Mosiah 5 and 6

This chapter deals with taking upon you the name of Christ and what that implies. Since I wrote about that in Your Divine Purpose, I’m going to focus two words as they are used in this chapter: faith and knowledge. These really are two simple principles and so important. The people say they have faith in the words the King Benjamin spoke, and because of that faith, they know of their truth and are sure of it. As a result, they say the Spirit has manifested unto them great views of that which is to come and it has brought to them a great knowledge. Later, in verse 13, King Benjamin tells them that the way to know the Savior is to serve him and drawing the logical comparison of a servant and a master. If a servant never meets or serves a master, he asks how could the servant ever know him? If we put that in today’s vernacular, we would say, “If I never met my boss and never worked for him, how would I know anything about him?” For us, if we believe the words of King Benjamin (or any prophet or scripture), we can gain great views of that which has come and come to a great knowledge.

It’s so important to have faith in something, to believe it is true. A person can start with something simple as a starting point. If they act on that belief, the Spirit will confirm the truth of that belief and reveal more truth. It isn’t true, the Spirit will let them know that also and because of that that a correct truth will replace the error. A most important thing for them is to not fear the truth or what the reactions of people might be who have not yet learned it.

When you act on a belief, learn it’s truth, that is both an act of faith and brings us knowledge. When we continue in that knowledge, we come to more truth. Since all truth is revealed through the Spirit, it will eventually lead us to the source of all truth and that is our Father in Heaven and Christ.

Mosiah 6

Mormon gives us a little history telling us of the great unity of beliefe among all of the people except children who are too young to understand. In chapter 26, these children will become rebellious. Mormon also tells us of King Benjamin’s death three years after conferring the crown upon Mosiah and how Mosiah is much like his father, working along side the people so he does not burden them with having to support him.