"And thus, in their prosperous circumstances, they did not send away any who were naked, or that were hungry, or that were athirst, or that were sick, or that had not been nourished; and they did not set their hearts upon riches; therefore they were liberal to all, both old and young, both bond and free, both male and female, whether out of the church or in the church, having no respect to persons as to those who stood in need.
And thus they did prosper and become far more wealthy than those who did not belong to their church.
For those who did not belong to their church did indulge themselves in sorceries, and in idolatry or idleness, and in babblings, and in envyings and strife; wearing costly apparel; being lifted up in the pride of their own eyes; persecuting, lying, thieving, robbing, committing whoredoms, and murdering, and all manner of wickedness; nevertheless, the law was put in force upon all those who did transgress it, inasmuch as it was possible."
Alma 1:30-32
There are a couple of impressive things here. One of them is in the first verse of the selection where they didn't turn anyone away that was in need... helping everyone. Another is in the last verse of the selection, because that is an impressive list of things that we're assuming the people in the church *didn't* do, because it mentions that other people did.
Some of those things are things that we see as serious, but others aren't, and I'm wondering if we should take them all a little more seriously in case they are holding us back from being like the people in the first verse. :)
Today, let's think about how to be more like the first verse and less like the last verse, and maybe consider the things in the last verse that might be getting in our way as we try to progress. Let's work with God and get his help with learning to be liberal to all, and helping everyone that we can.
And thus they did prosper and become far more wealthy than those who did not belong to their church.
For those who did not belong to their church did indulge themselves in sorceries, and in idolatry or idleness, and in babblings, and in envyings and strife; wearing costly apparel; being lifted up in the pride of their own eyes; persecuting, lying, thieving, robbing, committing whoredoms, and murdering, and all manner of wickedness; nevertheless, the law was put in force upon all those who did transgress it, inasmuch as it was possible."
Alma 1:30-32
There are a couple of impressive things here. One of them is in the first verse of the selection where they didn't turn anyone away that was in need... helping everyone. Another is in the last verse of the selection, because that is an impressive list of things that we're assuming the people in the church *didn't* do, because it mentions that other people did.
Some of those things are things that we see as serious, but others aren't, and I'm wondering if we should take them all a little more seriously in case they are holding us back from being like the people in the first verse. :)
Today, let's think about how to be more like the first verse and less like the last verse, and maybe consider the things in the last verse that might be getting in our way as we try to progress. Let's work with God and get his help with learning to be liberal to all, and helping everyone that we can.
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