Alma's Conversion: Reminiscences in His Sermons

Title

Alma's Conversion: Reminiscences in His Sermons

Book Title

From Jerusalem to Zarahemla: Literary and Historical Studies of the Book of Mormon

Publication Type

Book Chapter

Chapter

7

Year of Publication

1998

Authors

Brown, S. Kent (Primary)

Pagination

113-127

Publisher

Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University

City

Provo, UT

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Abstract

Alma’s sermons—formal and informal addresses alike—brim with references to and applications from his personal conversion experience. Whether warning the people of Ammonihah, counseling his sons, or dealing with ordinary matters, Alma uses his conversion experience as a persuasive teaching tool. The three-day period during which he received a visit from an angel and underwent a remarkable change enabled him later to speak from experience as he preached repentance and the cleansing power of the word of God. Not only did he illumine the dark, awful state in which persons find themselves if they do not repent, but he could especially beam light on the indescribable joy that accompanies forgiveness of sin. At base, he sought earnestly that others be born of God as he had been.

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Angel
Testimony
Conversion
Vision
Sermon
Sin
Repentance
Alma the Younger

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