In the Book of Mormon we read that after Abinidi had taught the priests the Ten Commandments, he told them that they had not taught them to the people, nor had them kept them themselves. They had taught that salvation came by the Law of Moses. Even though it was expedient that they keep the Law of Moses, he taught them that salvation cannot come by the Law of Moses alone. The law was given to keep them in remembrance of God and their duty towards Him. He said that due to the hardness of their hearts, they did not understand that salvation comes only through the redemption of God. All down through the ages, prophets had testified that a Messiah would come, He would be oppressed and afflicted and would bring to pass the resurrection of the dead. Mosiah 13:25-35 "And it came to pass that after Abinadi had made an end of these sayings that he said unto them: Have ye taught this people that they should observe to do all these things for to keep these commandments? I say unto you, Nay; for if ye had, the Lord would not have caused me to come forth and to prophesy evil concerning this people. And now ye have said that salvation cometh by the law of Moses. I say unto you that it is expedient that ye should keep the law of Moses as yet; but I say unto you, that the time shall come when it shall no more be expedient to keep the law of Moses. And moreover, I say unto you, that salvation doth not come by the law alone; and were it not for the atonement, which God himself shall make for the sins and iniquities of his people, that they must unavoidably perish, notwithstanding the law of Moses. And now I say unto you that it was expedient that there should be a law given to the children of Israel, yea, even a very strict law; for they were a stiffnecked people, quick to do iniquity, and slow to remember the Lord their God; Therefore there was a law given them, yea, a law of performances and of ordinances, a law which they were to observe strictly from day to day, to keep them in remembrance of God and their duty towards him. But behold, I say unto you, that all these things were types of things to come. And now, did they understand the law? I say unto you, Nay, they did not all understand the law; and this because of the hardness of their hearts; for they understood not that there could not any man be saved except it were through the redemption of God. For behold, did not Moses prophesy unto them concerning the coming of the Messiah, and that God should redeem his people? Yea, and even all the prophets who have prophesied ever since the world began—have they not spoken more or less concerning these things? Have they not said that God himself should come down among the children of men, and take upon him the form of man, and go forth in mighty power upon the face of the earth? Yea, and have they not said also that he should bring to pass the resurrection of the dead, and that he, himself, should be oppressed and afflicted?"
In the Old Testament we read a verse that reminds us to keep the commandments of God, not forget His works, and set our hope on Him. Psalms 78:7 "That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:"
Some scriptures with a thought booklet tell us to seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and other things we need will be added unto us. Instead of worrying about where our next meal is coming from, or what we'll have to wear, we need to trust in God. He feeds the birds of the air, and are we not better than they are? He clothes the lilies in the field, which are arrayed better than Solomon in all his glory. So how can we have so little faith as to think He would not take care of us? Instead of worrying about the future, we can safely trust in the Lord to take care of our needs. Matthew 6:25-34 "Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof."
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