Abinadi is a stud. I loved that he could not be touched by King Noah's men until he had finished with what the Lord sent him to do. He knew that he had to get the message across, and then he knew that they would then do whatever they wanted with him. In verse 7-8 it says "Ye see that ye have not power to slay me, therefore I finish my message. Yea, and I perceive that it cuts you to your hearts because I tell you the truth concerning your iniquities. (8) Yea, and my words fill you with wonder and amazement, and with anger."
I feel this with my family. Whenever I try to talk about anything gospel related, they get angry, and defensive. It's not with all of my siblings, but mainly the ones who really know. Things are starting to slowly change with Hannah, but in the past, she would strike out and try to hurt me and make me feel like a horrible person for believing the gospel. Mainly because she was fighting against the light of Christ inside of her. I was talking to her the other day and I just told her how excited I was to hear that there would be a second temple in Provo. She said something about how she never felt good about going into the temple, and I explained to her that it was because she was not ready. Amazingly she didn't take offense, so I continued with talking about church stuff. Then I just said "I know you feel something for the church Hannah, and yet you fight against it" and she said that she has recently been thinking about the church a lot, and how she knows she needs to go back, but is afraid to. I told her that because she was so afraid, that meant she needed to go the most. She said she knew that. "Randomly" she ran into the missionaries the next day and they invited her to call them. Hopefully she will follow through with the small promptings of the Spirit and she can get on the right track again. I pray for it every day.
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