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“Delivered by the Power of God”: Nephi’s Vision of America’s Birth

… would “humble themselves before the Lord” so they could be “delivered by the power of God out of the hands of … warriors to do the same, but to his utter astonishment none of their balls took effect. He was then persuaded, that …

"Unless I Could Get More Wisdom, I Would Never Know"

… that glorious first vision.” [1] To President McKay’s list could be added the understanding that God answers prayers, … the Lord, for he came to the conclusion that “there was none else to whom I could go” (1832 account). In the 1835 …

Nephi, Isaiah, and the Latter-day Restoration

… the Book of Mormon witnesses of the future: “There is none other which shall view it, save it be a few according to … 275) Such an interpretation explains how “all nations” could flow to the temple of the Lord, for it is quite … “But the book shall be delivered unto a man, and he shall deliver the words of the book, which are the words of those …

"It Is Finished": The Divine Accomplishment of the Crucifixion

… life, made necessary because of Adam’s transgression, could no more have been left to chance than could the earth … scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles: and they shall mock him, and … crucify him—for thus it behooveth our God, and there is none other nation on earth that would crucify their God” (2 …

God Will Fulfill His Covenants with the House of Israel

… yea, even of great worth unto us, insomuch that we could preserve the commandments of the Lord with our … when that day cometh when they shall believe in him; and none will be destroy that believe in him. And they that … the terrible shall be delivered; for the Mighty God shall deliver his covenant people. For thus saith the Lord: I will …

Delusions

… prophesied of his growing kingdom, and young infants who could hardly speak, would plainly pronounce, ‘ Sabatai , … and provisions, safely aboard. They had “a compass” which none but Nephi knew how to manage; but the Lord had promised … flesh must go to its mother earth.” “And this death must deliver up its dead,” [Book of Mormon] p. 70, were common …

“A World in Darkness”: Early Latter-day Saint Understanding of the Apostasy, 1830–34

… I was answered that I must join none of them, for they were all wrong; and the Personage who … without any positive and definite evidence, on which he could rely, upon a subject involving the future welfare of … forth to throw light into the minds of the people and to deliver them from the darkness that appeared unto them and to …

Lecture 4

… without correct ideas of his character, the minds of men could not have sufficient power with God to exercise the … the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me , declaring … was able by his power to control all things and thereby deliver his creatures who put their trust in him from the …

Nephi’s Freedom Thesis and the Sons of Helaman

… captivity of our fathers; for they were in bondage, and none could deliver them except it was the God of Abraham, . . . and he …

Brigham Young

… the United States. There is nothing but the people of God could enjoy under it. But the Federal constitution is trodden … and to fill up vacancies with good men, until there are none who would let the nation sink for a can of oysters and a …