Alma 4 ✅Analysis and Insights

Lessons from Alma Chapter 4

  1. The Corona virus of 2020 has awakened us to a remembrance of our duty. (v. 3) It reminds us the judgments of God can come swiftly and without warning. The wise will reset themselves and prepare for coming afflictions.
  2. We now have an opportunity to establish the church (at home) more fully in our families. (v. 4)
  3. We can unite ourselves and our families with the church of God even while we wait for the normalization of our lives. (v. 5)
  4. Our pride, riches, and our precious things which we have obtained by our industry provide carnal security but inhibit our spiritual growth. (v. 6)
  5. The nation is divided and people are scornful one towards another. It seems that the majority follow their own will and pleasure.  (v. 8)
  6. Many of the judges have been compromised. The laws are prosecuted selectively and politically. Contentions, envying’s, strife, and malice flood the media and our political class unendingly. (v. 9)
  7. Wickedness in high places is a great stumbling block for the nation; thus the people begin to fail to progress. (v. 10)
  8. Many people stumble from one piece of iniquity to another; thus bringing destruction on their heads. (v. 11)
  9. There is a great inequality in the land. The proud despise the needy, the hungry, and the sick. They are used as pawns to be divided up by the powerful. (v. 12)
  10. There are some who for Christ’s sake impart of their substance to the poor and suffer those afflictions which befall them always looking forward to the day of deliverance of Jesus Christ. (v. 13,14)
  11. The Spirit of the Lord will not fail the humble followers of Christ. (v. 15)
  12. A wise man (Russell M. Nelson) a high priest has the power and the vision to guide us through these perilous times. (v. 16, 17, 18)
  13. The pride, craftiness, and contentions of today can be pulled down by the word and the holy order of God. (v. 19,20)