In Alma 24, the Ammonites (also known as the Anti-Nephi-Lehies) commit themselves and their very lives to God. Rather than kill an enemy for their own protection, the "prostrated themselves before them to the earth, and began to call on the name of The Lord." (Alma 24:21)
This story has always impressed and stunned me simultaneously. HOW? I can't imagine watching the Lamanites coming at me to kill me and not doing anything about it. That takes an incredible amount of faith.
But, after reading through this story today, something new stood out to me. Not only were the Ammonites willing to live the gospel unto death, but all through life.
"...and rather than take away from a brother they would give unto him; and rather than spend their days in idleness they would labor abundantly with their hands."
The Ammonites were not only converted so much that they were willing to die for the truth, but they were willing to LIVE the gospel, something that is in ways harder to do.
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