Come Follow Me (Insights into Alma 43-52, August 3-9)
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How can anyone not like this lesson? Those 75 thumbs down may be on the wrong side of this war
ha ha! They must have big thumbs!
I'm Mexican and when i was a little kid we were very poor family my mom raised me and my sister working hard all day every day. And we barely had enough to pay for our needs. In my life the gospel have actually bring prosperity not to be misunderstood by wealthy and it didn't happen instantly. But now I'm not rich or have a big bank account or a fancy car. But I have what I need and I can say that it was because of the Gospel and the Lord Jesus Christ and can't help every time I read the verses in the book of Mormon that is true. If you keep the commandments you will prosper in the land.
And maybe we differ in our perspective of prosperity because I was born in a humble home for me prosperity was anything better than what I had. But here America many of the brothers and sisters are born in prosperity thanks to the faithfulness of the people of this country. Which I think you need to see into a broader perspective and realize that fact that just by living in US is a blessing itself. Look at many other countries that have very little. I just wanted to make clear why I understand the prosperity different than you.
Never looked at the wars in Alma as a continuation of the war in heaven. What a great perspective 🙏. Gives me more incentive to keep fighting the good fight 😇
Agreed!
Thank you for the insights that you share! This particular lesson is very timely for me. The Book of Mormon really was written for our day. What we are reading are the very things that are happening right now. I have been feeling very frustrated and even angry sometimes about so many things that are going on, so I have been praying to Heavenly Father to help me to see things as He would have me see them . This video has been part of the answer to my prayers. I know that all things are in His hands, and that every promise He has made to us, He will keep. We need to keep our promises and covenants to Him so that we are worthy of the blessings that He wants to give us, and that we so desperately need at this time.
I have been giving some thought about the war in Heaven and all of what is happening right now here on Earth. I recently shared with a friend that I think some of what we are feeling right now might be reminiscent of how we must have felt in premortal life when Lucifer wanted to take away our agency, and we needed to stand for agency, the Plan of Salvation; our liberty to choose. That is happening right now. There are people who are hungry for power and are stirring up many people to anger and make war so that they might strategically take away our God-given rights to liberty. In contrast, there are those of us who see what is going on and desire to defend our freedom to worship God as we desire, to enjoy the blessings of freedom, and defend the sanctity of home and family.
The Book of Mormon truly has been written for our day, and testifies of Jesus Christ who is our Savior and Redeemer. May He give us the strength, courage, and resolve to stay true to Him and His Gospel, no matter the cost.
We are with you, that when we focus on God, his love and revelations we are not led astray by the angry and false voices of today.
I'm a word nerd (true story: my husband proposed to me with a dictionary in a Barnes and Noble...) and I love the insights into the words themselves in this and other lessons. Thinking about the "lig" root in religion/obligation, I realized align is probably connected :) as well. My mind then went to the sealing or binding power and how the Lord is "bound when ye do what I say" and how people are "cut off" or cut themselves off: I always like the analogy of the kite string- people think they will be free if they cut that ligament/connection of covenants & commandments but the kite always falls... lots to think about! Thanks!
You've nailed it Lynness, or should we call you "tender" and "gentle hearted"? :) Great insights.
Wow, you guys are awesome. You are truly a blessing to us all! “And at the end of the day, though it may look like the enemy is outnumbering us, my assurance is that if you’re in that list of the Title of Liberty, they that be with us are more than they that be with them and you will come out conquerer in the end.” Taylor and Tyler, thank you.
-The Gunnell Family
We sure love you guys!
I can’t express my appreciation enough for the time and effort both of you do in teaching the Book of Mormon. I love listening to this on Sunday, and have never learned more about this wonderful book before. I hope you will always keep teaching us.
We hope to continue through D&C and into the OT and NT come follow me years.
You two Brothers....you know so very much & have made the BOM come alive for me...thanks for all you do....Uplifting & reminds me to FOCUS...to remember...God bless....
You are welcome, Linda!
I would venture to say that the “finer things in life” are found in the gospel of Jesus Christ. Some material possessions are needful and we’re encouraged to do what we can to become self reliant and provide for ourselves and our families. The finest we can ever attain is the constant companionship of the Holy Ghost, a firm conversion, and change of heart in this life and exaltation in the life to come.
