4:1-6 - "...And the Lord commanded the brother of Jared to go down out of the mount from the presence of the Lord, and write the things which he had seen..."
The brother of Jared had an amazing vision of the world from the beginning. The Lord commanded him to seal up those writings - and forbade them to be opened until after His death on the cross. It was revealed again after Jesus came to the Americas, but the people became wicked again. It was then written by Moroni and sealed up again. To see or read these things, we must have faith even as the brother of Jared (verse 7).
4:11-12 - "...For because of my Spirit he shall know that these things are true; for it persuadeth men to do good..."
We can know that something is true because the Spirit will say so, and also because it will persuade us to do good. This is a sure way to recognize truth, because an evil tree cannot bear good fruit - and vice versa.
4:13 - "...Come unto me, O ye Gentiles, and I will show unto you the greater things, the knowledge which is hid up because of unbelief..."
We need to believe in order to receive greater things. What a privilege we have here to learn all these greater things - if we believe.
4:13 - "...I will show unto you the greater things, the knowledge which is hid up because of unbelief..."
This shows that we can have great treasures of knowledge - blessings that come through faith. Faith really gives us a lot of blessings!
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