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King Benjamin's Speech — Section II
The Consequences of Obedience or Disobedience
Mosiah 2:31-41
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A ) The temporal blessings of obedience — 2:31
31 And now, my brethren, I would that ye should do as ye have hitherto done
a As ye have kept my commandments,
a and also the commandments of my father,
b and have prospered,
b and have been kept from falling into the hands of your enemies,
a even so if ye shall keep the commandments of my son,
a or the commandments of God which shall be delivered unto you by him,
b ye shall prosper in the land,
b and your enemies shall have no power over you
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B ) Willful rebellion against God condemned — 2:32-33
32 But, O my people, beware lest there shall arise contentions among you,
a and ye list to obey the evil spirit,
b which was spoken of by my father Mosiah.
33 b For behold, there is a wo pronounced upon him
a who listeth to obey that spirit;
for if he listeth to obey him, and remaineth and dieth in his sins, the same drinketh damnation to his
own soul; for he receiveth for his wages an everlasting punishment
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C ) The accountability of the people — 2:34-36
a having transgressed the law of God contrary to his own knowledge.
34 b I say unto you, that there are not any among you, except it be your little children that have not been taught concerning these things
c but what knoweth
d that ye are eternally indebted to your heavenly Father,
e to render to him all that you have and are;
1 and also have been taught concerning the records which contain the prophecies
2 which have been spoken by the holy prophets,
3 even down to the time our father, Lehi, left Jerusalem;
35 4 And also, all that has been spoken by our fathers until now.
d And behold, also, they spake that which was commanded them of the Lord;
e therefore, they are just and true.
36 c And now, I say unto you, my brethren, that after ye have known
b and have been taught all these things,
a if ye should transgress and go contrary to that which has been spoken,
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B' ) Willful rebellion against God condemned — 2:36-39
a that ye do withdraw yourselves from the Spirit of the Lord,
b that it may have no place in you
c to guide you in wisdom's paths that ye may be blessed, prospered, and preserved
37 d I say unto you, that the man that doeth this, the same cometh out in open rebellion against God
d therefore he listeth to obey the evil spirit,
c and becometh an enemy to all righteousness;
b therefore, the Lord has no place in him,
a for he dwelleth not in unholy temples.
38 a Therefore if that man repenteth not, and remaineth and dieth an enemy to God,
b the demands of divine justice do awaken
c his immortal soul to a lively sense of his own guilt, which doth cause him to shrink from the presence of the Lord
c and doth fill his breast with guilt, and pain, and anguish, which is like an unquenchable fire, whose flame ascendeth up forever and ever.
39 b And now I say unto you, that mercy hath no claim on that man;
a therefore his final doom is to endure a never-ending torment.
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A' ) Eternal blessings of obedience — 2:40-41
40 O, all ye old men, and also ye young men, and you little children who can understand my words,
a for I have spoken plainly unto you that ye might understand,
b I pray that ye should awake to a remembrance of the awful situation of those that have fallen into transgression.
41 c And moreover, I would desire that ye should consider on the blessed and happy state of those that keep the commandments of God.
c For behold, they are blessed in all things, both temporal and spiritual; and if they hold out faithful to the end they are received into heaven, that thereby they may dwell with God in a state of never-ending happiness
b O remember, remember that these things are true;
a for the Lord God hath spoken it.
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