Beautifully stated!
These Book of Mormon Central videos have strengthened my testimony and changed my life!
We pray before each filming session hoping that the gospel will help more people! Thanks for sharing!
YAY!! I look forward to your lessons every week. I don’t think I have ever learned so much and had such enthusiasm learning about the Book of Mormon (and I have read it in its entirety so many times). It’s as though I have never read it before. You both make it a JOY to learn! THANK YOU.
We love to know that your love for the scriptures is increasing!
EXCELLENT LESSON. THANK YOU FOR YOUR GREAT LESSONS. i AM 82 AND A MEMBER FOR 50 YEARS, THIS IS TRULY THE RESTORED CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST. I KNOW IT AND I BAPTIZED MY MOTHER AND DAD AND WE BAPTIZED 14 MEMBERS OF OUR FAMILY THE 1ST YEAR. WE BOTH WERE BAPTIST MINISTERS. GOD BLESS YOU AND THE WORK YOU DO IN HIS NAME.
Thank you for letting us know, Ron!
I love how you expound the scriptures from the Book of Mormon. This is my weekly guide for the Come follow me lesson. Thank you
Thanks for watching!
My heart breaks for the sufferings of all in the world, the sickness, deaths, destruction of lands, and properties, God has placed the blood of the Lamb over our door. Have we suffered? Yes. Do we still have trials? Yes. We are Happy and safe. Thank you for the time you put into these lessons.
Beautiful insights Patricia. Thanks for sharing!
Always looking forward for your lessons every week. Has replayed this lesson many times so relevant to our day! God bless you always!
Thank you for the blessing Gina!
The title of Liberty flag, explanation has helped me understand some situations in my family. Thank you for your wonderful lesson.
Many blessing to you!
I actually kept on replaying this lesson, seeing these war chapters in a different perspective indeed a continuation of the war in heaven. Years ago I started to read the Book of Mormon daily but when I came to these chapters I felt so down to the extent that I stopped reading it did affect me so much emotionally. But with your insights I am seeing it in a new light and loving it. Thanks a lot for uplifting my spirit.
Thank you for your goodness!
This is so relevant for the US right now, today it's positively sobering. Not that all the other teachings we've discussed up to now aren't relevant as well, but this one seems to speak to me in a serious way.
Thanks for watching and sharing!
Wonderful lesson about the past war that gives us guide in our daily endeavour what we are facing today yeah there is no one else we can trust only our God the living that we always put Him in the midst of everything.
Thank you for this great lesson .God bless .
Thank you for the blessing and support!
Of all the teaching channels, your channel is my favorite. Thank you so very much! I’m learning so much. I’m am single and have no one to study with. This is a real blessing in my life. Keep them coming!
Thank you Peggy for your goodness and faithfulness!
I don’t even bother with the others
Thank you for another wonderful lesson. Yes God must be first in our lives, always.
Thank you Emanuela!
Thank you for your videos. I love these insights. I love how this helps me put on the armor of God and equips me with powerful godly weapons.
Great insights!
Thank you for the angle you chose to comment on these chapters. I now feel spiritually invincible so long as I stay tight with God!
Amen!
Thank you Gwenaelle for your last sentence. I love the idea of staying "tight with God."
"Insights" is a perfect description of your efforts. You are a favorite presentation on my computer. Thank you, thank you for adding so much to my life and my understanding of the Book of Mormon. I have learned so much via your great insights!
Beautiful! We hope you feel encouraged to continue to dive deep into the gospel.
Looking forward to listen again this week, every time I listen, I learn so much and feel the spirit and all seems zo clear and simpel. I hope this teaching never ends. I find it harder to do it all by myself. Lots of thanks from the Netherlands!🌟
I love the Netherlands! spent several glorious days in Delft and can't wait to return to the beautiful land and people of the low lands! Thanks for watching and sharing.
I love the last teaching about not giving up, I often feel that regardless of my efforts to make a home where the spirit reigns, other members of my family allow negativity and, contention to enter. My children are young, but I am guilty of sometimes thinking about giving up, letting them do as they wish and remove myself from the situation, but that is not the answer.
