As Elder Spencer J. Condie of the Seventy wrote, “If ever there lived a person who resisted and withstood the evil influence of a depraved world to become a worthy servant of the Lord, this person was Mormon” (2). At a very young age, Mormon was entrusted with the plates and he later became the prophet and record keeper of the Nephites. He was visited by the Lord himself, and also called to lead the people in a military capacity while he was just a young man. Mormon was described as being “large in stature,” but it was the size of his faith, love, and obedience that made him one of Christ’s choicest …show more content…
In Mormon, whenever the Nephites experience a victory over their enemies, or whenever they are spared from destruction, they begin to “boast in their own strength” (3:9). Ever diligent in extending the invitation of Christ to his wayward countrymen, Mormon accounts that he “did cry unto this people, but it was in vain; and they did not realize it was the Lord that had spared them” (3:3). Again and again, the Lord delivered the Nephites from their destruction, and over and over they did not recognize His mercy, but chose to continue in iniquity and to boast of their own strength. Ultimately, the Lord declared unto Mormon that because the people would not repent even after He had delivered them, “behold, they shall be cut off from the face of the earth”