Saturday, April 21, 2012

Helaman 9

What are the characteristics of God? There are many. But here is my list:

  • He is loving.
  • He is kind.
  • He is all knowing or omniscient.
  • He has integrity.
  • He is honorable.
  • He serves others.
  • He listens.
  • He is all powerful.
  • He is merciful.
  • He is charitable.
  • He has great compassion.
In reading Helaman 9, Nephi had told the people that they will find their chief judge dead by the hand of his brother. When what he had said actually happened as he said it would, some of the people began to believe his words and in him. The last verse reads:
"And there were others who said: Behold, he is a god, for except he was a god he could not know of all things. For behold, he has told us the thoughts of our hearts, and also has told us things; and even he has brought unto our knowledge the true murderer of our chief judge" (41).
Nephi had been blessed with the ability to know of all things. That is definitely a characteristic of God. I think we should each create our own list of what God is like, come to know God, and strive to be like him.

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