Chapter 12 of Ether is all about faith. The very last verse after all is said and done is "And now, I would commend you to seek this Jesus of whom the prophets and apostles have written,that the grace of God the Father, and also the Lord Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost, which beareth record of them, may be and abide in you forever. Amen Ether 12:41
I like that he says I would commend you. Like he's saying I recommend, I invite, or I encourage you to seek this Jesus because God will force no man to Heaven. You must come on your own because you want to not because you have to, not even out of fear of going to the ever lasting gulf of misery. You do it out of faith - that tiny grain of faith. Read the scriptures because you want to learn, because they enlighten your mind, and expand your knowledge, because you want to know more. Be obedient because you want to, out of that tiny grain of faith not because it is expected, not because you are told to do it, but because it is the desire of your heart. "For behold if a man ... giveth a gift, he doeth it grudgingly; wherefore it is counted unto him the same as if he had retained the gift." Moroni7:8
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