In the Book of Mormon we read that after Limhi spoke to the people, he asked Ammon to speak to them, telling them what had happened to their brethren in Zarahemla. He taught them what King Benjamin had spoken. After this, King Limhi dismissed the multitude and sent them home. Mosiah 8:1-4 "And it came to pass that after king Limhi had made an end of speaking to his people, for he spake many things unto them and only a few of them have I written in this book, he told his people all the things concerning their brethren who were in the land of Zarahemla. And he caused that Ammon should stand up before the multitude, and rehearse unto them all that had happened unto their brethren from the time that Zeniff went up out of the land even until the time that he himself came up out of the land. And he also rehearsed unto them the last words which king Benjamin had taught them, and explained them to the people of king Limhi, so that they might understand all the words which he spake. And it came to pass that after he had done all this, that king Limhi dismissed the multitude, and caused that they should return every one unto his own house."
In the Old Testament we read that the righteous will be blessed but the ungodly will perish. Psalms 1:1-6 "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish."
Some verses with a thought booklet tell about how Jesus' disciples argued among themselves about which one of them was the greatest among them. Jesus told them that among the Gentiles, kings would exercise lordship among the people. But He said that actually, he who serves is greater than the person thathe serves, and Jesus set the example by serving. Think about that! According to these verses someone who is a caregiver to an elderly person or a mother caring for an infant is greater than the president of a large corporation who makes lots of money and has lots of power. Money and prestige among men is not the way the Lord judges greatness. Who can you serve today? Luke 22:24-27 "And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest. And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors. But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve. For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth."
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