Thursday, October 16, 2008
Omni 1
25 And it came to pass that I began to be old; and, having no seed, and knowing king Benjamin to be a just man before the Lord, wherefore, I shall deliver up these plates unto him, exhorting all men to come unto God, the Holy One of Israel, and believe in prophesying, and in revelations, and in the ministering of angels, and in the gift of speaking with tongues, and in the gift of interpreting languages, and in all things which are good; for there is nothing which is good save it comes from the Lord; and that which is evil cometh from the devil.
What I like about this verse is the last line. It's so simple, yet so complicated. Many bad things can happen that have positive results. And on another note, sometimes it's hard to tell if something is bad or good. Some things are obvious, murder, an affair, very bad. Some are not so obvious. I guess if you have to think of a way to justify doing something it might be bad.
All good things come from the Lord. What about people who are atheists who do good things? Where does that fit in? Interesting how all these questions arise out of a simple scripture.
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all good things. A person does not have to believe in any God to do good. The light of Christ shines out and illuminates the whole world and all who are in it.
and sometimes God takes the bad things people do and helps them to become good things and sometimes not.
Scriptures are cool cause they do bring up so many interesting things
love ya
I love how something bad can be turned into something good. It's kind of like that paper that said God doesn't give us the ability to make the right decisions ALL the time, but we have the ability to turn the bad decision into the right one.
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