Come Follow Me (Insights into Helaman 7-12, August 24-30)
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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction: Nephi's lament and where the Nephites are in the "pride cycle"
2:35 The cause of Nephite corruption and the solution to overcome it
5:35 "The love of money is the root of all evil" How the love of money impacted Nephite society
7:10 Tyler shares personal story about living within a budget on a meager student income
9:18 Taylor explains meaning of corruption and the challenge of learning to trust God
14:08 The law of witnesses is used to testify of the solution to problems in Nephite society
16:49 Nephi reveals the murder of the chief judge
20:58 Nephi's response to false accusations and the offering of money
23:02 Miracles do not produce conversion
24:58 Remaining faithful in times of great division
26:49 The Lord responds to Nephi's sorrow and unwearying efforts.
30:42 Nephi is given great power because of his faithfulness
32:58 Exploring Helaman 11: The entire pride cycle can be seen in a period of not many years
38:56 Exploring Helaman 12: Mormon's "thus we see" lessons
43:15 Tyler's concluding testimony: Turn to God in the spirit of humility and prayer to move forward with faith
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I can't Express with words the gratitude I have for Tyler and Taylor and their great service and work. Thank you for your lessons. I look forward to them every week!
And we look forward to sharing with each of you!
Your point in changing laws vs changing their hearts sure seems...timely. A good thought for all of us to self reflect.
Thanks Lori!
I love your lessons especially this one. the Book of Mormon truly is a handbook for our lives. I appreciate your testimonies at the end of the lessons. Thank you so much for all the good you are doing to help others to understand the teachings of the book of Mormon..
Thank you Lilias!
Thank you so very much for both of you for each week lessons it nourish our souls with the words of our Lord Jesus Christ.. Humility brings us back to Heavenly Father through Christ and prosperity which means for me eternal life . Pride brings destructions and damnation to souls men .
Great insights!
Thank you, so much! These chapters are more timely than ever before! It’s just amazing to me how powerful the messages in the Book of Mormon are .....we see these same things happening in our lives right now! I must admit, I never really understood why all the War Chapters were included, thinking they were repetitive and bloody, but now I see!
Thanks for sharing this!
You both are truly amazing teachers, I feel the spirit so much and learn so so much my testimony grows more and more every day, and love for the the book of Mormon and the truthfulness of the Lord's church . I cannot express enough my gratefulness for taking your time to put these videos on you tube. Thank you again .
We really appreciate you!
Thank you so much for all you have taught me this year in Come Follow Me. I have gained so much knowledge and things have been brought to my understanding and I wouldn’t have gained otherwise. You have both really blessed my life. Thank you!
Great to have you part of this incredible sunday school class, Heidi!
It’s like this times o m goodness, in this days the devil want to confuse and divide our beautiful country and destroy families ,they want take God from our lives guiding the people the wrong way ,thank you so much for this lesson I love it 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Thanks, guys. Last week's lesson on Helaman 1-6 and this week's lesson were superb. Especially appreciate these lessons since Sunday School isn't currently (8/23/20) part of the church-attending experience.
Thanks for spending time with us!
I really appreciate how you diagrammed the pride cycle. Placing it in a circle shows us the opposite conditions: prosperity and sorrow, pride and humility and so forth. I love all of your presentations and they greatly add to my studying and prepare me for the Sabbath day. Thank you so much for putting in so much time, effort and Spirit for strangers simply out of love for the Lord.
We love to share what God has shared with us!
Thank you so much for these lessons. I see it more clearly each day how the times we are living in follows these stories from a time long ago. These scriptures have been preserved for the people of this day.
Thank you Vicki!
Thank you. Great insights. The Book of Mormon was meant for our day. We are seeing this pride cycle and corruption play out even now in our culture. We must be very careful and prayerful if we are to survive spiritually. Our government is struggling with these same kind of Gadianton robbers. I know that the Lord will guide us who to support in this coming election and align with if we ask him. The Lord is greatly concerned about this nation too.
Thanks for your faith and insights, Lloyd!
