As I read these first several chapters of the Book of Mormon, I am reminded of the importance and power of obedience. Nephi possessed several Christlike attributes, but I think the one that stands out the most to me is his faithful dedication to obeying the commandments of God.
It reminds me of a quote by Heber J. Grant:
"There is but one path of safety to the Latter-day Saints, and that is the path of duty. It is not testimony, it is not marvelous manifestations, it is not knowing that the Gospel of Jesus Christ is true,...it is not actually knowing that the Savior is the Redeemer, and that Joseph Smith was His prophet, that will save you and me, but it is the keeping of the commandments of God, the living the life of a Latter-day Saint." (Improvement Era, November 1936, p. 659).
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