Mosiah 27:36-37 And how blessed are they! For they did publish peace; they did publish good tidings of good; and they did declare unto the people that the Lord reigneth.
Alma and his people are safe in Zarahemla, right? Wrong. Let me explain.
Do you remember how King Noah was trying to be good by himself without God? Do you remember how Abinadi tried to teach King Noah how to be good with God? Well, if you remember all that, then you probably remember that Noah didn’t listen. Only Alma listened. And ever since that time, Alma tried to be good. He tried to trust in Jesus. But there was a problem. Alma had friends and children who had known and seen Alma before Abinidi came. They had seen all the bad things Alma taught and did.
And so while Alma was trying to do good things and teach about Jesus, some people felt he was a hypocrite.
Hypocrite, a definition:
Like Alma, we are all hypocrites. We try to be good. We say to our family and friends, “I’m going to be nice, and fair, and clean, and h…
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