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"Brought Out of Darkness," Alma 37:21-32

Alma 37:21-32

A preliminary review of these verses points out in my mind two things.
  1. Workers of darkness have their signs and wonders --secret oaths and hidden systems to accomplish their wickedness. This could have many modern parallels. 
  2. The works of righteousness are different in all things than that of darkness.
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If one does not pay close attention, we miss that these verses are expressly the words of the Lord concerning  darkness and wickedness. Christ is very interested in preserving the faithful even in the midst of darkness. So much so that he even prepares tools that will afford the righteous power to discern wickedness and bring those secret works of darkness out into the light.

I am reminded of other adages as I review these verses, like "..it is not the work of God that is frustrated, but the work of men;" (Doctrine and Covenants 3:3) I am also reminded of the real difference between wickedness and righteousness, light and darkness.
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