Unit 47

that

68 occurrences in 38 verses

Alma 5:1, 3, 5, 6, 9, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 23, 24, 25, 27, 29, 30, 31, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 54, 56, 57, 59, 60, 61, 62

Alma 5:1

Now it came to pass that

Alma began to deliver the word of God unto the people,

first in the land of Zarahemla, and from thence throughout all the land.

Alma 5:3

I, Alma, having been consecrated by my father, Alma,

to be a high priest over the church of God,

he having power and authority from God to do these things,

behold, I say unto you

that he began to establish a church in the land

which was in the borders of Nephi;

yea, the land which was called the land of Mormon;

yea, and he did baptize his brethren in the waters of Mormon.

Alma 5:5

And behold, after that, they were brought into bondage

by the hands of the Lamanites in the wilderness;

yea, I say unto you, they were in captivity,

and again the Lord did deliver them out of bondage by the power of his word;

and we were brought into this land,

and here we began to establish the church of God throughout this land also.

Alma 5:6

And now behold, I say unto you, my brethren,

you that belong to this church,

have you sufficiently retained in remembrance the captivity of your fathers?

Yea, and have you sufficiently retained in remembrance

his mercy and long-suffering towards them?

And moreover, have ye sufficiently retained in remembrance

that he has delivered their souls from hell?

Alma 5:9

And again I ask,

were the bands of death broken,

and the chains of hell which encircled them about, were they loosed?

I say unto you,

Yea, they were loosed,

and their souls did expand,

and they did sing redeeming love.

And I say unto you that they are saved.

Alma 5:12

And according to his faith there was a mighty change wrought in his heart.

Behold I say unto you that this is all true.

Alma 5:16

I say unto you,

can you imagine to yourselves

that ye hear the voice of the Lord, saying unto you, in that day:

Come unto me ye blessed,

for behold, your works have been the works of righteousness

upon the face of the earth?

Alma 5:17

Or do ye imagine to yourselves

that ye can lie unto the Lord in that day, and say —

Lord, our works have been righteous works upon the face of the earth —

and that he will save you?

Alma 5:18

Or otherwise, can ye imagine yourselves brought before the tribunal of God

with your souls filled with guilt and remorse,

having a remembrance of all your guilt,

yea, a perfect remembrance of all your wickedness,

yea, a remembrance that ye have set at defiance the commandments of God?

Alma 5:19

I say unto you,

can ye look up to God at that day

with a pure heart and clean hands?

I say unto you,

can you look up,

having the image of God engraven upon your countenances?

Alma 5:21

I say unto you,

ye will know at that day that ye cannot be saved;

for there can no man be saved except his garments are washed white;

yea, his garments must be purified until they are cleansed from all stain,

through the blood of him of whom it has been spoken by our fathers,

who should come to redeem his people from their sins.

Alma 5:23

Behold will they not testify that ye are murderers,

yea, and also that ye are guilty of all manner of wickedness?

Alma 5:24

Behold, my brethren, do ye suppose

that such an one can have a place to sit down in the kingdom of God,

with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob, and also all the holy prophets,

whose garments are cleansed and are spotless, pure and white?

Alma 5:25

I say unto you,

Nay; except ye make our Creator a liar from the beginning,

or suppose that he is a liar from the beginning,

ye cannot suppose

that such can have place in the kingdom of heaven;

but they shall be cast out

for they are the children of the kingdom of the devil.

Alma 5:27

Have ye walked, keeping yourselves blameless before God?

Could ye say, if ye were called to die at this time, within yourselves,

that ye have been sufficiently humble?

that your garments have been cleansed

and made white through the blood of Christ,

who will come to redeem his people from their sins?

Alma 5:29

Behold, I say,

is there one among you who is not stripped of envy?

I say unto you that such an one is not prepared;

and I would that he should prepare quickly,

for the hour is close at hand,

and he knoweth not when the time shall come;

for such an one is not found guiltless.

Alma 5:30

And again I say unto you,

is there one among you that doth make a mock of his brother,

or that heapeth upon him persecutions?

Alma 5:31

Wo unto such an one,

for he is not prepared,

and the time is at hand that he must repent or he cannot be saved!

Alma 5:36

For behold, the time is at hand

that whosoever bringeth forth not good fruit,

or whosoever doeth not the works of righteousness,

the same have cause to wail and mourn.

Alma 5:37

O ye workers of iniquity;

ye that are puffed up in the vain things of the world,

ye that have professed to have known the ways of righteousness

nevertheless have gone astray, as sheep having no shepherd,

notwithstanding a shepherd hath called after you

and is still calling after you,

but ye will not hearken unto his voice!