I love the works of art you feature during your discussions. I am a professional artist and appreciate so much that you show work that is different than the usual photo realism “church art”. It’s amazing how many you find that I have never seen before. Thank you for putting the time to represent these amazing and inspiring works of art. Oh and... I love your content too. Taylor, my husband and I went to Israel with you 100 years ago and love watching you and hearing your thoughts. Thank you both for your generosity of time and knowledge.
Oh my gosh, Angela, so great to hear from you!! I'd love to reconnect. Drop me a note at taylor.halverson@gmail.com. I'd love to learn more about your art. And I'd love to hear how you and Jason and your family are doing!
Thank you Dynamic Duo for an engaging Podcast on Helaman 7-12. I was wondering if I'm the only one getting more and more dizzy take numerous spins around the Pride Cycle !! Yes, 3x in 13 years will do that to you but sadly the Nephite Nation couldn't find their way out of the Cycle. There are many GREAT lessons for us today with our Societal Issues unable to discern between Wants vs. Needs. The Vain things of the world are so TRANSITORY, here today and gone tomorrow. However, Nephi made an attempt causing a Famine, "A hungry stomach has a way of Loosening up a Stiff Neck" Unfortunately, the Nephites "went their own way" (Hel 10:1) even AFTER such great signs. Question, are we today going our own way divided and contentious as we approach Nov 3rd. If you are not ONE you are not mine !! Finally, what side of the Pride Cycle are we on as a Nation and as Individuals? WILL we learn from history or be doomed to repeat it as the Nephites or old? Shall we not move forward and follow Nephi in his Unweariness (Helaman 10) and remember D&C 64:33 !!
I always laugh out loud with delight at your comments, Blake! I have to be careful to not laugh too loud or I'll wake up my kids!! I love your reminder "If you are not ONE you are not mine !! "
A good lesson and how we are living in corruption. We are so blessed to have a prophet to give us instruction with love from our Savior.
God can heal all brokenness. :)
Brother Halverson, thank you sharing your story and your struggles during school.... It bought some back memories for me... And how the lord directs us to where we need to be.. It was Wonderful and god bless you and your family
Thank you Gregg. I wish I had known you and others in this CZcams group during those years of struggle!
I absolutely love The Pride Cycle you teach from. I’m going to make one out of wood to display and to remind me where I should be. Love it!
I love that idea!
Thank you so much for this !!! I teach the lesson every Sunday for my family and this helps me so much better understand the reading.
That is our prayer and hope!
Thank you for saying the Lord loves us, I'm single and need to hear that😊 Thank you for your pride cycle chart on 5he white board! It made the timing soooooo clear! Wow, did it hit me hard how short of time it took to get back into wickedness! Thank you !
We sure do appreciate you Lana!
I love the way you teach the Book of Mormon. I have learned so much. Thank u❤️
Thank you Shelia!
I can see pride in others, not so much in myself, I have to work so hard at seeing my sins! Why is that, so stupid.
Thank you for teaching about Christ
Yeah, one of my great "gifts" is to see other people's sins and pride... :)
Thank you so much for your videos and insight! This has changed the way I read my scriptures and how I teach my little ones. As a family, we're getting so much more from the Book of Mormon now. Thank you!!
Awesome to hear this!
Another very uplifting lesson fitting for our day and situation. Thanks a lot Tyler and Taylor!!! Have shared them already to friends and families from across the globe. I think they too are looking forward every week.
Thank you for being a great promoter.
We love Book of Mormon Central, thank you brethren for you knowledge and insight, we have been taught well!
Thanks for watching LaRae!
Thank you for another inspiring lesson. It seems clear that if people just acknowledge that they have sinned and turned away from God, but do not do the work of repenting, then they go right back to pride.
So simple, it seems! And yet we complicate things all the time (or refuse to act on the simple requests from God).
Thank you! Depressed but have faith and turn to God we can overcome all things😍👏
Keep on trekking!