We all feel discouraged from time to time. The message of Jesus is to hang on and trust Him!
Thank you so much for all the insights into the war years. I learned so much I had to re study them to consolidate the insights. I now have a completely different testimony of these years and what we are being taught. I can't thank you enough for these excellent lessons. My testimony of the Book of Mormon has grown so much while following the lessons. I will be following them again next year in parallel with our next Sunday school studies. Thank you so much again Leota
Thank you Leota for this heart warming message!
I WAS OVERWHELMED WHEN I CONSIDERED 10 CHAPTERS OF THE ONE WEEK TO STUDY, MUCH OF IT MILITARY WARFARE AND I WAS DISCOURAGED. YOUR LECTURE LIFTED ME AND GAVE ME THE PERSPECTIVE I NEEDED AND APPLY THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST. BLESS YOU BOTH! DIANA
That has been our hope! Thanks for letting us know these resources help :)
Thank you for the inspiring instruction. You guys are a wealth of knowledge and have made the book of mormon come alive for me. Keep up the good work. You are making a difference to many in a difficult time.
Many blessings to you! Thanks for the kind words.
You can't imagine how uplifting this class has been for me. I have ended with tears of joy and great inspiration in my heart to continue fighting. God bless you in your ministry as teachers of the gospel.
Beautiful to hear this!
Thank you for such a great explanation of the Book of Mormon and the stories, their purpose in our lives, why the plan of salvation.and why we are here!!!!
Amen!
What a great lesson and so pertinent to our lives today. We never thought of it they way you both presented these chapters....Just wonderful!
May we all raise the "Title of Liberty" over our homes and not be deceived by the evilness that abounds today.
Beautiful note!
"The Prosperity Gospel" falsehood. Love it. My father b. 1911 asked the bishop for ALL the widows who little means as home teachees. He took care of all their house problems, purchased groceries for them, taught them genealogy, etc; he was their "go to" person. He even dug trenches in his old age (!!) to fix their plumbing problems. He was a humble man with a college degree who did not have financial means due to circumstances at the time. One night he attended a stake priesthood mtg where they touted that if you were living the gospel you "should be" financially prosperous (guess the Lord didn't love Joseph Smith then). You can imagine how sad and frustrated my father was with this false teaching.
I am glad I grew up without much money; I learned so much about flexibility, living with less, giving, and gratitude. My father has been gone a long while now and all of my siblings have felt my father's presence in their lives very strongly during stressful times, as if the Lord gave him access to this world to continue his service whenever he wanted. I wonder. Bet he inherits a mansion.
I do not know why some members think that when the scripture state about prosperity in the land they think it’s talking about financial prosperity only. They sure forget about spiritual prosperity in our life. Money will sure add to your happiness but there is nothing like spiritual prosperity.
I agree with Abel Herrera there are more ways to experience prosperity than just financial wealth.
And while financial abundance may be prosperity, there are other ways to be temporally prosperous also: being blessed with abilities and materials to build your own house, grow and/or gather your own food, sew quality clothing, provide other necessities and comforts for yourself and your family, ..... Wealth and prosperity don't always mean a big bank account!
What a testimony! Keep sharing this!
I look forward to watching these videos and learning more each week. Thanks for your efforts.
These lessons are enlightening my life. Thank to both of you. May the Lord keep blessing you!.
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Tyler and Taylor, I knew I would find correlation in these chapters between today's struggles, and the struggles of Moroni, your lesson taught me how very much our country, leaders, freedom and most importantly, our FAITH, is at a crossroad that we can only prevail by way of prayer, obedience to our covenants, and applying the lessons taught by our prophets in the book of Mormon. I pray daily for our leaders to be guided by the power and wisdom of our Savior, and altho our leader IS a believer, I don;t think he knows what WE KNOW, so he does need our prayers, brought in FAITH----rick
Amen, Rick!
I so wish this could be taught to our government leaders right now. Thanks for your making this real for me.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
Great lesson on war. Remember always put God first and all good things will follow. Thank you😍👏
Amen!
