingdom.
If you have no hope, you are in despair, and despair is the result of sin. ”

“ Little children cannot repent, so it's awful wickedness to deny the pure mercies of God to them, for they're all alive in Him because of His mercy.
Those who say little children need baptism deny Christ's mercy, for they dismiss His atonement and the power of His redemption. Such people are cursed and in danger of spiritual death, hell and endless torment of soul. ”

“ If you ask with a sincere heart, having faith in Christ, He will show you they are true by the power of the Holy Ghost. For by the power of the Holy Ghost you may know the truth of all things.
Whatever is good is also just and true, and nothing that is good denies Christ, but acknowledges that He lives! ”

“ Everything that invites you to do good and that persuades you to believe in Christ is sent by Christ's power as His gift. By this you may know with a perfect knowledge that it is of God.
When something persuades you to do evil, to deny Christ and not serve God, by this you may know with a perfect knowledge that it is of the devil. For this is how the devil works. He does not persuade anyone to do good, not even one person, nor do his angels.
And those who surrender their will to the devil cannot persuade anyone to do good. ”

“ I'm afraid the Lamanites will destroy all our people, for they will not repent, and Satan never stops stirring them up with anger toward one another.
I work with them constantly. When I speak God's word with sharpness they become very angry with me. When I use no sharpness they harden their hearts against God's word.
I'm afraid the Lord's Spirit has stopped working with them. They're so angry they seem to have no fear of death. They've lost their love for one another and continually want to kill and get revenge. ”

“ Laban became angry and threw Laman out of his house, shouting, "You're a robber, and I'll kill you!" But Laman escaped, ran back and told us what happened.
We became very discouraged and my brothers were about to return to my father in the wilderness, but I told them, "As the Lord lives, and as we live, we will not go back to our father until we have accomplished the Lord's command.
Let us be faithful like our father, who gave up all his wealth to obey the Lord. Our father knows this city will be destroyed because the people here are so wicked. They have rejected the words of the prophets. ”

“ Unless the people of Jerusalem repent, many will either be killed by the Babylonians or become their slaves." My father read about and saw in vision many great and marvelous things, after which he exclaimed, "Oh Lord God Almighty! Thy throne is high in the heavens, and Thy power, goodness and mercy are over all the earth. ”

“ Christ answered the ends of the law, and He claims all who have faith in Him. Those who have faith in Him will hold onto every good thing. Christ pleads their cause as He lives eternally in the heavens. And again I ask, because He has gone have miracles ceased? No, they have not, nor have angels stopped visiting people.
Angels are subject to Christ. According to His command, they show themselves to those who have strong faith and a firm mind in every form of godliness. ”

“ I knew Laban had not listened to the Lord's commandments. My brothers and I had asked Laban for the records and he had refused to give them up. Rather than yield to the Lord, Laban had become proud and greedy, and our wealth had fallen into his hands after he commanded his servants to kill us.
A third time the Spirit spoke, "Kill him, for the Lord has delivered him into your hands. The Lord destroys the wicked to
bring about His righteous purposes. It's better for one man to die than a whole nation to falter and pass away in unbelief. ”

“ If little children could not be saved without baptism, there must be many little children in an endless hell, but we know this is not so. Those who believe infants need baptism are controlled by their sinfulness and are full of bitterness....with no faith, hope, or charity. Those who die in this belief will suffer in hell.
It is awful wickedness to believe that God saves one child because of baptism and another goes to hell without baptism. ”

“ I write these things so the prophecies will be fulfilled, for this book will go forth from the mouth of the everlasting God, and His word will call to all people from generation to generation. God will show you what I have written is true. ”

“ I thought by now I would have been killed by the Lamanites.
But I have survived by hiding from them. Their wars among themselves are very fierce, and because of their hatred, they kill every Nephite that will not deny Christ. I will not deny Him, so I go wherever I can to save my life.
Since I am still alive, I will engrave a few more words that may perhaps be of worth to my brethren, the Lamanites, in some future day, according to the Lord's will. ”

“ The valley where we camped was at the mouth of the river that flowed into the Red Sea. My father named the river after Laman and said to him, "I pray you will be like this river, always flowing into the fountain of all righteousness!" ”

“ If there were no faith, people would be fallen, and good things could not come to them.
Because of visiting angels and by God's words, people began to have more faith in Christ, and with that faith they accepted every good thing. ”

“ And if there is even one among you who does good, he will do it by God's power and gifts.
Whoever does away with the gifts of God and dies is cursed, for he dies in his sins and cannot be saved in God's kingdom. ”

“ I ordain you to preach repentance and remission of sins through Jesus Christ, by enduring to the end with faith in His name. Amen."
This is how they ordained priests and teachers according to God's gifts and callings to men. They ordained them by the Holy Ghost's power which was in them. ”

“ Then Laban's servant became afraid and was about to run back to the city. Being large for my age, and with the strength given to me by the Lord, I held onto the servant to keep him from escaping. I said to him, "If you will listen to what the Lord told me, as He lives, you will live."
I made an oath with him so he would not be afraid. The oath was that he would no longer be a servant if he would go with us into the wilderness. ”

“ Those who distort the Lord's ways in this manner will be cursed, for they will die spiritually unless they repent. I speak with boldness, having authority from God. I'm not afraid of what anyone may do to me, for perfect love removes all fear. ”

“ My brothers and sisters, now that you know of this light of Christ by which you may judge, be sure that you do not judge wrongfully. For you will be judged at the last day according to how you judged others on earth. ”

“ During the thousand year history of Lehi and his descendants, there are six accounts of a Lehi type exodus. These accounts illustrate how the Lord tells His servants to take their people and "depart into the wilderness." In each exodus account, the righteous people leave their prideful, power-seeking brethren who have sinned against light and knowledge and have brought themselves under condemnation. ”

“ Elders, priests and teachers were baptized only if they were found worthy. And they baptized only those who had a broken heart and contrite spirit, who were willing to do God's will, and who witnessed to the church that they had truly repented of all their sins. ”

“ One may be given wisdom by God's Spirit, so he may teach wisdom. 2. Another given knowledge by the same Spirit, so he may teach knowledge. 3. By God's Spirit, some are given very great faith. 4. To others, gifts of healing are given. 5. Another may be given the gift to work mighty miracles. 6. To yet another, God's Spirit gives the gift to prophesy of all things. 7. Others are given the gift of seeing angels and spirits, sent to teach them. 8. Some are given the gift of speaking all types of languages. 9. Others are given the gift of interpreting languages. ”

“ When they heard all this, they became angry and said they'd kill me, just as their fathers had killed prophets of old."
Now, I Nephi will show you that the Lord's tender mercy protects those He has chosen because of their faith, for their faith gives them the power to be delivered. ”