Alma 5:38

Behold, I say unto you, that the good shepherd doth call you;

yea, and in his own name he doth call you,

which is the name of Christ;

and if ye will not hearken unto the voice of the good shepherd,

to the name by which ye are called,

behold, ye are not the sheep of the good shepherd.

Alma 5:39

And now if ye are not the sheep of the good shepherd,

of what fold are ye?

Behold, I say unto you,

that the devil is your shepherd,

and ye are of his fold;

and now, who can deny this?

Behold, I say unto you,

whosoever denieth this is a liar and a child of the devil.

Alma 5:40

For I say unto you

that whatsoever is good cometh from God,

and whatsoever is evil cometh from the devil.

Alma 5:43

And now, my brethren, I would that ye should hear me,

for I speak in the energy of my soul;

for behold, I have spoken unto you plainly

that ye cannot err,

or have spoken according to the commandments of God.

Alma 5:45

And this is not all.

Do ye not suppose that I know of these things myself?

Behold, I testify unto you

that I do know that these things whereof I have spoken are true.

And how do ye suppose that I know of their surety?

Alma 5:46

Behold, I say unto you

they are made known unto me by the Holy Spirit of God.

Behold, I have fasted and prayed many days

that I might know these things of myself.

And now I do know of myself that they are true;

for the Lord God hath made them manifest unto me by his Holy Spirit;

and this is the spirit of revelation which is in me.

Alma 5:47

And moreover, I say unto you that

it has thus been revealed unto me,

that the words which have been spoken by our fathers are true,

even so according to the spirit of prophecy which is in me,

which is also by the manifestation of the Spirit of God.

Alma 5:48

I say unto you, that I know of myself

that whatsoever I shall say unto you, concerning that which is to come, is true;

and I say unto you,

that I know that Jesus Christ shall come,

yea, the Son, the Only Begotten of the Father,

full of grace, and mercy, and truth.

And behold, it is he that cometh to take away the sins of the world,

yea, the sins of every man who steadfastly believeth on his name.

Alma 5:49

And now I say unto you

that this is the order after which I am called,

yea, to preach unto my beloved brethren,

yea, and every one that dwelleth in the land;

yea, to preach unto all,

both old and young, both bond and free;

yea, I say unto you

the aged, and also the middle aged, and the rising generation;

yea, to cry unto them that they must repent and be born again.

Alma 5:50

Yea, thus saith the Spirit:

Repent, all ye ends of the earth,

for the kingdom of heaven is soon at hand;

yea, the Son of God cometh in his glory,

in his might, majesty, power, and dominion.

Yea, my beloved brethren, I say unto you, that the Spirit saith:

Behold the glory of the King of all the earth; and also the King of heaven

shall very soon shine forth among all the children of men.

Alma 5:52

And again I say unto you,

the Spirit saith:

Behold, the ax is laid at the root of the tree;

therefore every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit

shall be hewn down and cast into the fire,

yea, a fire which cannot be consumed,

even an unquenchable fire.

Behold, and remember, the Holy One hath spoken it.

Alma 5:54

Yea, will ye persist in supposing that ye are better one than another;

yea, will ye persist in the persecution of your brethren,

who humble themselves and do walk after the holy order of God,

wherewith they have been brought into this church,

having been sanctified by the Holy Spirit,

and they do bring forth works which are meet for repentance —

Alma 5:56

And finally, all ye that will persist in your wickedness,

I say unto you that these are they

who shall be hewn down and cast into the fire

except they speedily repent.

Alma 5:57

And now I say unto you,

all you that are desirous to follow the voice of the good shepherd,

come ye out from the wicked,

and be ye separate, and touch not their unclean things;

and behold, their names shall be blotted out,

that the names of the wicked shall not be numbered

among the names of the righteous,

that the word of God may be fulfilled, which saith:

The names of the wicked shall not be mingled with the names of my people;

Alma 5:59

For what shepherd is there among you having many sheep

doth not watch over them,

that the wolves enter not and devour his flock?

And behold, if a wolf enter his flock

doth he not drive him out?

Yea, and at the last, if he can, he will destroy him.

Alma 5:60

And now I say unto you

that the good shepherd doth call after you;

and if you will hearken unto his voice

he will bring you into his fold, and ye are his sheep;

and he commandeth you that ye suffer no ravenous wolf to enter among you,

that ye may not be destroyed.

Alma 5:61

And now I, Alma, do command you

in the language of him who hath commanded me,

that ye observe to do the words which I have spoken unto you.

Alma 5:62

I speak by way of command unto you that belong to the church;

and unto those who do not belong to the church

I speak by way of invitation, saying:

Come and be baptized unto repentance,

that ye also may be partakers of the fruit of the tree of life.