This pride cycle is very humbling. That you for creating this visual........makes it easier to understand , and reflect upon. I wonder if we (humans) will EVER figure it out and get it right. Thank you for you effort in these lessons.
You are most welcome!
What a great lesson. Tyler, Taylor... I was surprised that you did not close with your normal closure. "I leave this with you in the name of Jesus Christ... Amen". I always look forward to the closing. It gives me a wonderful spiritual uplift. I did do the closing at my end though. With blessing to both of you and your families. Cheers.
Since this is not an official sunday school class we don't always close that way. We hope that is ok :)
Thank you again for these wonderful lessons
Great to have you with us Joseph!
Tyler and Taylor, the Book of Mormon, and YOUR words make so much sense, I find myself, once again on a mission, as it were, to make people aware of your weekly lessons, and I tell all that will listen and hear, that as much as we know about humility and repentance, the B.O.M. has messages we constantly must revisit and RELEARN!!!! thank you and may GOD bless you both.
Thank you Rick!
Thank you so much both !!!
These lessons are so inspiring and bring me closer to my savior. Thank you!!!
Thank you Alexis!
Thank you for one more lesson. I´ve watched and taken notes and I do that on Sunday afternoon so it helps my Sunday to be a delight.
We find the sabbath a delight too, Tania! Thanks for being such a great long-time supporter!
For sure, this Book IS the Word of God for I can confirm that every thing written there is real in my life, and every feeling described, I lived it ! I hope I will never forget my God's love, mercy, power and the way He bless me so deeply and abundantly. Thank you for increasing my comprehension and helping me to focus on what is important ! Thank you so much !
Good vibes from France to you and your families.
We love our friends from the beautiful, beloved land of France.
Thank you brother Griffin and Halverson. We love you!! How I've missed Education Week this year and the strength that comes from it. Be well and thank you for your faithful encouragement!!
Thank you Emalina!
You can register and access virtual education week on October 7th.
You, both, are unique! Thank you! You are opening our minds and our hearts.
Thanks Aracely!
We always look forward to your lessons, thank you so much for sharing your knowledge, great lesson!
And we always look forward to hearing from you! (Though we don't know your name only that you clearly give 110% to life, ha ha!) :)
Thank you very much for the great insights /explanations you shared brothers. I have learned a lot and striving to appIy them in my life.
i think all the evil going on in the world at this time... you guys have the answer. i can meet each dayafter listening to youguys. your teachings must make so much difference inallof our lives
Thank you Debbie.
Thank you so much, again.
Wonderful lessons.
The gospel is amazing!
Money, the internet, etc. are neutral. However, how we utilize these tools and the way we align ourselves with these tools is key. If they become our God (s), and we lust after money for the purpose of bringing power or status, then surely it can be a catalyst in keeping us further from Deity. Yet, the ROOT within our inner landscape is not having an eye single to the glory of God-essentially, misalignment in our spiritual focus-NOT the money itself (or neutral tools).
You've nailed it!
I loved this wonderful presentation. Thank you both so very much for your incredible teaching and insights. I hope you never stop🙂
We plan to continue for the D&C year.
I'm extremely glad and shall definitely continue watching and learning from you😃
Another wonderful lesson! Watching your videos has really helped me understand things a lot better!! I have been passing your channel on to others as they need it as well. Love both of you!
Thank you!
Love always connecting to you guys each week I learn so much and thank you for sharing your testimonies and knowledge.
Great to have you with us, Louisa!
Thank you both for your time and effort in producing these enlightening videos that help us to understand the spiritual messages meant for us in these days.
Thank you for the support Ray!
I really enjoy the insights you both share. I especially enjoy the dissection of the meaning of the words from Taylor. It adds a whole new dimension to things I have read many times. Thanks for all the effort you both
put into this.
Thanks for the feedback Teri!
Thank you again for such a wonderful lesson. Taylor I appreciate your taking the time to explain words and how they fit in with the scriptures. Tyler your lessons are amazing. The two of you make learning about the scriptures so much easier. I wish I could have the chance to attend your classes. I am sure my head would be so full of knowledge that my brain would actually be spinning in my head. Thank you again.
