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Chapter 32
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1 And now, behold, my beloved brethren, I suppose that ye
ponder somewhat in your hearts concerning that which ye should do after ye
have entered in by the way. But, behold, why do ye ponder these things in
your hearts?
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2 Do ye not remember that I said unto you that after ye
had received the Holy Ghost ye could speak with the tongue of angels? And
now, how could ye speak with the tongue of angels save it were by the Holy
Ghost?
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3 Angels speak by the power of the Holy Ghost; wherefore,
they speak the words of Christ. Wherefore, I said unto you, feast upon the
words of Christ; for behold, the words of Christ will tell you all things
what ye should do.
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4 Wherefore, now after I have spoken these words, if ye
cannot understand them it will be because ye ask not, neither do ye knock;
wherefore, ye are not brought into the light, but must perish in the dark.
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5 For behold, again I say unto you that if ye will enter
in by the way, and receive the Holy Ghost, it will show unto you all things
what ye should do.
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6 Behold, this is the doctrine of Christ, and there will
be no more doctrine given until after he shall manifest himself unto you in
the flesh. And when he shall manifest himself unto you in the flesh, the
things which he shall say unto you shall ye observe to do.
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7 And now I, Nephi, cannot say more; the Spirit stoppeth
mine utterance, and I am left to mourn because of the unbelief, and the
wickedness, and the ignorance, and the stiffneckedness of men; for they will
not search knowledge, nor understand great knowledge, when it is given unto
them in plainness, even as plain as word can be.
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Yeah, my thoughts and feelings exactly. Why are people
scared of the truth?
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8 And now, my beloved brethren, I perceive that ye ponder
still in your hearts; and it grieveth me that I must speak concerning this
thing. For if ye would hearken unto the Spirit which teacheth a man to
pray, ye would know that ye must pray; for the evil spirit teacheth not a man
to pray, but teacheth him that he must not pray.
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2 Ne 32:8-9
I would reword this as:
8 For if ye would hearken unto reason and
evidence which teacheth a man to question and prove, ye would know
that ye must question and prove for deceivers teacheth not a
man to question and prove, but teacheth him that he must not.
9 But behold, I say unto you that ye must question
and prove always, and not faint
I think this is justified in these references:
- 1 Thessalonians 5:21, “Prove all things; hold fast that
which is good.”
- 2 Ne 11:4, 6-7 - Nephi’s “soul delighteth in proving
unto [his] people the truth.”
- Helaman 5:50 - Prisoners see sons of Helaman, Nephi and
Lehi, encircled as if by fire; see angels; and hear voices. When the
prisoners told the Lamanites about this, “the more part of the Lamanites
were convinced of them, because of the greatness of the evidences.”
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9 But behold, I say unto you that ye must pray always,
and not faint; that ye must not perform any thing unto the Lord save in
the first place ye shall pray unto the Father in the name of Christ, that he
will consecrate thy performance unto thee, that thy performance may be for
the welfare of thy soul.
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Annotation for 2 Ne 32:8-9 above
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