Mosiah 1

Two things that relate to each other are talked about in this chapter. Aside from these two things, what's important historically is King Benjamin explaining that he's going to name Mosiah as the next king. But with the two things that stand out to me, one is King Benjamin's telling his sons that if weren't for the brass plates, the people would have have digressed until they became the same as the Lamanites. The other is that King Benjamin is going to give the people a name that will distinguish them from all other people. If it were not for scriptures, people would cease to be spiritual. The world spirituality is the pathway to finding the essence of one's own being. So meditation and other things are used to enable a person to go deep into their thoughts and feelings and discover who they are at the core. This is good and people would be better for doing it. But true spirituality is when a person is able to establish an ongoing relationship with God through the Holy Ghost. This enables a person to not only discover who they really are, but enables them to know God, their purpose in life, and to receive revelation which gives them knowledge that transcends what the person can discover for themselves. When a person is truly spiritual, and has the testimony of Christ, and has taken upon themselves the name of Christ, they become different from all other people in the world. To me the message is, how important the scriptures are, and how important it is to take upon ourselves the name of Christ in order to gain spirituality.