Mosiah Chapter 18

 In this chapter, Alma has gone into hiding and is teaching some of the people about Abinidai's message.  It's a beautiful chapter and I'm so impressed and inspired that Alma could remember the words that Abinidi had spoken.  I can't even remember what the speaker said in church on Sunday.


Alma wants to baptize the people and they say in verse 11: And now when the people had heard these words, they clapped their hands for joy, and exclaimed: This is the desire of our hearts.

They've been living under a very unrighteous king, but they are yearning for this goodness to find them.

Also, Alma names the church and organizes it:

And they were called the church of God, or the achurch of Christ, from that time forward. And it came to pass that whosoever was baptized by the power and authority of God was added to his church.

18 And it came to pass that Alma, having aauthority from God, bordained priests; even one priest to every fifty of their number did he ordain to preach unto them, and to cteach them concerning the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.

They are to keep the Sabbath and the leader will work to support himself with his own hands.  It's just so amazing and inspiring to me that Alma could establish this church having only heard a talk by Abinadi.  It testifies that God was in charge.

I'm so grateful for the book of mormon.



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