11:8 - "...Behold, we know that thou art a man of God, and therefore cry unto the Lord our God that he turn away from us this famine..."
Even if the people didn't follow Nephi the whole time, they did know that he was a man of God.
We need to be an example of the believers so nobody wonders who (or whose) we are (verses 18-19).
11:10 - "...O Lord, behold this people repenteth..."
This shows another kind of faith - the faith in our fellow man.
Nephi had this faith. In some cases, I'm sure it could be tempting to say, "Oh I think they need to hurt a bit longer to learn the lesson - they repented, yes, but I think they need to hurt more." While this may be true in some cases, it still isn't our place to judge. If, according to our understanding and appearances, they have repented, then we must understand, frankly forgive if needed, and forget.
That's what Nephi did, and that's what we must do.
11:34-36 - "...Now this great evil, which came unto the people because of their iniquity, did stir them up again in remembrance of the Lord their God. And thus ended the eighty and first year of the reign of the judges. And in the eighty and second year they began again to forget the Lord their God..."
It took less than a year to go from repentance and remembrance of the Lord to falling back into sin and forgetfulness.
We must be consistent and avoid the temptation to fall back into sin, because the temptation will constantly be there.
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