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Chapter 4 // 1 Nephi 4

11: "he would not hearken unto the commandments of the Lord"

• • Oof. I'm having problems with this right now. It feels like a justification to me. Why would God do this? Maybe that's one of those "you should pray about this things".

13: "Behold the Lord slayeth the wicked to bring forth his righteous purposes. It is better that one man should perish than that a nation should dwindle and perish in unbelief."

• • This is obviously not the libertarian/anarcho-capitalist way to look at it.

17: "that I might obtain the records according to his commandments."

• • There is precedent set that having the scriptures is important. The people (#cite) that have their scriptures lost, so they forget how to speak the language they came from.

21: "supposed me to be his master"

• • Laban must not come into the archive much...

Chapter 5 // 1 Nephi 5

8: "this manner of language"

• §20190227 - Bearing testimony
• §20190616 - How does this relate to Liminal thinking #zt and belief systems?

Chapter 7 // 1 Nephi 7

14: "the Spirit of the Lord ceaseth soon to strive with them;"

• • Is this as bad as the end of the book of Mormon? Because that would be sad.

Chapter 8 // 1 Nephi 8

2: "Behold, I have dreamed a dream; or, in other words, I have seen a vision."

• §20190228 - This is intense. He has visions all the time. Are they literal visions? Or just dreams that he really believes are visions? They don't seem to be so literal like Joseph Smith seeing Moroni. I wish I understood! I guess ironically, this is what my patriarchal blessing (My Patriarchal Blessing) is for. If I read my scriptures daily and teach them in my daily life, the mysteries of heaven will be opened. That seems hard. The gospel doesn't seem to be aligning with my current trajectory of life right now. I'm mostly bummed about that, but also kinda not apparently.
• §20190617 - Apparently after reading the #BOM consistently for four months, your heart changes. I'm feeling better this time around.

26: "and it stood as it were in the air, high above the earth."

• No foundation
• §20190617 And high falutin'

Chapter 10 // 1 Nephi 10

19 For he that diligently seeketh shall find; and the mysteries of God shall be unfolded unto them, by the power of the Holy Ghost, as well in these times as in times of old, and as well in times of old as in times to come; wherefore, the course of the Lord is one eternal round.

• §20190301 This is my new goal. I want to become this.
• §20190618 I'm at the point where my foundation for being able to do this is stronger. I can Scrum things and consistently achieve what I want to do.
• • Applying GTD and my Zettelkasten to this now. One step closer!

Chapter 15 // 1 Nephi 15

8 And I said unto them: Have ye inquired of the Lord? 9 And they said unto me: We have not; for the Lord maketh no such thing known unto us.

• §20190304 - Ugh. Yeah, this is me.

Chapter 17 // 1 Nephi 17

3: "provide means whereby they can accomplish the thing which he has commanded them"

• §20190305 - You put the Lord first and he provides a way.
• §20190620 - This is still great advice, and something I should be making a larger priority in my life. What can I do to make sure I'm including the Lord in everything I do? Not just to include Him, but to make Him the focus?

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