Taylor,
Thank you for sharing that personal experience about what your wife Katherine went through and what she still is going through. What an amazing disciple of Christ she is making that very real realization that our bodies will one day be perfect. She is spiritually mature. Our three-year old son Antonio has a cochlear implant on one ear and a bone conductive hearing aid on the other side. My heart was with you during every word as you explained your experience. We appreciate how you and your wife are examples to us. The Lord will guide us and He will heal your wife and Antonio one glorious day.
Thank you for this beautiful testimony and support Lauren.
Thank you is so inadequate, but it's all I have to repay you for the knowledge and conviction you have shared with all of us.
Terri, your enthusiasm and love for the gospel is "payment" enough :)
The physical war and spiritual war are almost the same thing. It's a blessing for us to have these chapters in the BoM teaching us how to flight and defend with a righteous purpose and avoid being deceived and ruled by the devil force.Thanks so much for your insights!
Great insights Chuanqi!
Thank you so much for these inspiring lessons at this time when we are homebound. We feel like we have Sunday school back again, LOL. Please keep doing these lessons. Thanks so much.
We plan to keep working on these!
Thank you for another wonderful lesson. I truly appreciate your insights and knowledge.
And we appreciate you!
Thank you for the very inspiring message. It's so much easier to apply the scriptures to my life when I get to know your thought process on the Word of God. Looking forward to the future lessons.
Thanks for watching!
What a fantastic lesson thank you!
Thank you for watching!
Thank you so much for your channel... I hope you continue well after the pandemic... I found your channel recently and Im grateful to listen to your teaching... Im in primary and we rarely get a chance to attend Sunday school and this is a blessing to be able to listen to your insights on the Come follow me... I love being with kids and and teaching very simple doctrine so the kids can understand but sometime I miss being surrounded by the members during Sunday school class and learn from everyones insights and testimony....
We're with you. We all need to be fed the beautiful truths from the gospel!
Thank you so much, I learn so much from your lessons.Thank you, Thank you.
That is our hope and prayer!
Life (happiness) is not about waiting for the storm to pass; it is learning to dance in the rain. I am so grateful for the map you are using (I lovei t). It has helped me focus on what is happening and not on where it is taking place. Thank you
Sometime,when you might be looking for something to do, would you (I don't know the right word) define, disect the word COMMAND. It is used so much in the BoM.
Great question. Look here: www.etymonline.com/search?q=command; and here: www.etymonline.com/word/mandate
T&T Brothers, What a jammed back scripture block with so many Principles to reflect on. Some personal insights: The War chapters (Alma 43-52) helps us with the following questions: Is War always evil? When does the Lord justify War and if so Why? Why did Mormon include so many chapters on War?
Mormon included these War chapters in the Book Of Mormon to TEACH us Principles of Spiritual Conflict as well as Physical. The Lord teaches that War is justified When: Alma 43:45-47, 48:14-16. These War chapters teach us the Lord’s disciples can retain the Spirit even on the battlefield Alma 44:1-2, Alma 48:11-16,23.
Finally, the Compare n contrast is a Type n Shadow of Jesus Christ with Captain Moroni Alma 48:17 and Satan with both Zemnarihah & Amalickiah Alma 46:9.
Q. What can Captain Moroni teach us TODAY about the Title Of Liberty and our OWN Spiritual struggles on our battlefields?
Let's waive our own Title of Liberty and stand for righteousness !!
All i can say is AMEN to what you've said!
@@taylorhalverson3052 Thank you my friend. Enjoying the great instruction and input !!
Love your lesson. I don't really enjoy the war chapters but with your insights I understand them better.
You've spoken for all of us!
Thank you so much for these insights they have truly helped me see these chapters with new eyes. I feel the spirit so strong regarding changes I need to make in my life.
Many blessings to you!
Thank you for the emphasis of putting God 1st in your life. It is my mantra and I’ve found great strength, faith and wisdom by doing so. By subjecting the “natural man” in me, ie, the propensities of the carnal/flesh, to His will, His laws- I’ve found great peace and also strength in character. Thank you for teaching eternal truths. (💕the war chapters)👍
Thanks for this feedback Nefertari.
