Two principles stood out to me in these two chapters I read today: The influence of women and the power of the Word of God.
Korihor had a significant influence on women, "yea, leading many women . . . to commit whoredoms . . ." This was certainly a detriment to the people or Mormon would not have included it his writings.
President Gordon B. Hinckley has said, "When we save a girl, we save generations. No one can foretell the consequences of faithfulness in the life of a young woman."
And Satan knows that! He knows that very well.
He knows that disrupting the righteousness of one woman will effect righteous teaching in the home. And that, in turn, will disrupt generations.
Because anything that is anti-family is anti-Christ.
On the other hand, "the preaching of the word had a great tendency to lead the people to do that which was just—yea, it had had more powerful effect upon the minds of the people than the sword, or anything else, which had happened unto them—therefore Alma thought it was expedient that they should try the virtue of the word of God."
Thus, instilling the virtue of the word of God in the hearts of our children and youth brings about the Hope of Israel. Zion's Army. Children of the Promised Day.
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