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Comment by Stephen Kent Ehat (author):
I received on February 9, 2024, the following very insightful observation from Dr. Stanley A. Johnson, retired Professor of Ancient Scripture in the Department of Ancient Scripture, BYU College of Religious Education, whom I quote with his permission:
“I’ll share something l’ve enjoyed in Alma 44:5 where Moroni tells Zerahemnah why the Nephites are going to overpower the Lamanites (think of this in the context of preserving the Word of God) ‘…by our faith, by our religion, and by our rites of worship, and by our church, and by the sacred support which we owe to our wives and our children, … yea, and also by THE MAINTENANCE OF THE SACRED WORD OF GOD, TO WHICH WE OWE ALL OUR HAPPINESS….’ That is quite a statement in connection to the Word of God and its preservation!”
Thank you. Enos wanted us to learn some very powerful lessons. Your article focuses me more clearly on Enos’s message. I am grateful for Enos’s (and your) contribution.