Unit 3

of God

59 occurrences in 50 verses



1 Nephi 10:10, 17, 19, 21,

1 Nephi 11:7, 16, 18, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 31, 32,

1 Nephi 12:6, 7, 10, 11, 18,

1 Nephi 13:5, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 24, 28, 29, 30, 33, 34, 38, 40,

1 Nephi 14:1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 25



1 Nephi 10:10

And after he had baptized the Messiah with water,

he should behold and bear record that he had baptized the Lamb of God,

who should take away the sins of the world.



1 Nephi 10:17

And it came to pass after I, Nephi, having heard all the words of my father,

concerning the things which he saw in a vision,

and also the things which he spake by the power of the Holy Ghost,

which power he received by faith on the Son of God

— and the Son of God was the Messiah who should come —

I, Nephi, was desirous also

that I might see, and hear, and know of these things, by the power of the Holy Ghost,

which is the gift of God unto all those who diligently seek him,

as well in times of old

as in the time that he should manifest himself unto the children of men.



1 Nephi 10:19

For he that diligently seeketh shall find;

and the mysteries of God shall be unfolded unto them, by the power of the Holy Ghost,

as well in these times as in times of old,

and as well in times of old as in times to come;

wherefore, the course of the Lord is one eternal round.



1 Nephi 10:21

Wherefore, if ye have sought to do wickedly in the days of your probation,

then ye are found unclean before the judgment-seat of God;

and no unclean thing can dwell with God; wherefore, ye must be cast off forever.



1 Nephi 11:7

And behold this thing shall be given unto thee for a sign,

that after thou hast beheld the tree

which bore the fruit which thy father tasted,

thou shalt also behold a man descending out of heaven,

and him shall ye witness;

and after ye have witnessed him

ye shall bear record that it is the Son of God.



1 Nephi 11:16

And he said unto me:

Knowest thou the condescension of God?



1 Nephi 11:18

And he said unto me:

Behold, the virgin whom thou seest is the mother of the Son of God,

after the manner of the flesh.



1 Nephi 11:21

And the angel said unto me:

Behold the Lamb of God, yea, even the Son of the Eternal Father!

Knowest thou the meaning of the tree which thy father saw?



1 Nephi 11:22

And I answered him, saying:

Yea, it is the love of God,

which sheddeth itself abroad in the hearts of the children of men;

wherefore, it is the most desirable above all things.



1 Nephi 11:24

And after he had said these words,

he said unto me: Look!

And I looked, and I beheld the Son of God

going forth among the children of men;

and I saw many fall down at his feet and worship him.



1 Nephi 11:25

And it came to pass that I beheld

that the rod of iron, which my father had seen, was the word of God,

which led to the fountain of living waters, or to the tree of life;

which waters are a representation of the love of God;

and I also beheld that the tree of life was a representation of the love of God.



1 Nephi 11:26

And the angel said unto me again:

Look and behold the condescension of God!



1 Nephi 11:27

And I looked and beheld the Redeemer of the world,

of whom my father had spoken;

and I also beheld the prophet who should prepare the way before him.

And the Lamb of God went forth and was baptized of him;

and after he was baptized,

I beheld the heavens open,

and the Holy Ghost come down out of heaven

and abide upon him in the form of a dove.



1 Nephi 11:31

And he spake unto me again, saying: Look!

And I looked, and I beheld the Lamb of God

going forth among the children of men.

And I beheld multitudes of people who were sick,

and who were afflicted with all manner of diseases,

and with devils and unclean spirits;

and the angel spake and showed all these things unto me.

And they were healed by the power of the Lamb of God;

and the devils and the unclean spirits were cast out.



1 Nephi 11:32

And it came to pass that the angel spake unto me again, saying: Look!

And I looked and beheld the Lamb of God,

that he was taken by the people;

yea, the Son of the everlasting God was judged of the world;

and I saw and bear record.



1 Nephi 12:6

And I saw the heavens open,

and the Lamb of God descending out of heaven;

and he came down and showed himself unto them.



1 Nephi 12:7

And I also saw and bear record

that the Holy Ghost fell upon twelve others;

and they were ordained of God, and chosen.



1 Nephi 12:10

And these twelve ministers whom thou beholdest shall judge thy seed.

And, behold, they are righteous forever;

for because of their faith in the Lamb of God

their garments are made white in his blood.



1 Nephi 12:11

And the angel said unto me: Look!

