Lehi teaches his sons about how there is an opposition to all things. Basically, opposition defines all things. Not only would be there no meaning to anything without opposition, there would be no free will, no action. Disobedience to the law brings misery. Obedience to the law brings blessings and happiness. Every law has these two sides, so without the law there would be no happiness or misery which means without one, the other wouldn't exist.Something about the phrase "And they are free to choose liberty and eternal life.." impresses me. We ARE free to choose. Nothing is pushing us one way or the other. Liberty and eternal life is there for us to take if we choose to. So is that what every choice in my day comes down to? Am I choosing liberty and eternal life, or captivity and misery?
2 things here I want to know more about the meaning of. Vrs 21, Lehi talks about how the days of men were prolonged in order for us to repent. Prolonged from what?Vrs 27, Free according to the flesh, what does that really mean?
I think Alma 12:24 sheds light on what 'prolonged' means: 'there was a space granted unto man in which he might repent.'
ReplyDeleteFree according to the flesh is a great question. I've wondered that myself.
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ReplyDeleteya that's a good backup scripture. I guess I was just kind of hung up on prolong kind of having the meaning of make something longer than what was originally planned.I guess it's more pointing to the fact that Adam and eve were told that if they partook of the fruit they would surely die and Gods will was to make that time until they died longer than instantly dieing.
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