”Yea, and we also see the great wickedness one very wicked man can cause to take place among the children of men.” (LDS Alma 46:9) One of the reasons idolatry is such a serious offense is because it can be a powerful way to get people to commit big...
“They fell down before me, and were about to worship me, but I would not suffer them” (LDS 1 Nephi 17:55, RE 1 Nephi 5:23) When Lehi receives a vision from God, the content of the vision intrigues his sons. They want to know more. How...
”Then certain of the elders of Israel came unto me and sat before me. And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart and put the stumbling block of their iniquity before their face. Should...
“Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself...
”And now I know that this love which thou hast had for the children of men is charity.” (LDS Ether 12:34, RE Ether 5:6) In vision, Nephi saw a tree whose fruit was desirable to make one happy. This fruit is described as being, “most precious, which...
“And inasmuch as my people build a house unto me in the name of the Lord, and do not suffer any unclean thing to come into it, that it be not defiled, my glory shall rest upon it; Yea, and my presence shall be there, for I will come into it, and all...