Lessons from Laman and Lemuel
Neal A. Maxwell October 1999 Saturday Morning Session
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Brothers and sisters, on very thin pages, thick with meaning, are some almost hidden scriptures.
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Brothers and sisters, on very thin pages, thick with meaning, are some almost hidden scriptures.
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Brothers and sisters, on very thin pages, thick with meaning, are some almost hidden scriptures.
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Brothers and sisters, on very thin pages, thick with meaning, are some almost hidden scriptures.
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Brothers and sisters, on very thin pages, thick with meaning, are some almost hidden scriptures.
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Brothers and sisters, on very thin pages, thick with meaning, are some almost hidden scriptures.
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Illustratively, words which we should so “liken” occur twice with regard to Laman and Lemuel, mistakenly regarded by some as merely “stick figures.” Consider, therefore, how the applications of these next words go far beyond those two: “And thus Laman and Lemuel … did murmur … because they knew not the dealings of that God who had created them” (1 Ne.
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Illustratively, words which we should so “liken” occur twice with regard to Laman and Lemuel, mistakenly regarded by some as merely “stick figures.” Consider, therefore, how the applications of these next words go far beyond those two: “And thus Laman and Lemuel … did murmur … because they knew not the dealings of that God who had created them” (1 Ne.
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Early on, Laman rejected the role he should have played and, instead, wanted to be “top dog in the manger,” resenting all the while Nephi’s spiritual leadership.
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Lemuel “were hard to be understood, save a man should inquire of the Lord; and they being hard in their hearts, therefore they did not look unto the Lord as they ought”
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Like Laman and Lemuel, many today would consign God only to the past; He thereby ceases to be the constant God of yesterday, today, and tomorrow (see 2 Ne.
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Like Laman and Lemuel, many today would consign God only to the past; He thereby ceases to be the constant God of yesterday, today, and tomorrow (see 2 Ne.
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Spiritually numbed, Laman and Lemuel felt that the people of Jerusalem were undeserving of prophetic criticisms leveled (see 1 Ne.
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Spiritually numbed, Laman and Lemuel felt that the people of Jerusalem were undeserving of prophetic criticisms leveled (see 1 Ne.
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“Nevertheless the Lord seeth fit to chasten his people; yea, he trieth their patience and their faith”
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Fundamental, too, was Laman and Lemuel’s not understanding that a tutoring God may require difficult things of His children.
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Fundamental, too, was Laman and Lemuel’s not understanding that a tutoring God may require difficult things of His children.
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In the final division as between the Lamanites and the Nephites, note the spiritual boundary which preceded the geographical boundary: “I, Nephi, did take my family … and all those who would go with me … who believed in the warnings and the revelations of God; wherefore, they did hearken unto my words” (2 Ne.
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Laman and Lemuel did not partake of the tree of life, which is the love of God (see 1 Ne.
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Laman and Lemuel did not partake of the tree of life, which is the love of God (see 1 Ne.
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Laman and Lemuel did not partake of the tree of life, which is the love of God (see 1 Ne.
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In contrast, Nephi “had a great knowledge of the goodness … of God”; hence, Nephi’s firm declaration: “I know that [God] loveth his children; nevertheless, I do not know the meaning of all things” (1 Ne.
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“I know that [God] loveth his children; nevertheless, I do not know the meaning of all things”
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Their contrition never lasted very long, such as in the interval between the appearance of an angel and when Laman and Lemuel resumed murmuring (see 1 Ne.
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Their contrition never lasted very long, such as in the interval between the appearance of an angel and when Laman and Lemuel resumed murmuring (see 1 Ne.
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Their contrition never lasted very long, such as in the interval between the appearance of an angel and when Laman and Lemuel resumed murmuring (see 1 Ne.
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Laman and Lemuel were intimidated by Laban’s power, but their fear of power merely showed the power of fear.
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Laman and Lemuel were intimidated by Laban’s power, but their fear of power merely showed the power of fear.
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Hence, encrusted Laman and Lemuel seldom responded to the tenderness of others.
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Hence, encrusted Laman and Lemuel seldom responded to the tenderness of others.
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Upon arriving at both lands of Bountiful, did Laman and Lemuel really think that such good navigating was mere happenstance?
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Therefore, brothers and sisters, preferred to periodic miracles is having the Holy Ghost as a “constant companion” (D&C 121:46).
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Laman and Lemuel’s rejection of the prophets and the scriptures meant there could be no useful likening or rehearsals of remembrance and no freshening of personal revelation to them for their time.
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Laman and Lemuel’s rejection of the prophets and the scriptures meant there could be no useful likening or rehearsals of remembrance and no freshening of personal revelation to them for their time.
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Laman and Lemuel’s rejection of the prophets and the scriptures meant there could be no useful likening or rehearsals of remembrance and no freshening of personal revelation to them for their time.
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