BOOK OF MORMON
Mosiah - Chapter 13 Critique
Setting: The record of Zeniff continues with Abinadi preaching to king Noah in 148 BCE America per Mormon calculations.
Verse 1: AND now when the king had heard these words, he said unto his priests: Away with this fellow, and slay him; for what have we to do with him, for he is mad.
Note: Daniel still had respect for a unbelieving ruler.
Daniel 4:27 "Therefore, O king, let my advice be acceptable to you; break off your sins by being righteous, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps there may be a lengthening of your prosperity."
Verses 2-3: And they stood forth and attempted to lay their hands on him; but he withstood them, and said unto them: Touch me not, for God shall smite you if ye lay your hands upon me, for I have not delivered the message which the Lord sent me to deliver; neither have I told you that which ye requested that I should tell; therefore, God will not suffer that I shall be destroyed at this time.
Note: Paul still had respect for a unbelieving ruler.
Acts 26:24-25 Now as he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, "Paul, you are beside yourself! Much learning is driving you mad!" But he said, "I am not mad, most noble Festus, but speak the words of truth and reason."
Verse 4: But I must fulfil the commandments wherewith God has commanded me; and because I have told you the truth ye are angry with me. And again, because I have spoken the word of God ye have judged me that I am mad.
Note: Paul wasn't concerned by a personal attack from a unbelieving ruler.
Acts 26:27-28 "King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you do believe." Then Agrippa said to Paul, "You almost persuade me to become a Christian."
Verse 5: Now it came to pass after Abinadi had spoken these words that the people of king Noah durst not lay their hands on him, for the Spirit of the Lord was upon him; and his face shone with exceeding luster, even as Moses' did while in the mount of Sinai, while speaking with the Lord.
Note: Spirit filled Christians will preach Jesus Christ not themselves or their church.
Acts 4:1-2 Now as they spoke to the people, the priests, the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees came upon them, being greatly disturbed that they taught the people and preached in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
Verses 6-7: And he spake with power and authority from God; and he continued his words, saying: Ye see that ye have not power to slay me, therefore I finish my message. Yea, and I perceive that it cuts you to your hearts because I tell you the truth concerning your iniquities.
Note: Spirit filled Christians will preach Jesus Christ not themselves or their church.
Acts 5:42 And daily in the temple, and in every house, they did not cease teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.
Verses 8-9: Yea, and my words fill you with wonder and amazement, and with anger. But I finish my message; and then it matters not whither I go, if it so be that I am saved.
Note: Spirit filled Christians will preach Jesus Christ not themselves or their church.
Acts 8:12 But when they believed Philip as he preached the things concerning the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, both men and women were baptized.
Verse 10: But this much I tell you, what you do with me, after this, shall be as a type and a shadow of things which are to come.
Note: Spirit filled Christians will preach Jesus Christ not themselves or their church.
Acts 8:35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning at this Scripture, preached Jesus to him.
Verse 11: And now I read unto you the remainder of the commandments of God, for I perceive that they are not written in your hearts; I perceive that ye have studied and taught iniquity the most part of your lives.
Note: Spirit filled Christians will preach Jesus Christ not themselves or their church.
Acts 9:20 Immediately he preached the Christ in the synagogues, that He is the Son of God.
Verse 12: And now, ye remember that I said unto you: Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of things which are in heaven above, or which are in the earth beneath, or which are in the water under the earth.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the Old King James version of the Holy Bible.
Exodus 20:4 "You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth;"
Verse 13: And again: Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them; for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquities of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generations of them that hate me;
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the Old King James version of the Holy Bible.
Exodus 20:5 "you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,"
Verse 14: And showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the Old King James version of the Holy Bible.
Exodus 20:6 "but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments."
Verse 15: Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the Old King James version of the Holy Bible.
Exodus 20:7 "You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain."
Verse 16: Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the Old King James version of the Holy Bible.
Exodus 20:8 "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy."
Verse 17: Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work;
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the Old King James version of the Holy Bible.
Exodus 20:9 "Six days you shall labor and do all your work,"
Verse 18: But the seventh day, the sabbath of the Lord thy God, thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates;
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the Old King James version of the Holy Bible.
Exodus 20:10 "but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates."
