"Yea, well did Mosiah say, who was our last king, when he was about to deliver up the kingdom, having no one to confer it upon, causing that this people should be governed by their own voices—yea, well did he say that if the time should come that the voice of this people should choose iniquity, that is, if the time should come that this people should fall into transgression, they would be ripe for destruction.
And now I say unto you that well doth the Lord judge of your iniquities; well doth he cry unto this people, by the voice of his angels: Repent ye, repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Yea, well doth he cry, by the voice of his angels that: I will come down among my people, with equity and justice in my hands.
Yea, and I say unto you that if it were not for the prayers of the righteous, who are now in the land, that ye would even now be visited with utter destruction; yet it would not be by flood, as were the people in the days of Noah, but it would be by famine, and by pestilence, and the sword."
Alma 10:19-22
Interesting contrast here between iniquity/destruction and righteouness/preservation. It reminds me of Abraham pleading with the Lord to spare the city if there are 50 righteous, and "bargaining" him down to only ten (Genesis 18:24-32). Just a few righteous people would have spared the city, but there weren't enough, and so God tells the few righteous people (Lot and his family) to flee. Today, let's make sure our voices are not choosing transgression, but instead lifted up in prayer, choosing righteousness... not just because we want to choose preservation over destruction, but also because it's all part of that same idea of building and helping and growing... working with God to make things better. Let's be part of the good, looking to God and accepting his help to improve and working with him to help promote his plan of goodness.
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