# Alma 34

*Simple English*

After Alma had spoken these words to them, he sat down on the ground. Amulek stood up and began to teach them. He said:

### Amulek Teaches About Christ

My brothers, I think you know about the coming of Christ. We teach that he is the Son of God. I know these things were taught to you before you left us. You asked my dear brother to tell you what you should do because of your hard times. He spoke to prepare your minds. He told you to have faith and be patient. He told you to have enough faith to plant the word in your hearts. Then you can try it to see if it is good. We know the big question in your minds is whether the word is in the Son of God, or whether there will be no Christ. You saw that my brother proved to you many times that the word is in Christ. It will save you. My brother used the words of Zenos to show that we are saved through the Son of God. He also used the words of Zenock. He talked about Moses to prove these things are true.

### The Great and Last Sacrifice

I will tell you myself that these things are true. I know that Christ will come to the people. He will take the wrongs of his people on himself. He will pay for the sins of the world. The Lord God has said this. This payment must be made. God’s great plan says there must be a payment made. If not, all people must die. All people have hard hearts. All people have fallen and are lost. They must die unless this payment is made. There must be a great and last sacrifice. It will not be a sacrifice of a person, an animal, or a bird. It will not be a human sacrifice. It must be an endless sacrifice that lasts forever.

No person can give their own blood to pay for someone else’s sins. If a man kills someone, will our fair law take the life of his brother? I tell you no. But the law says the killer must give his life. So only an endless payment will be enough for the sins of the world. There must be a great and last sacrifice. Then the killing will stop. The law of Moses will be finished. It will all be finished. Every bit of it will be complete.

This is the whole meaning of the law. Every bit points to that great and last sacrifice. That great and last sacrifice will be the Son of God. It will be endless and forever. He will bring saving to all those who believe in his name. This last sacrifice will bring about mercy. Mercy is stronger than fairness. It gives people a way to have faith and turn back to God. Mercy can meet the needs of fairness. It keeps safe those who have faith and turn back to God. But people who do not have faith and do not turn back to God face fairness. Only those who have faith and turn back to God get God’s great plan of saving.

### Pray Always

May God help you, my brothers, to start having faith and turning back to God. May you begin to call on his holy name. May he have mercy on you. Cry out to him for mercy. He is powerful enough to save. Be humble and keep praying to him. Cry out to him when you are in your fields. Pray for all your animals. Cry out to him in your houses. Pray for all your family in the morning, at noon, and in the evening. Cry out to him against the power of your enemies. Cry out to him against the Devil. The Devil is an enemy to all that is right. Cry out to him about the crops of your fields so you may do well with them. Cry out about the animals in your fields so they may grow. But this is not all. You must pour out your hearts in your rooms, in your private places, and in the wild. When you do not cry out to the Lord, let your hearts be full. Keep praying to him for yourself and for those around you.

### Help Those in Need

My dear brothers, do not think that this is all. After you have done all these things, you must help the poor and those without clothes. You must visit the sick and hurting. You must share what you have with those who need it. If you do not do these things, your prayer does nothing. You are like people who say one thing but do another. You turn away from faith. If you do not remember to be kind, you are like trash that workers throw out. It is worth nothing and people walk on it.

### Now Is the Time

My brothers, you have received many proofs. The Holy Scriptures tell about these things. Come and show the fruit of turning back to God. I want you to come and not harden your hearts any longer. This is the time and the day for you to be saved. If you turn back to God and do not harden your hearts, God’s great plan of saving will happen for you right now.

This life is the time for people to get ready to meet God. The day of this life is the day for people to do their work. As I said before, you have had many proofs. I beg you not to wait until the end to turn back to God. This life is given to us to get ready for forever. If we do not use our time well in this life, then comes the night of darkness. No work can be done then.

You cannot say at that terrible moment that you will turn back to God. No, you cannot say this. The same spirit that controls your body when you die will have power over your body in that world that lasts forever. If you have waited until death to turn back to God, you have been taken over by the spirit of the Devil. He makes you his. The Spirit of the Lord has left you. There is no place for the Spirit in you. The Devil has all power over you. This is what happens to the wicked in the end.

I know this because the Lord has said he does not live in unholy places. He lives in the hearts of good people. He has also said that good people will sit down in his kingdom. They will never leave. Their clothes will be made white through the blood of the Lamb.

### Be Patient in Hard Times

My dear brothers, I want you to remember these things. I want you to work for your saving with respect before God. Do not say that Christ is not coming. Do not fight against the Holy Spirit. Receive it. Take on the name of Christ. Be humble. Worship God wherever you are, in spirit and in truth. Live in thanks every day for the many kind things he gives you. I tell you, my brothers, always be watchful in prayer. Do not let the Devil’s temptations lead you away. Do not let him take power over you. Do not become his at the last day. He does not reward you with any good thing.

My dear brothers, I tell you to have patience. Put up with all kinds of hard times. Do not speak badly about those who throw you out because you are very poor. If you do, you will become sinners like them. Have patience. Put up with those hard times. Have a strong hope that one day you will rest from all your hard times.

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*Source: [The Book of Mormon](https://bookofmormon.com/simple/alma/34)*