Good stuff. Thank you both for all your continued faith and efforts. I get soon much out of your teaching.
Thank you for the kind note!
Thank you for your information. I wanted to say in Heaven we could not see clearly what Earth was going to be like because we had not yet arrived, and yet we fought on and won, so we here again cant see clearly but we fight on as we still have our Beloved Father and His Son and The Holy Ghost. We can again win on
Amen!
Thank you for an inspire message. Y’all are amazing!
Thank you for watching!
I have been learn English and it is very hard for my but in your class besides learning to listen I’m also learning a lot to recognize the tricks of satanas. Thanks for your fidelity to the Lord.
Great to have you here, Rosy!
Tears of Joy ! Never I though that I would find joy in these war chapters. Absolutely loved and enjoyed the lesson! Thank you brother Taylor and Brother Taylor. I am truly grateful for tour efforts. Don’t get tired !
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Another wonderful lesson! Thank you so much!
The scriptures are amazing!
When we read chapter 43:48 with our teenagers/young adults this week, my son said "For Narnia!" It made us laugh but really what he said was true. This is what they fought for, Narnia- land of peace and followers of Christ.
Love this! Thanks for sharing Brigitte.
I agree that there are millions of ways to read and learn from the BOM! Thank you for giving me different insights to think about, especially with pointing out and exposing Satan's tactics from the preexistence to the time of the BOM and then to our day. I have seen families (including my brother and his family) who were fully endowed members, led away by a few different dissenters of our church by using the philosophies of men mingled with scripture. I wish they could see "who" is truly leading them carefully away from Christ's true gospel.
Thank you for this note!
Beautiful lesson! I can finally enjoy these difficult, wrenching stories!
Thank you Janet!
Thank you for doing these videos! They really open up so much more on our reading. Thank you!!
You are welcome Donna!
One more time, thank you very much for taking the time to prepare the lesson. I only can say, amazing!!
We sure do appreciate you Norma!
I really do struggle with the war chapters. (I hate seeing the good guys get slaughtered in any situation). This lesson helps me understand how to relate these wars to my life and my time on Earth. Great job, thank you.
Thanks for your insight!
Thank you again for a wonderful lesson!
Thanks for your support!
Loved your line GI loin cloth. Lol!
We enjoy a good joke :)
Thank you again for a very nice lesson, its highly appreciated!!
Thanks for watching Nkuli!
As always, Thank you so much...I learned a lot from this presentation.
You are welcome.
Thank you so much. I learn every week and truly appreciate the opportunity to study with you.
Thank you for making time to let us know that these are a help to you!
what a great lesson! I got so much out of it. so many take aways that we can apply to our modern day lives
The scriptures are for us and our day!
Love love love these!
Glad to hear this!
Great Lesson, we really learn and enjoy, thank you both again!
Thank you Michael for all your support!
Thanks for sharing your insights on these chapters! 😊😊
Thanks!
Iknow that the book of.mormon is true.this pandemic really help me to reaized more about Jesus christ and his plan of redemption.alm chap39 5o 42 .and this lesson.comenfollow.me help me a.lot to stengthen my testimony.
We are happy to hear this!
Thank you for your insights into the book of Mormon. I use your videos to teach Sunday school at home soon after sacrament meeting instead of me teaching my family. As the videos start I pause it now and then so that I can ask questions or my family members can comment or ask questions as well.
Thank you Abel for sharing your experience!
Another great lesson, thank you.
Hard to go wrong with God's word!
Thank you great message!
thanks for your encouragement!
Thanks for a wonderful lesson
We love to share!
Thank you very much for your clear explanation about these hard chapters. Awesome,!
We are heartened to know this helped!
Taylor Halverson , your lessons are the center of the gospel study for our nuclear and extended family. It is a luxury to have you both and the videos editors as responsables for giving us light to our scriptures understanding. , THANK YOU SO MUCH. You both and the team MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR SPIRITUAL GROWTH. Also I want to remark the outstanding efforts for uncovering the symbols of those stories and applying their meanings to our daily lives. Sincerely,.... I feel sorry for the people who have not access to these videos ,!
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Taylor Halverson , your hard work reaches the objectives!!
