The people that are converted by Ammon, or Aaron, or Omner, or Himni have a desire to be called by a different name than Lamanites. The king, King Lamoni's father, changes there name to the Anti Nephi Lehis. over in chapter 24 verse 3 it states, "Now the king conferred the kingdom upon his son, and he called his name Anti-Nephi-Lehi." So Lamoni's brother is now called Anti-Nephi-Lehi. They council with to know what to do to defend themselves against the Lamanites that are coming against them. They decide not to take up there weapons against them and 1005 people are killed. Because they didn't deffend themselves the Lamanites stop killing them and more than the number killed joined with them. That would take a lot of faith to go before an army and let yourself be killed knowing that the Lord will be merciful to you.
In chapter 25 verse 6 it states,
"For many of them, after having suffered much loss and so many afflictions, began to be stirred up in remembrance of the words which Aaron and his brethren had preached to them in their land; therefore they began to disbelieve the traditions of their fathers, and to believe in the Lord, and that he gave great power unto the Nephites; and thus there were many of them converted in the wilderness."
We see that the word of the Lord is fullfilled and the people remembered the things that they had been taught. If we plant a seed then it will grow. Ammon and he bretheren planted the seeds and it took a while to grow but once it did many came to the knowledge of the truth. We can plant seeds as well as we set a good example and share our testimonies with our friends and neighbors.Please post any thoughts that you have.
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