October 15, 2010

I read Alma chapter 35. In it, it talks about the people of the Zoramites who were "angry because of the word, for it did destroy their craft." And later Alma is thinking about all the people he had been to preach the gospel and he saw people in every city whose "hearts began to wax hard, and they began to be offended because of the strictness of the word." There were also many who were converted because of the word, but it seems that the majority of the people had hard hearts and were angry because of what they heard. Obeying the word of God is hard if one is set on doing things their own way. To be obedient, I have to be willing to set aside all my own will and obey the will of God. This is not conceivable for many and they feel offended and angry because of their unwillingness to humble themselves and let go of their own ways.