Doubt Does Not Banish Faith
Behold, now it came to pass that when Nephi had spoken these words, certain men who were among them ran to the judgment-seat; yea, even there were five who went, and they said among themselves, as they went: Behold, now we will know of a surety whether this man be a prophet and God hath commanded him to prophesy such marvelous things unto us. Behold, we do not believe that he hath; yea, we do not believe that he is a prophet; nevertheless, if this thing which he has said concerning the chief judge be true, that he be dead, then will we believe that the other words which he has spoken are true. ( Helaman 9:1-2) This teaches me something important about faith, and how we grow it. The 5 men very frankly do not believe what Nephi has said. But something about his presentation touches a chord in them, enough that they want to know if what he’s saying is true. They want it so much that when Nephi offers an evidence, they RUN to the judgement seat to check. NOT “SIGN SEEKERS” Their response
