Mosiah 6 & 7
We hope you enjoyed District Conference yesterday! As we looked around that room we saw the results of the desire and commitment that define success as a missionary. So many of those members are members because of your willingness to serve the Lord and fulfill your missionary purpose!
It’s also no surprise to us, that the Book of Mormon comes through today with lessons that are perfectly timed.
Mosiah 6 is the administrative and spiritual bridge that follows King Benjamin’s amazing sermon. It is a perfect description of how much legitimate work it is to transition a people, newly converted to Christ, into sustainable, lifelong discipleship.
That is what you’ll read in chapter six and it is also what is happening here in the Solomon Islands! The Book of Mormon is amazing!
Here are some highlights that point to this -
1. The Power of Names and Accountability (So important to put data into PMG App)
Mosiah 6:1 - And now, king Benjamin thought it was expedient, after he had finished speaking to the people, that he should take the names of all those who had entered into a covenant with God to keep his commandments.
Mosiah 6:1
2. Ongoing Teaching is So Critical (Member Lessons and involvement in the branches, helping the leaders where you are needed)
Mosiah 6:3 - And it came to pass that he appointed priests to teach the people, ...and to stir them up in remembrance of the oath which they had made.
Mosiah 6:3
3. Righteous Leadership/A Good Example is Vital (Be the message - be obedient)
Mosiah 6:7 - And king Mosiah did walk in the ways of the Lord, and did keep his judgments and his statutes, and did keep his commandments in all things whatsoever he commanded him.
Mosiah 6:7
The next lesson is another we all can use from time to time - a grand rescue mission! Notice that Limhi and his people have been wicked, repented, been subjugated, suffered, and are really in bondage, all while those that will help them, were wandering around looking for them. The Lord had sent the rescuers already, but he wasn’t going to let them find them until the people repented and were more humble.
The Power of Deliverance Through Remembering
Mosiah 7:19 – Therefore, lift up your heads, and rejoice, and put your trust in God, in that God who was the God of Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob; and also, that God who brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt, and caused that they should walk through the Red Sea on dry ground, and fed them with manna that they might not perish in the wilderness; and many more things did he do for them.
20 And again, that same God has brought our fathers out of the land of Jerusalem, and has kept and preserved his people even until now; and behold, it is because of our iniquities and abominations that he has brought us into bondage.
Mosiah 7:19–20
The Cause and Effect of Spiritual Bondage (really 25-29)
Mosiah 7:29 – For the Lord hath said: I will not succor my people in the day of their transgression; but I will hedge up their ways that they prosper not; and their doings shall be as a stumbling block before them.
Mosiah 7:29
The Formula for Spiritual and Temporal Rescue
Mosiah 7:33 – But if ye will turn to the Lord with full purpose of heart, and put your trust in him, and serve him with all diligence of mind, if ye do this, he will, according to his own will and pleasure, deliver you out of bondage.
Mosiah 7:33
Turn to the Lord with full purpose of heart. Put your trust in Him. Serve Him with all diligence of mind.
The Book of Mormon has power and the answers to real life problems. We love you so much, Elders and Sisters! Enjoy P-day and travel day!