Daily Thoughts

In the Book of Mormon we read that converted Gentiles will e numbered with the covenant people. The Lord will bless those who keep His commandments, but those who do not will be destroyed. A book would come forth to teach the remnant of the Nephites about ho they came out from Jerusalem and that they are descendants of the Jews. They will be restored to a knowledge of the gospel of Jesus Christ.  2 Nephi 30:1-5 "And now behold, my beloved brethren, I would speak unto you; for I, Nephi, would not suffer that ye should suppose that ye are more righteous than the Gentiles shall be. For behold, except ye shall keep the commandments of God ye shall all likewise perish; and because of the words which have been spoken ye need not suppose that the Gentiles are utterly destroyed. For behold, I say unto you that as many of the Gentiles as will repent are the covenant people of the Lord; and as many of the Jews as will not repent shall be cast off; for the Lord covenanteth with none save it be with them that repent and believe in his Son, who is the Holy One of Israel.  And now, I would prophesy somewhat more concerning the Jews and the Gentiles. For after the book of which I have spoken shall come forth, and be written unto the Gentiles, and sealed up again unto the Lord, there shall be many which shall believe the words which are written; and they shall carry them forth unto the remnant of our seed. And then shall the remnant of our seed know concerning us, how that we came out from Jerusalem, and that they are descendants of the Jews. And the gospel of Jesus Christ shall be declared among them; wherefore, they shall be restored unto the knowledge of their fathers, and also to the knowledge of Jesus Christ, which was had among their fathers."

In the Old Testament we read about how Naaman, a leper, came to the prophet Elisha to be healed of his leprosy.  He expected Elisha to come out and greet him personally, call upon God and perhaps strike his hand over the place.  Instead, Elisha sent a messenger to him telling him to go dip in the Jordan River seven times. Naaman was insulted.  He had rivers back home better than the Jordan!  And why wouldn't Elisha come and see him in prison?  He went away in a rage.  But one of his servants calmed him down and persuaded him that he had nothing to lose by doing as Elisha directed.  So he dipped himself in the Jordan River seven times and was healed.  Sometimes the things we need to learn are humility and obedience.  2 Kings 5:9-14 "So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.  And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean. But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.  Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage. And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean? Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean."

Some scriptures with a thought booklet tell us that if we don't love one another, we don't know God because God is love.  If we do love one another, we are born of God and know Him. Love is THE most important thing that we can do in this life.   1 John 4:7-8 "Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love."