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And it came to pass that I spake with him, that if he would hearken unto
my words, as the Lord liveth, and as I live, even so that if he would hearken
unto our words, we would spare his life.
“as the Lord liveth, and as I live…”
-to Nephi
the reality of the Lord’s existence was as real to him as was his own
life. That is certainty! He knew the reality of God and in no way was
it abstract or foreign or even a second hand thing. God was tangible and real; as real as he
himself was. What a beautiful thing it
would be to know in such a way.
-faith in God is an essential and a fundamental component of one's spiritual condition as well as ones continuing spiritual development. Closely related to possessing faith in God and Jesus Christ is possessing faith in ones self. Knowing for certainty the nature of God is the surest way we can really know who we are. And once we know God (that we can trust him, love him, rely on him, turn to I'm, that He desires our happiness and development), we then better know our own purpose and the path we should pursue. Understanding, therefore, the relationship between having faith in God and having faith in ourself we can engage in sober introspection: what accounts for the gap between the level of faith we have in God and the level of faith we have in ourself? How do the two inform each other? How do limits or weaknesses in our level of faith in the one affect the other?
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