Come Follow Me with Sam

Welcome to Come Follow Me with Sam! We get a great peek into the struggles of a church made by a perfect person but put into an imperfect world and filled with imperfect people? How do you handle that? This is what we will talk about. Hardness of Heart Alma established the church everywhere and things seemed really good for a bit after being freed from the Lamanites/Amulonites. Unfortunately, things went south in a generation, just as they had back in the land of Nephi under King Noah. Mormon says that there were many of the rising generation that could not understand the words of King Benjamin as children. There are some interesting dynamics that happen here. Check out the chain of logic/spirit/thought. -did not believe tradition of fathers. did not believe what had been said concerning the resurrection of dead, coming of Christ - >could not understand the word of God.  -> Hearts were hardened (technically in the same breathe as the last issue) ->would not be baptize...

Welcome to Come Follow Me with Sam! We get to see the crazy fallout that comes after Abinadai (spoiler alert: DO NOT kill a prophet of God), and the miracles that come about as various people are delivered. Go power of deliverance! What is Zion!? We get a little glimpse of Zion with Alma and his people. We can use this to learn more. Mosiah 18 is a great place to understand what it really means to be baptized, what it really means to be a member of the church, and what it really means to follow the law of consecration. check this out. Baptism v7 - before baptism, he preached repentance, redemption, and faith on the Lord v8 - come into the fold and be called his people. bear one another's burden. This is a community and a people set apart, not just a one time thing, not purely a singular experience. v9 - mourn with those that morn, comfort those in need of comfort, stand as witnesses of God. v10 - be baptized in the name of the lord as a witness before him     that you may ...

Welcome again to Come Follow Me with Sam! Abinadai! I love Abinadai! I did my best with my brother to open up Abinadai to understanding on our twitch channel. Abinadai came among the people in disguise and I think we too need to search him out to understand him better. I hope it is beneficial.  Abinadai takes us and the priests on a journey from the static law to the savior's life, and then back to ours. I believe that he knew the basics of what he was going to say but that the spirit spelled out as he went the emergent truths he expressed. The priests accuse Abinadai of being a doomsday-er and a downer The priests were calculated in their question toward Abinadai they asked him about this passage of scripture from Isaiah 21 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; 22 Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with...