"But the more part of them did not believe in the words of Samuel; therefore when they saw that they could not hit him with their stones and their arrows, they cried unto their captains, saying: Take this fellow and bind him, for behold he hath a devil; and because of the power of the devil which is in him we cannot hit him with our stones and our arrows; therefore take him and bind him, and away with him."
Helaman 16:6
This verse is interesting in the context of what other people chose to do. In verse 3, it tells us that when some of the people saw this miracle, that they couldn't hit the prophet with stones and arrows, they believed his words, and they sought out Nephi (another prophet) to be baptized.
Unfortunately that was the lesser part of the people, and most of them didn't believe him and attributed the miracle to "a devil." ... And maybe this is something we should think about, because when we run into miracles we want to understand what they are, and exactly what God is asking us to do... and be like the verse 3 guys and not the verse 6 guys, right?
Perhaps sometimes we are so wrapped up in believing what we want to believe that we aren't really listening to what God has to say. Perhaps we're too willing to "call evil good, and good evil" (2 Nephi 15:20).
Something to think about... today, let's take a step back and really examine our lives in the context of the gospel. Let's be sure that we are on the Lord's side and not wanting to stone the prophets because we don't like what they are saying.
Helaman 16:6
This verse is interesting in the context of what other people chose to do. In verse 3, it tells us that when some of the people saw this miracle, that they couldn't hit the prophet with stones and arrows, they believed his words, and they sought out Nephi (another prophet) to be baptized.
Unfortunately that was the lesser part of the people, and most of them didn't believe him and attributed the miracle to "a devil." ... And maybe this is something we should think about, because when we run into miracles we want to understand what they are, and exactly what God is asking us to do... and be like the verse 3 guys and not the verse 6 guys, right?
Perhaps sometimes we are so wrapped up in believing what we want to believe that we aren't really listening to what God has to say. Perhaps we're too willing to "call evil good, and good evil" (2 Nephi 15:20).
Something to think about... today, let's take a step back and really examine our lives in the context of the gospel. Let's be sure that we are on the Lord's side and not wanting to stone the prophets because we don't like what they are saying.
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