Alma is the longest book in the Book of Mormon, and right up front it teaches universalism — that all will be saved. Hasn’t that ever caught your spirit? I mean, c’mon, if Alma 1:4 is true, why bother with the Mormon missionary and genealogical enterprise systems?
“And he also testified unto the people that ALL MANKIND SHOULD BE SAVED AT THE LAST DAY, and that they need not fear nor tremble, but that they might lift up their heads and rejoice; for the Lord had created all men, and has also redeemed all men; and, in the end, ALL MEN SHOULD HAVE ETERNAL LIFE” (Alma 1:4)
Hi Colofornian,
You don’t seem to realize that Alma 1:4 is citing Nehor — a man among the Nephites who started to teach “what he termed to the word of God”. Nehor is mentioned in Alma because he was a teacher of falsehoods, and the passage you quote is an example of one of his false teachings.
Regards,
Normandy
* "Let there be a craft made, or bought, as seemeth you good, IT MATTERETH NOT UNTO ME... (Aug. 8, 1831 D&C 60:5) * AND: "And then you may return to bear record, yea, even altogether, or two by two, as seemeth you good, IT MATTERETH NOT UNTO ME;" (Aug. 13, 1831 D&C 62:5)
If God took the time to communicate on something, then it matters to Him! Is this "mattereth not" god the Ultimate God you want to worship?