Thanks for spending time with us, Donna!
I love this series and the insights you provide through your humble examples and testimonies. Thank you very kindly for sharing with so many of us who are desperately in need of hearing them.
Thank you for letting us know!
Thank you very much. There is much corruption nowadays and sometimes it is so well disguised that one can easily be caught without even knowing and being willing to be corrupted, but nevertheless falls into the trap(s). For instance, in at work. When a company receives gifts from other companies. It is often to thank the client, but it is also most of the time to encourage the continuation of their contract or prioritize them. By accepting, one can be considered as corrupted, even if the receiver does not have the idea of being so. The world does not think nor acts as our friends or families do. Most of the time, it looks for its own interest. Thank you for your insight regarding repentance. We all make mistake, but if we repent we can because of Jesus-Christ.
Thanks for sharing these insights!
I always listen to your podcast on Mondays, because it helps me to understand the content of what we will be studying for the next week. Thank you for your words of wisdom and your great insight into the Scriptures.
Thanks for sharing!
Amazing lesson! Thank you both 🤗🤗 I loved it ❤
Thank you!
You guys do such a great job, thank you.
Thanks Ken. When we all focus on the scriptures and the gospel, truth and beauty readily shine.
Wow! You guys are so good explaining the Helaman chapters and showing what we can learn from them.
Thanks a lot🤗🤗🤗🤗
Glad that this was helpful!
We really love your lessons. Have learned so much. You are awesome thank you.
We love to share.
The enrichment of our study that you offer is a gift, thank you ! My ten year old prefers your videos over any other Come Follow Me study.
Glad to hear that your family benefits from this!
Thanks for another wonderful lesson 🌸🌸
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Thank you both for sharing your knowledge and testimonies, together we can stay strong and be on the Lord's side throughout this mortal experience.
Amen!
I seriously don't know how the two of you are able to teach, without notes, to enlighten us week after week. Where do you find the time to put this altogether? Talk about serving unwearyingly! God bless you!
Thanks for watching. Truth be told, we've spent more than 20 years in full time study and teaching. So we've had a bit of practice :)
Thank you for these powerful, well prepared gifts of insight. Very much appreciated!
Thank you Steven for participating with us!
Another inspirational lesson. It's certainly made me think about where about I am in the pride cycle. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and testimonies with us.
Thank you Angela for joining with us!
Love this time with the two of you Great lesson.
We love this time, too!
thanks for this lesson..wonderful topic today
We love the gospel!
Thank you. I always learn so much from you.
That has been our prayer.
I really appreciate the way you teach, I learned a lot from you Tyler 😀 thank you so much for your help, for me to understand more fully the gospel.
That has been our hope and our prayer.
Thank you for your beautiful lessons. 🙏💛😇
we sure do appreciate your weekly support, Pam!
Thank you ..I miss watching your videos..God bless for both of you 🙂
We appreciate you Venus.
Thank you both for the great lesson !!
Thank you Soon Woo for who you are and for your goodness!
Such a important lesson for these latter days. Thank you.
Amen.
once again, magnificent lesson.
Thank you Wendy. The scriptures are full of amazing truth!
Awesome teaching! well done! thank you guys, I love it
Thanks Lola!
Loved this❤️
Thank you for watching!
What a blessing to have the prosperity of the Lord in our lives! The Book of Mormon is pure gold!
Amen!
Thank you ☺️
Great to hear from you Brian.
Taylor, nice ‘Summer’ haircut!! Great lesson and insight, as usual.
Yeah, they didn't even give me a discount for being mostly bald!!
Bald is BEAUTIFUL, my brother! Take it from one who knows. 😃
Maybe the reason why they did not give you a discount because they are behind their utility bills and don’t have much customers at the moment. And been closed for a while because of Covid 19 but anyway, I am so grateful for the promise blessings in the Book of Alma 11:44 = everything’s will be restored; And even there shall not so much as a hair of their heads be lost.
