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Chapter 23: The Man Whose Life Was Hard but Who Nevertheless Hoped and Hoped (Alma 1-29)
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Chapter 23: The Man Whose Life Was Hard but Who Nevertheless Hoped and Hoped (Alma 1-29)

Alma 1-29

Alma 32:21 And now as I said concerning faith—faith is not to have a perfect knowledge of things; therefore if ye have faith ye hope for things which are not seen, which are true.

We’re going to tell you a lot about the young Alma over the next several stories. He spent his whole life trying to do good and to help others to be good. So you might think that there’s not much to talk about. If you are being good, and helping others to be good, then God will take care of you. Like a mother chicken who protects her baby chics. And so life will be safe and comfy and snuggly and maybe a little tickly because of all those feathers. But wait, remember Jesus? He was as good as good can be and yet things were not always easy for Jesus. Well, they were not always easy for Alma’s son Alma either. So this is the story of a man who, even though he was good, had a hard life, like Jesus.

After the angel, everything changed very quickly for Alma and Mosiah’s sons. Mosiah’s sons decided to leave home and …

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