Episode 163: Uniting and Wrapping Things Up

Alma 62-63

We are wrapping up the Book of Alma in this episode and the principle of UNITY is what stands out to me.

Mormon points out to us that it is the influence of the righteous who lived amongst the Nephites who enabled them to conquer their enemies and finally drive out the Lamanites.

In our lives, when contention arises and there is a difference of perspective, how can we strive to seek after righteousness?

I believe the examples of Pahoran, Captain Moroni, and the other Nephites who flocked to them for the cause of Liberty show us the power of the prinicple of Unifying or Uniting with one another.

Though anger weakens our unity with each other, what blessings does Unity bring?

In these final chapters we can see that Unifying brings stability, healing, and synergy.

What does unity require? It requires acceptance, but what does the spirit of unity enable us with? The ability to allow God to intervene on our behalf and allow His grace to heal and accomplish what we cannot do on our own.

Without the Lord's strength, the Nephites could not have done what they did on their own - they were out numbered and often found themselves weakened by the dissent of their own brethren, but the Lord's grace still enabled them to be victorious when they unified under the cause of liberty and exercised faith in Jesus Christ.