Really really love you guys! You’re so insightful! You always bring it right down to today - Mormon would be proud (shouldn’t say “proud” - ha ha )
Thank you Dave! And I love the humor!
Tyler, thanks for your great insight into to these lessons. Your thoughts on "short circuiting" the pride cycle in the the telestial way and in the celestial way, as well as your recent lesson on the "heart" have an "ear" and the "art" was amazing. Love this site!
Thank you Ron!
tnx again for this lesson...
Love having you join us!
thank you
You are most welcome!
thank you ; )
You are most welcome, Julie!
I look forward to these videos every week! Thank you both for doing this. Also, I recently saw a video presentation with different evidence for the lands of the Nephites and Lamanites being in the Great Lakes area. What do you guys think about that?
I'm from the great lakes area! I love that area. :)
We stick to the church's position on Book of Mormon geography: www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-topics/book-of-mormon-geography?lang=eng.
We share our position here on this video. I hope you enjoy it!: czcams.com/video/TO03zqrJrrY/video.html.
Thank you for a wonderful lesson. I so appreciate you doing this because I live to far from my ward building. I have no way to get there. This is my sunday school lesson.
We love being part of this huge sunday school class.
Hi guys! Maybe you meant it this way but it wasn’t that clear: the “L🖤VE of money” is ‘a’ root of evil, not money itself.
Cheryl
Las Vegas
Agreed. You are right, and that is what the scriptures say.
They made that pretty clear.
Thank you so much !!!!! I have a word I say to keep me on t rack SELAH . I am sure you both already know what it means .Have a great week.
That's a great word!
Hi T&T
Love your teachings. I have a question regarding the Abrahamic Covenant and prosperity meaning to have God's presence with you always. I loved this because it explained why we have poor righteous members /Saints. However why do the prophets like King Benjamin and other prophets add "....and you will prosper in the land" Mos 2:22 and "...both temporal and spiritual" Mos 2:41. Then the pride cycle keeps occurring in the BOM in which it seems to negate the prosperity is about having the Lord with you always putting the emphasis back to temporal and monetary blessings instead. I appreciate your help to clarify this for me.
Great question, Maria. No doubt that God wants us to "prosper" temporally. There are many blessings that God wants us to have that are of a temporal nature. Only having God's spirit with you is not enough to sustain you if you have no food or water. The reason for the emphasis on the spiritual side of prospering is because too many preachers in our day have focused first, foremost and only on temporal blessings making the false equation that the size of your "net worth" = the size of your "spiritual worth." So in our emphasis on the spiritual power of prosperity, of having God's presence with us, we are not trying to exclude temporal prosperity. Hope that helps!
Oh, and one more thing, the pride cycle. The scriptures demonstrate that those who lose the presence of God eventually lose their temporal blessings. When the Lord is not with you, you do not see an increase in temporal blessings.
Thank you for your help.
We would like to know if you will be leaving these videos up for the Book of Mormon after the new year when we start the Doctrine and Covenants?
Yep! Until CZcams disappears, these videos should be up for a long while. Plus, we plan to do Doctrine and Covenants videos, too!
What a wonderful inspiration your teachings are for me!! Thank you so much for your deep researches!!
Please, will you teach "Come follow me New Testament Insights" next year?
From a french grand-ma, one of your "fans" !! 😊
Yes, we do plan to continue with the D&C year!
@@taylorhalverson3052 merci!! Thank you SO much!! 💐
Every circle Tyler draws is perfect. I'm starting to wonder if he's secretly an art major.
ha ha! probably.
Follow him
Good day. Can someone perhaps assist with the source of the President Ezra Taft Benson comment on how familiar things are going to be please?
It might be this talk by Pres. Benson: Jesus Christ - Gifts and Expectations. A search on the Church web site will take you to it. It is near the end where he refers how familiar things will be. It's a great talk.
@@JH-sp8fb Hi Jill. Thank you. Found it and I fully agree - a powerful talk indeed.
I really liked what you had last week about the downward cycle. I wanted to share it with my mother but can’t find it anywhere. Can you send me the link please
Are you referring to something we taught in this video or from a different video?