And I looked, and beheld three generations pass away in righteousness;

and their garments were white even like unto the Lamb of God.

And the angel said unto me:

These are made white in the blood of the Lamb,

because of their faith in him.



1 Nephi 12:18

And the large and spacious building, which thy father saw,

is vain imaginations and the pride of the children of men.

And a great and a terrible gulf divideth them;

yea, even the word of the justice of the Eternal God, and the Messiah

who is the Lamb of God,

of whom the Holy Ghost beareth record,

from the beginning of the world until this time,

and from this time henceforth and forever.



1 Nephi 13:5

And the angel said unto me:

Behold the formation of a church

which is most abominable above all other churches,

which slayeth the saints of God,

yea, and tortureth them and bindeth them down,

and yoketh them with a yoke of iron,

and bringeth them down into captivity.



1 Nephi 13:9

And also for the praise of the world do they destroy the saints of God,

and bring them down into captivity.



1 Nephi 13:11

And it came to pass that the angel said unto me:

Behold the wrath of God is upon the seed of thy brethren.



1 Nephi 13:12

And I looked and beheld a man among the Gentiles,

who was separated from the seed of my brethren by the many waters;

and I beheld the Spirit of God,

that it came down and wrought upon the man;

and he went forth upon the many waters,

even unto the seed of my brethren, who were in the promised land.



1 Nephi 13:13

And it came to pass that I beheld the Spirit of God,

that it wrought upon other Gentiles;

and they went forth out of captivity, upon the many waters.



1 Nephi 13:14

And it came to pass that I beheld

many multitudes of the Gentiles upon the land of promise;

and I beheld the wrath of God,

that it was upon the seed of my brethren;

and they were scattered before the Gentiles and were smitten.



1 Nephi 13:18

And I beheld that the power of God was with them,

and also that the wrath of God was upon all those

that were gathered together against them to battle.



1 Nephi 13:19

And I, Nephi, beheld that the Gentiles that had gone out of captivity

were delivered by the power of God out of the hands of all other nations.



1 Nephi 13:24

And the angel of the Lord said unto me:

Thou hast beheld that the book proceeded forth from the mouth of a Jew;

and when it proceeded forth from the mouth of a Jew

it contained the fulness of the gospel of the Lord,

of whom the twelve apostles bear record;

and they bear record according to the truth which is in the Lamb of God.



1 Nephi 13:28

Wherefore, thou seest that after the book hath gone forth

through the hands of the great and abominable church,

that there are many plain and precious things taken away from the book,

which is the book of the Lamb of God.



1 Nephi 13:29

And after these plain and precious things were taken away

it goeth forth unto all the nations of the Gentiles;

and after it goeth forth unto all the nations of the Gentiles,

yea, even across the many waters which thou hast seen

with the Gentiles which have gone forth out of captivity,

thou seest — because of the many plain and precious things

which have been taken out of the book,

which were plain unto the understanding of the children of men,

according to the plainness which is in the Lamb of God

because of these things which are taken away out of the gospel of the Lamb,

an exceedingly great many do stumble,

yea, insomuch that Satan hath great power over them.



1 Nephi 13:30

Nevertheless, thou beholdest that the Gentiles

who have gone forth out of captivity,

and have been lifted up by the power of God

above all other nations, upon the face of the land

which is choice above all other lands,

which is the land that the Lord God hath covenanted with thy father

that his seed should have for the land of their inheritance;

wherefore, thou seest that the Lord God will not suffer

that the Gentiles will utterly destroy the mixture of thy seed,

which are among thy brethren.



1 Nephi 13:33

Wherefore saith the Lamb of God:

I will be merciful unto the Gentiles,

unto the visiting of the remnant of the house of Israel in great judgment.



1 Nephi 13:34

And it came to pass that the angel of the Lord spake unto me, saying:

Behold, saith the Lamb of God,

after I have visited the remnant of the house of Israel

— and this remnant of whom I speak is the seed of thy father —

wherefore, after I have visited them in judgment,

and smitten them by the hand of the Gentiles,

and after the Gentiles do stumble exceedingly,

because of the most plain and precious parts of the gospel of the Lamb

which have been kept back by that abominable church,

which is the mother of harlots, saith the Lamb —

I will be merciful unto the Gentiles in that day,

insomuch that I will bring forth unto them, in mine own power,

much of my gospel, which shall be plain and precious, saith the Lamb.



