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Unshaken Saints

Alma 39-42 part 3 (Alma 42)

Unshaken Saints

Jared Halverson

Religion & Spirituality, Education

52.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2020

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Part 3 of a 3-part verse-by-verse study of Alma 39-42, which recounts Alma's counsel to his son Corianton. Part 3 covers Alma 42 and examines the demands of justice, the claims of mercy, law and punishment, the conditions of repentance, and "the Goldilocks Zone." Join Jared Halverson for your weekly Come Follow Me study of the Book of Mormon! Disclaimer: The content of these podcasts is the sole responsibility of their creator and does not reflect the official position of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or the Church Educational System.

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When the son of man cometh shall he find faith on the earth.

0:05.0

Lord I believe help thou mine unbelief.

0:12.0

May our testimonies mine unbelief.

0:19.0

May our testimonies be as deep and strong as that of Jacob, when confronted by one who sought to destroy his faith declared,

0:22.0

I could not be shaken. The Oh, Justice demands that. So let's talk about justice son and that's chapter 42. I love how he begins it like

1:07.0

the others with a perception of a worry on his son's part. I perceive you're still worried about this, that you can't understand, and I love how he puts it.

1:17.0

For you do try to suppose that it is injustice that the sinner should be consigned to a state of misery.

1:24.0

He could have just said you kind of think that it's not fair that God would punish sinners do you?

1:30.0

But I love it, he says, you try to suppose.

1:33.5

Every once a while, my wife will say something like,

1:36.1

I was trying to wonder about, and I always laugh

1:39.2

and call her on it.

1:40.7

Because I think she's either trying to say,

1:42.4

I was wondering about, or I was trying to understand

1:45.6

such and such.

1:46.6

But by putting the two together when she says, I was trying to wonder, I was laughing and go,

1:51.4

you see that's, you're just so intelligent. You can't wonder about things.

1:56.1

I mean you try. I try to wonder, but dang it, I just know too much. I just know automatically

2:02.4

the way things are. What would it be like to be able

2:05.6

to just wonder about stuff? It's the burden of omniscience, I guess. And she'd always roll her eyes and

2:12.2

go, okay, I was wondering about. Well, in a similar

2:16.4

vein, here's Correantan, who knows better, but is trying to suppose.

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