Mosiah 13:25

And it came to pass that

after Abinadi had made an end of these sayings

that he said unto them:

Have ye taught this people that they should observe to do all these things

for to keep these commandments?

Mosiah 13:26

I say unto you, Nay;

for if ye had,

the Lord would not have caused me to come forth

and to prophesy evil concerning this people.

Mosiah 13:27

And now ye have said that salvation cometh by the law of Moses.

I say unto you that it is expedient that ye should keep the law of Moses as yet;

but I say unto you, that the time shall come

when it shall no more be expedient to keep the law of Moses.

Mosiah 13:28

And moreover, I say unto you,

that salvation doth not come by the law alone;

and were it not for the atonement,

which God himself shall make for the sins and iniquities of his people,

that they must unavoidably perish,

notwithstanding the law of Moses.

Mosiah 13:29

And now I say unto you that it was expedient

that there should be a law given to the children of Israel,

yea, even a very strict law;

for they were a stiffnecked people,

quick to do iniquity, and slow to remember the Lord their God;

Mosiah 13:30

Therefore there was a law given them,

yea, a law of performances and of ordinances,

a law which they were to observe strictly from day to day,

to keep them in remembrance of God and their duty towards him.

Mosiah 13:31

But behold, I say unto you, that all these things were types of things to come.

Mosiah 13:32

And now, did they understand the law?

I say unto you,

Nay, they did not all understand the law;

and this because of the hardness of their hearts;

for they understood not that there could not any man be saved

except it were through the redemption of God.