"31 Wherefore, ye need not suppose that I and my father are the only ones that have testified, and also taught them. Wherefore, if ye shall be obedient to the acommandments, and endure to the end, ye shall be saved at the last day. And thus it is. Amen."
These are the last two verses of the book of 1 Nephi. They are classic Nephi in that they highlight his big theme: You must be obedient. It is really the best way to live life. You will prosper and be saved. I think that he is also speaking to us in addition to his brothers.
He says that we should consider the truthfulness of the things that are on the plates of brass. He states that the plates of brass testify that a man must be obedient to the commandments (see Mosiah 2:41 for a testimony from another, who was king/prophet). Nephi loves the plates of brass, especially the writings of Isaiah on those plates. In recent chapters we have just gotten a taste of Isaiah's writings, and how Nephi likes them.
In the last verse, Nephi says that we should not suppose that only he and his father were the only ones who have testified of and have taught these things. I wonder what he meant by that? Did he mean that there were many prophets from the brass plates that have testified? Did he mean that there were others from his family that have testified of the necessity of being obedient? Perhaps, Sam, Sariah, Jacob, Joseph, Nephi's sisters?
I want to add my testimony that if one is obedient to the commandments then he is happy and prospers. This doesn't mean that there are no trials, we all will have them, but we will know how to handle them and bear them with patience and happiness and seek to learn from them.
These are the last two verses of the book of 1 Nephi. They are classic Nephi in that they highlight his big theme: You must be obedient. It is really the best way to live life. You will prosper and be saved. I think that he is also speaking to us in addition to his brothers.
He says that we should consider the truthfulness of the things that are on the plates of brass. He states that the plates of brass testify that a man must be obedient to the commandments (see Mosiah 2:41 for a testimony from another, who was king/prophet). Nephi loves the plates of brass, especially the writings of Isaiah on those plates. In recent chapters we have just gotten a taste of Isaiah's writings, and how Nephi likes them.
In the last verse, Nephi says that we should not suppose that only he and his father were the only ones who have testified of and have taught these things. I wonder what he meant by that? Did he mean that there were many prophets from the brass plates that have testified? Did he mean that there were others from his family that have testified of the necessity of being obedient? Perhaps, Sam, Sariah, Jacob, Joseph, Nephi's sisters?
I want to add my testimony that if one is obedient to the commandments then he is happy and prospers. This doesn't mean that there are no trials, we all will have them, but we will know how to handle them and bear them with patience and happiness and seek to learn from them.
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