1 Nephi 13:38

And it came to pass that I beheld the remnant of the seed of my brethren,

and also the book of the Lamb of God,

which had proceeded forth from the mouth of the Jew,

that it came forth from the Gentiles

unto the remnant of the seed of my brethren.



1 Nephi 13:40

And the angel spake unto me, saying:

These last records, which thou hast seen among the Gentiles,

shall establish the truth of the first,

which are of the twelve apostles of the Lamb,

and shall make known the plain and precious things

which have been taken away from them;

and shall make known to all kindreds, tongues, and people,

that the Lamb of God is the Son of the Eternal Father, and the Savior of the world;

and that all men must come unto him, or they cannot be saved.



1 Nephi 14:1

And it shall come to pass, that

if the Gentiles shall hearken unto the Lamb of God in that day

that he shall manifest himself unto them in word, and also in power, in very deed,

unto the taking away of their stumbling blocks —



1 Nephi 14:2

And harden not their hearts against the Lamb of God,

they shall be numbered among the seed of thy father;

yea, they shall be numbered among the house of Israel;

and they shall be a blessed people upon the promised land forever;

they shall be no more brought down into captivity;

and the house of Israel shall no more be confounded.



1 Nephi 14:3

And that great pit, which hath been digged for them

by that great and abominable church,

which was founded by the devil and his children,

that he might lead away the souls of men down to hell —

yea, that great pit which hath been digged for the destruction of men

shall be filled by those who digged it,

unto their utter destruction, saith the Lamb of God;

not the destruction of the soul,

save it be the casting of it into that hell which hath no end.



1 Nephi 14:4

For behold, this is according to the captivity of the devil,

and also according to the justice of God,

upon all those who will work wickedness and abomination before him.



1 Nephi 14:6

Therefore, wo be unto the Gentiles

if it so be that they harden their hearts against the Lamb of God.



1 Nephi 14:7

For the time cometh, saith the Lamb of God,

that I will work a great and a marvelous work among the children of men;

a work which shall be everlasting,

either on the one hand or on the other —

either to the convincing of them unto peace and life eternal,

or unto the deliverance of them to the hardness of their hearts

and the blindness of their minds

unto their being brought down into captivity,

and also into destruction, both temporally and spiritually,

according to the captivity of the devil, of which I have spoken.



1 Nephi 14:10

And he said unto me:

Behold there are save two churches only;

the one is the church of the Lamb of God,

and the other is the church of the devil;

wherefore, whoso belongeth not to the church of the Lamb of God

belongeth to that great church, which is the mother of abominations;

and she is the whore of all the earth.



1 Nephi 14:12

And it came to pass that I beheld the church of the Lamb of God,

and its numbers were few,

because of the wickedness and abominations of the whore

who sat upon many waters;

nevertheless, I beheld that the church of the Lamb, who were the saints of God,

were also upon all the face of the earth;

and their dominions upon the face of the earth were small,

because of the wickedness of the great whore whom I saw.



1 Nephi 14:13

And it came to pass that I beheld that the great mother of abominations

did gather together multitudes upon the face of all the earth,

among all the nations of the Gentiles,

to fight against the Lamb of God.



1 Nephi 14:14

And it came to pass that I, Nephi, beheld the power of the Lamb of God,

that it descended upon the saints of the church of the Lamb,

and upon the covenant people of the Lord,

who were scattered upon all the face of the earth;

and they were armed with righteousness

and with the power of God in great glory.



1 Nephi 14:15

And it came to pass that I beheld that

the wrath of God was poured out upon that great and abominable church,

insomuch that there were wars and rumors of wars

among all the nations and kindreds of the earth.



1 Nephi 14:16

And as there began to be wars and rumors of wars

among all the nations which belonged to the mother of abominations,

the angel spake unto me, saying:

Behold, the wrath of God is upon the mother of harlots;

and behold, thou seest all these things —



1 Nephi 14:17

And when the day cometh

that the wrath of God is poured out upon the mother of harlots,

which is the great and abominable church of all the earth,

whose founder is the devil,

then, at that day, the work of the Father shall commence,

in preparing the way for the fulfilling of his covenants,

which he hath made to his people who are of the house of Israel.



1 Nephi 14:25

But the things which thou shalt see hereafter

thou shalt not write;

for the Lord God hath ordained the apostle of the Lamb of God

that he should write them.