2 Nephi 28

Chapter 28 is a strong prophetic warning to the people of our time. It is a long list of sins and transgressions that very much describe the problems of our day. One of the biggest is our acceptance of sin, the attitude that what is sin is not sin but acceptable and normal behavior. Just as Nephi describes, we have many contending religions, churches that teach doctrine that is based not on revelation but their own understanding and interpretations. There are many who do not believe in God, especially a God who is active in our lives, or at the least are agnostic. Unfortunately their shouts are louder than those who believe because they generally have control of the media. There is much class distinction and pride and rather than solve the problems of poverty, people capitalize on it and end up keeping the people in poverty they are professing to help out of it.

I think one of the most important things that Nephi says is in verse 30. He will give us line upon line and precept on precept, meaning our spiritual learning will come by step by step. If we accept and live what he gives us, he will give more. If we turn from that, if we do not continue to learn, we lose what we have. That is why people who leave the church eventually come to a point where they do not understand the doctrine and its application in their life and lose the foundation of their beliefs. What they used to believe becomes no longer relevant. If we stick with it, he tells us we will learn wisdom. Nephi basically says that it all comes down to whether we want to trust God, or trust in our own strength.