Alma Compares the Word of God unto a Seed | Alma 32-33
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- Alma the younger teaches the people that humility is an important part of worshipping God. Humility leads people to want to know God better and to repent. Those who have faith in God and repent receive God’s mercy. Then Alma compares the word of God to a seed. A good seed sprouts and begins to grow. He asks the people to experiment with the word of God-to have faith to plant the seed in their hearts. And he teaches that if the word of God is good, it will grow and make one happy.
Alma says that faith is not to have a perfect knowledge of things. Having faith means to hope for things which are not seen, which are true.
Based on Alma 32:13-18, 21, 23-28, 34, 37-40, 43; Alma 33:1-5, 7, 10-12, 22-23
Alma 32
13 And now, because ye are compelled to be humble blessed are ye; for a man sometimes, if he is compelled to be humble, seeketh repentance; and now surely, whosoever repenteth shall find mercy; and he that findeth mercy and endureth to the end the same shall be saved.
14 And now, as I said unto you, that because ye were compelled to be humble ye were blessed, do ye not suppose that they are more blessed who truly humble themselves because of the word?
15 Yea, he that truly humbleth himself, and repenteth of his sins, and endureth to the end, the same shall be blessed-yea, much more blessed than they who are compelled to be humble because of their exceeding poverty.
16 Therefore, blessed are they who humble themselves without being compelled to be humble; or rather, in other words, blessed is he that believeth in the word of God, and is baptized without stubbornness of heart, yea, without being brought to know the word, or even compelled to know, before they will believe.
17 Yea, there are many who do say: If thou wilt show unto us a sign from heaven, then we shall know of a surety; then we shall believe.
18 Now I ask, is this faith? Behold, I say unto you, Nay; for if a man knoweth a thing he hath no cause to believe, for he knoweth it.
21 And now as I said concerning faith-faith is not to have a perfect knowledge of things; therefore if ye have faith ye hope for things which are not seen, which are true.
23 And now, he imparteth his word by angels unto men, yea, not only men but women also. Now this is not all; little children do have words given unto them many times, which confound the wise and the learned.
24 And now, my beloved brethren, as ye have desired to know of me what ye shall do because ye are afflicted and cast out-now I do not desire that ye should suppose that I mean to judge you only according to that which is true-
25 For I do not mean that ye all of you have been compelled to humble yourselves; for I verily believe that there are some among you who would humble themselves, let them be in whatsoever circumstances they might.
26 Now, as I said concerning faith-that it was not a perfect knowledge-even so it is with my words. Ye cannot know of their surety at first, unto perfection, any more than faith is a perfect knowledge.
27 But behold, if ye will awake and arouse your faculties, even to an experiment upon my words, and exercise a particle of faith, yea, even if ye can no more than desire to believe, let this desire work in you, even until ye believe in a manner that ye can give place for a portion of my words.
28 Now, we will compare the word unto a seed. Now, if ye give place, that a seed may be planted in your heart, behold, if it be a true seed, or a good seed, if ye do not cast it out by your unbelief, that ye will resist the Spirit of the Lord, behold, it will begin to swell within your breasts; and when you feel these swelling motions, ye will begin to say within yourselves-It must needs be that this is a good seed, or that the word is good, for it beginneth to enlarge my soul; yea, it beginneth to enlighten my understanding, yea, it beginneth to be delicious to me.
34 And now, behold, is your knowledge perfect? Yea, your knowledge is perfect in that thing, and your faith is dormant; and this because you know, for ye know that the word hath swelled your souls, and ye also know that it hath sprouted up, that your understanding doth begin to be enlightened, and your mind doth begin to expand.
37 And behold, as the tree beginneth to grow, ye will say: Let us nourish it with great care, that it may get root, that it may grow up, and bring forth fruit unto us. And now behold, if ye nourish it with much care it will get root, and grow up, and bring forth fruit.
38 But if ye neglect the tree, and take no thought for its nourishment, behold it will not get any root; and when the heat of the sun cometh and scorcheth it, because it hath no root it withers away, and ye pluck it up and cast it out.
39 Now, this is not because the seed was not good, neither is it because the fruit thereof would not be desirable; but it is because your ground is barren, and ye will not nourish the tree, therefore ye cannot have the fruit thereof. - Krátké a kreslené filmy
Tears. The Spirit of the Lord was so strong.
i really love the fact that faith is explained as a mustard seed and it makes it more simpler to understand.
❤😂🎉.
Faith requires good Works
HEAVENLY FATHER, Thank You for your word(s) (seed) so it can continue to grow within us.
I love the words Swell, Enlarge, Enlighten, and Delicious. Each first letter of the four words spell SEED
Never noticed that before. That's really cool.
WOW! Thank you for sharing that.
I’m definitely a visual learner so I am absolutely loving these Book of Mormon videos! I watch them before I read the chapters and it is just coming to life for me. This year reading the Book of Mormon has been such a different and incredible experience for me. ❤️
These remind me of old Seminary videos when I was a young girl.. I remember watching them over and over because my mom was seminary teacher.. back in the 80s and my Testimony grew and swelled in my heart soo much!
These videos make me feel the spirit the same way!! I am so grateful for this church and just know without a doubt it’s true and that the Savior lives!! ♥️
Very nice. Clean, Clear and God send.
I love the actor of Alma. He makes the Early Modern English of the Book of Mormon sound so conversational and natural, like a real teacher. It helps me see the words in a new light.
