"And therefore, he that will harden his heart, the same receiveth the lesser portion of the word; and he that will not harden his heart, to him is given the greater portion of the word, until it is given unto him to know the mysteries of God until he know them in full.
And they that will harden their hearts, to them is given the lesser portion of the word until they know nothing concerning his mysteries; and then they are taken captive by the devil, and led by his will down to destruction. Now this is what is meant by the chains of hell."
Alma 12:10-11
The idea here that our knowledge is fluid, increasing and decreasing, is interesting. Not sure how it works... maybe that knowledge is in our brains somewhere, but we block it out, or maybe we actually overwrite our knowledge when we reject it, replacing it with whatever we choose to believe instead. Either way though, seems like a tragic thing, and explains why we can observe the loss of a testimony.
Today, let's remember this and work on retaining our knowledge of God, and continuing to build it up. Let's keep working to have the spirit in our lives--going forward rather than hardening our hearts and losing our progress. As we do, we will be free of the chains of hell, which seems like a good thing to avoid. :)
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