During the time of the ministry of Jesus in the Old World,
and during a time of great political upheaval and spiritual darkness among the
Nephites in the New World, there arose a prophet we tend to overlook. This
Nephi (we've now seen four men of this name) must have been an incredible
person! He began keeping the Nephite
record upon receipt of the plates from his father, about the time Jesus was
born. We don’t really hear much about
him again until 30 years later, when he begins testifying boldly of Jesus
Christ. In the name of Jesus, Nephi
performed miracles similar to those being performed at that time by Jesus and
His disciples half a world away. Nephi
even raised his brother from the dead.
The people, in their wickedness, were very angry with Nephi because he
was more powerful than they were. Verse
18 tells us that so great was Nephi’s “faith on the Lord Jesus Christ that
angels did minister to him daily.”
These administrations had given him power “that he might know concerning
the ministry of Christ” (v. 15). With
this faith and his testimony Nephi taught in such a way that it was “not
possible that [his listeners] could disbelieve his words” (v. 18). This powerful instrument of the Lord
re-established and rebuilt the Church during the three years’ of Jesus’ mortal
ministry.
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