I do too. He's such a good example of how we should and can communicate with our children and to others without offending or condemning them. I love how he counsels his sons. I love the Book of Mormon but this has brought it more to life. So realistic!
Even desire to believe. I love that. There are so many that want to believe we just need to help them :)
When I was in High School and finally ready to read the Book of Mormon for myself I decided to open it to the middle and read a chapter at random and this was the chapter I read and it was my favorite and helped me want to read the Book of Mormon all the way through.
My favorite chapter too 💟
I love the video of this part of the Book of Mormon as well. It teaches of faith really well.
I love this one. If give and renews .reminds us of our faith in Jesus Christ who will return soom.
Birth right was for the promised land but they also brought the seed of the crown of judah. Meaning a Kings line.
I love the Book of Mormon Another Testament of Jesus Christ
These are a literal godsend for people like me who struggle to read BOM without the visuals ha.. for some reason seeing him say the words just makes it so much more alive. thank you for all the work that went into this!
❤❤❤❤❤ 🙏🙏💪I love this
I keep watching this every sunday💖
Thanks
This also is the one example in the Book of Mormon that I always feel the spirit the strongest .. I just feel like the explanation of faith to a seed is so profound and to me it’s like Heavenly Father talking directly to us through his prophets .. it’s just a miracle
true teachings which help to apply easerly God's commandments
Perfect explanation of faith, it so much reminds me of conference and discourses given to us,
amazing how this reminds me of a certain book of scripture ;-)
For me this reminds me of you must have faith to believe an follow the commandments to the best of your ability, you will succeed when you have faith in all, but taking step by step if need is still a great blessing we are all trying to be a step closer to be like our heavenly father speak from your heart let the words be spoken from the holy spirit because each testimony we share as a great impact on our lives when you have faith to believe amen
... If planted it will grow!
It really made a difference to me after I have let the seed grow, and how I percieve what new choices I need to make in these days
I love it,
Yup.
It must needs be that this is a good seed.
Always.
Loved It!
How powerful magnicent & true are the words of Ama and other Book of Mormon prophets. How blessed we are when we give unto them in faith.
I really love ❤️ l just feel the spirit ❤
I love the book of mormon
Does anybody remember that song “Seed of Faith” from The Animated Stories of The Book of Mormon Alma and the Zoramites when Alma was teaching the poor just like the live action version is do right now?
Beyond eloquence. So much to think about. Can't wait for the next full video in this saga instead of excerpts :)
The book is better
@DEVON BLAKE lol, yeah
Faith is not the seed! The word of God is the seed. Faith is the act of planting the seed in our hearts. Listen to what he is saying.
Love this
❤️
I am coming to god’s wishes and am working on my anger and my ego
I love the Book of Mormon Another Testament of Jesus Christ. It is one of the greatest gifts, along with the Bible, to help us in the last days.
There's a great book by an LDS author that shows that there's perfect harmony between the prophetic statements concerning the garden of Eden being in Missouri and the Old Testament account concerning the garden of Eden. It's called Canaan, Babylon, and Egypt A Comparative Theological Analysis on Creation sold by Eborn Books.
Why is the thumbnail title
saying the Primary song words
rather than what Alma said?
Do you mean "compare faith to a seed"? Which Alma is *not* doing at all.
I love his explanation
He’s my favorite actor in that one movie... that I haven’t seen in a long while, because my temple rarely plays the version with him in it :(
We should all repent
and have faith
Why?
please write Russian subtitles or translate
hay alguna opcion para traducir al español???
But there is a flaw to the argument. One is assuming that the seed is good from the beginning, but if it doesn't grow it's because of your own failing (not believing enough or not faithful enough), not that the seed was bad from the beginning. That possibility is shoved to the side quickly and unobtrusively. But the seed could always have been a dud and the one way to find that out is the same way that you test any seed, by planting it. Water and fertilize all you want, if it's bad it ain't gonna grow., BUT THAT'S NOT YOUR FAULT. Also, Faith has everything to do with hope, but nothing with truth. Truth cancels out faith, per say..
You have an excellent point. If we nourish bad seeds or duds as you say, we don't see any growth. I think the key phrase in this video is that faith is hope for things not seen "which are true." If we hope for false things, it merits us nothing, but Alma defines faith as hope in truth. When we nourish truth, we can see the growth spoken of in this amazing message.
Alma didn't say if it doesn't grow it's because of your own failing, this is what he said:
"38 But if ye neglect the tree, and take no thought for its nourishment, behold it will not get any root; and when the heat of the sun cometh and scorcheth it, because it hath no root it withers away, and ye pluck it up and cast it out.
39 Now, this is not because the seed was not good, neither is it because the fruit thereof would not be desirable; but it is because your ground is barren, and ye will not nourish the tree, therefore ye cannot have the fruit thereof."
Alma is warning of the consequences of neglecting the word. He speaks of experimenting on the word, but what good is an experiment that is only done half-heartedly and without care? If you just stop "nourishing the word" you shouldn't be surprised if you don't get any "fruit." It is somewhat reminiscent of the Saviour's parable of the sower:
"20 But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;
21 Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended."
Alma 32
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Faith is not a perfect knowledge.
Faith is future based and knowledge is based in the past.
Faith is where desire and reason meet. Without reasons we are wishing.
For me faith strong faith is difficult to acquire and harder to keep during these times with the virus the riots in the protest the world in turmoil just my opinion RTD from SLC
@0100 Animal6.2 I understand how you feel, but it is the time to show our faith into action, only our Faith could help us overcome our fear in this turmoil and uncertain times