Verse 19: For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is; wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the Old King James version of the Holy Bible.
Exodus 20:11 "For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it."
Verse 20: Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the Old King James version of the Holy Bible.
Exodus 20:12 "Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you."
Verse 21: Thou shalt not kill.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the Old King James version of the Holy Bible.
Exodus 20:13 "You shall not murder."
Verse 22: Thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not steal.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the Old King James version of the Holy Bible.
Exodus 20:14-15 "You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal."
Verse 23: Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the Old King James version of the Holy Bible.
Exodus 20:16 "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor."
Verse 24: Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbor's.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the Old King James version of the Holy Bible.
Exodus 20:17 "You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's."
Verses 25-26: And it came to pass that after Abinadi had made an end of these sayings that he said unto them: Have ye taught this people that they should observe to do all these things for to keep these commandments? I say unto you, Nay; for if ye had, the Lord would not have caused me to come forth and to prophesy evil concerning this people.
Note: Abinadi forgot to proclaim animal sacrifices as being symbolic.
Exodus 20:24 "An altar of earth you shall make for Me, and you shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen. In every place where I record My name I will come to you, and I will bless you."
Verse 27: And now ye have said that salvation cometh by the law of Moses. I say unto you that it is expedient that ye should keep the law of Moses as yet; but I say unto you, that the time shall come when it shall no more be expedient to keep the law of Moses.
Note: Abinadi forgot to proclaim animal sacrifices as being symbolic.
Hebrews 9:7-8 But into the second part the high priest went alone once a year, not without blood, which he offered for himself and for the people's sins committed in ignorance; the Holy Spirit indicating this, that the way into the Holiest of All was not yet made manifest while the first tabernacle was still standing.
Verse 28: And moreover, I say unto you, that salvation doth not come by the law alone; and were it not for the atonement, which God himself shall make for the sins and iniquities of his people, that they must unavoidably perish, notwithstanding the law of Moses.
Note: Abinadi forgot to proclaim animal sacrifices as being symbolic.
Hebrews 9:11-12 But Christ came as High Priest of the good things to come, with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation. Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.
Verse 29: And now I say unto you that it was expedient that there should be a law given to the children of Israel, yea, even a very strict law; for they were a stiffnecked people, quick to do iniquity, and slow to remember the Lord their God;
Note: Abinadi forgot to proclaim animal sacrifices as being symbolic.
Hebrews 9:13-14 For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh, how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
Verses 30-31: Therefore there was a law given them, yea, a law of performances and of ordinances, a law which they were to observe strictly from day to day, to keep them in remembrance of God and their duty towards him. But behold, I say unto you, that all these things were types of things to come.
Note: Abinadi forgot to proclaim animal sacrifices as being symbolic.
Hebrews 9:15-16 And for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance. For where there is a testament, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
Verse 32: And now, did they understand the law? I say unto you, Nay, they did not all understand the law; and this because of the hardness of their hearts; for they understood not that there could not any man be saved except it were through the redemption of God.
Note: Abinadi forgot to proclaim animal sacrifices as being symbolic.
Hebrews 9:17-18 For a testament is in force after men are dead, since it has no power at all while the testator lives. Therefore not even the first covenant was dedicated without blood.
Verse 33: For behold, did not Moses prophesy unto them concerning the coming of the Messiah, and that God should redeem his people? Yea, and even all the prophets who have prophesied ever since the world began--have they not spoken more or less concerning these things?
Note: Abinadi forgot to proclaim animal sacrifices as being symbolic.
Exodus 24:6 And Moses took half the blood and put it in basins, and half the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
Verse 34: Have they not said that God himself should come down among the children of men, and take upon him the form of man, and go forth in mighty power upon the face of the earth?
Note: Abinadi forgot to proclaim animal sacrifices as being symbolic.
Exodus 29:12 "You shall take some of the blood of the bull and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger, and pour all the blood beside the base of the altar."
Verse 35: Yea, and have they not said also that he should bring to pass the resurrection of the dead, and that he, himself, should be oppressed and afflicted?
Note: Abinadi forgot to proclaim animal sacrifices as being symbolic.
Luke 22:20 Likewise He also took the cup after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is shed for you."
Note: Do you believe that Jesus Christ shed His blood for your sins?