Beautiful stuff. Thanks 👍
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Great lesson brethren!
Thanks for watching!
I was impressed in Moroni’s (Christ’s) battle with Zarahemnah (us) that he was willing to immediately let them go free if they would 1. Deliver up their weapons (repent) and 2. Enter into an oath to not fight (make a covenant i.e. baptism). Delivering up the weapons alone was not enough. They had to make an oath. I feel like Christ offers us forgiveness immediately when we repent and enter into a covenant (baptism) with him.
Also, I wonder if the reason Lehonti’s people did not want to fight the Nephites was because they did not want to break the oath that they had made.
great insights, you might be on to something regarding Lehonti's people!
Awesome lesson! Thank you! :)
Thanks for watching!
Wow this is a fantastic video.
Glad you enjoyed this!
Thank you once again for taking me through these chapters.the war chapters are not my favourite part but I a c
Thanks for watching!
Beautifully taught 👍
Thank you Karen!
thank you.
You are welcome!
The Nephite War ethic is interesting because it is everything against the War ethic of Joseph Smith's time. Joseph Smith was part of the post Napoleonic period which glorified attack attack attack. All influences at the time would have promoted that war ethic. The Nephite War ethic is unlike any I've ever encountered beint as defensive centric. Marvelous example they were a "peculiar" people. The Nephite nation crumbled when they violated that war ethic. Truly a unique civilization. Your instruction was very insightful into the more symbolic portion of this Book which was very well done.
Awesome insight!
Excellent.
Thank you Bison!
Great discussions and insights. I get a bit distracted by the maps because I tend to be more of a North American theorist, but very good stuff presented here. Thank you.
Thanks for watching, Art. Our map is meant to be educational, instead of trying to testify of our opinion of where we think it took place. :) Sorry for the distraction.
@@taylorhalverson3052 Perhaps "distraction" was too extreme of a word. The actual location of the setting is not as important as the veracity of the history and the lessons preserved for our day. What is important is learning, growing, and striving for theosis. Keep up the great work.
@@Art65483 Yes, I'm with you! And I love that word theosis. (I've tried it at home but my wife thinks I'm not very humble when I do... ha ha!)
Wow that was so powerfully done Thank you again. I love the book of Alma.
We share the sentiment!
Thanks for your lessons and your efforts, I really like what you share. I have seen that some times there are images of a video, can I know the title?
We borrow videos from the church, very often from the recently released Book of Mormon videos.
That part about drinking his blood has always shocked me, no matter how many times I read The Book Of Mormon.
Yep.
Is the Book of Mormon Geography segment that you refer to in the actual less for Alma 17-22?
you can find it here: czcams.com/video/TO03zqrJrrY/video.html
Is the map that you use in this lesson available for download? I would like to print it and use it in my scriptures.
virtualscriptures.org/book-of-mormon-map/
Can you explain the difference between a covenant and an oath? Do some covenants require an oath? example: Oath and Covenant of the priesthood.
My understanding is that the oath are the specific words you say binding yourself to the covenant. The covenant itself is the totality of the promises and obligations.
Where did the Amalekites come from? I see them in chapter 21 then again in 43, but don't know how they got started.
maybe this article from Book of Mormon Central will help: knowhy.bookofmormoncentral.org/knowhy/how-were-the-amlicites-and-amalekites-related
I feel like I haven't really read the Book of Mormon when we only read part of the chapters and skip some altogether. Can you explain?
Tell us more what you mean, what question you have.
Were Lahonti's men so fixed and determined not to fight the Nephites because they were a part of Zarahemnah's army that promised not to fight the Nephites again?
That is a great question. I don't know, but if your hunch is correct, that would make a strong case for why they were so against fighting the Nephites.
Thank you for this lesson. I really love the title of liberty part. I have a question and I’ve gone through the comments to hopefully not have it repeated. Can you give the references for Elder Maxwell and Elder Cristofferson’s quotes?
I asked Tyler...and we don't have that on hand right now. His mind is chock full of awesome quotes...but he does not always have immediate access to where it came from. Sorry about that.
Google Search for Elder D. Todd Christofferson Moral Agency The summation of his talk is the quote you are looking for.