Yes it was called the pride cycle. But you drew the cycle of the downward cycle that skipped the repentance and prosperity. And the upward cycle that skipped the pride and sin part
@@eileengerloff5367 try this video czcams.com/video/qb3qtcVJ1Mc/video.html
Dear Tyler and Taylor, I'm wondering: who is standing today on Nephi's tower? Thank you also for sharing your life experiences. Money can't buy love and truth.
Great question to regularly ask! God's chosen prophets is one answer :)
Àmen 🇵🇭🙏♥️
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I was wondering why Nephi was praying where he could be seen from people passing by. Was it the custom in those days to pray on high towers? I thought we were instructed to pray in private and not seen by others. Thanks for the great lessons that you both teach us.
Great question. Book of Mormon Central provided a potential answer to this question in this short video asking "Why Does Helaman 7-8 Feel Like a Funeral Speech?" czcams.com/video/tP21RmGr9ZI/video.html
I have a question. I have noticed that the book of Helaman is mainly about his son Nephi not Helaman. Do you know why it is therefore called the Book of Helaman? Thanks for all of your information. I have learned so much.
Ray, this is a GREAT question. I don't know the answer. So I asked my colleague, the esteemed Book of Mormon scholar Jack Welch (John W. Welch) and here is what he sent me via email and encouraged me to share with you.
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No idea, really. But it is a good question that comes up.
But maybe Nephi, the son of Helaman, was such a humble and powerful leader, he wanted to pay tribute to his father by instructing his recordkeepers to extend the memory of his father Helaman.
Maybe there was a thought that you couldn't close a book in the name of someone who hadn't died. The book of Alma (the Younger) ends with the death of Helaman, the son of Alma, but we don't know what happened to Alma when he departed in Alma 45. Similarly we don't know what happened to Nephi, the son of Helaman, when he departed in 3 Nephi 1:2.
Maybe there was a pattern that "books" should be multigenerational. The book of Mosiah is really the book of Benjamin and Mosiah. The book of Alma is really the book of Alma the Younger and his son Helaman. The book of Helaman is really the book of Helaman and his son Nephi and his star convert Samuel. And the book of 3 Nephi is really the book of Nephi, the son of Nephi, and Jesus, the son of God.
Maybe all of this was to signal that in the mouth of two or three interconnected witnesses shall all things be established.
4 Nephi is, moreover, the ultimate multigenerational book.
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@@taylorhalverson3052 Thank you so much for the explanation. I have had this question for many years. What Brother Welch said makes a lot of sense. We really enjoy your lessons and all of the work and thought put into them. Keep up the good work. Dora
God is not against wealth, how else do you think the Church is built. Lot's of tithing paid is good.
Agreed! (Unfortunately, there is a false doctrine floating in the world called the "prosperity gospel" where people believe that the size of their bank account = the size of their righteousness or spirituality.)
@@taylorhalverson3052 People who think that way probably don't pay an honest tithe or no tithe at all.
Boy, can we see today's atmosphere in these situations in the Book of Mormon! It is really hard to know what is true and what is not in our cultural and political situations today. You hear so many sides of an issue and try to figure out what is true and what is not. In the final analysis, I don't think we CAN know the truth of a lot of what is going on in our country and the world today.
The gospel gives us a great anchor. When we focus on the truths of the gospel, love, kindness, hope, repentance, faith we'll be in good stead. :)
Yes it does, so I am at peace within myself about our country's divisiveness but I do think that for the most part we haven't a clue about what is really going on, just like the people of Book of Mormon times.
Taylor - Look at Helaman 8:23 and try putting the second clause into Hebrew. If Yeshua = God with us, then Helaman 8:23 is “And behod, he is Yeshua, and he did manifest himself…”
Interesting.
B
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Pride is the root not money, don’t confuse the horse with its rider gentlemen.
Thanks for the reminder! Money can be distracting for many and can inflame pride.
Jon Garling I didn’t think they did?!!!