2 Nephi 31 The Doctrine of Christ

2 Nephi 31
During his lowest moments, Nephi recorded his “psalm” (2 Nephi 4:32). In this sacred and intimate moment, he prays “…that I may walk in the path of the low valley, that I may be strict in the plain road.” In chapter 31 he again refers to the theme of plainness. Referring to the Doctrine of Christ he says, “I shall speak unto you plainly, according to the plainness of my prophesying. Indeed, it is impossible not to understand what he is teaching us because the message is so plain and easy to comprehend. First, he tells us why Christ was baptized: “to fulfill all holiness” (v.5). He then explains that the Holy Ghost descended upon our Savior in the form of a dove, or in other words, the person of the Holy Ghost came down, feet first, and stood near the Savior, like a dove coming in for a landing. Along with baptism and the Holy Ghost, he then tells us that we must all repent and act “no hypocrisy and no deception before God” (vs. 12-13).
In verse 13, he also teachers the doctrine of becoming sons and daughters of Christ by being “willing to take up you the name of Christ, by baptism.” And he reminds us that the Holy Ghost will cleanse us by the “baptism of fire” after which we will be able to “speak with the tongue of angels.”
The final peace of the Doctrine of Christ is “He that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.” Nephi says this is “the strait and narrow path which leads to eternal life” (v. 18).
“Wherefore, ye must press forward with a steadfastness in Christ having a perfect brightness of hope and a love of God and of all men. Wherefore, if ye shall press forward, feasting upon the word of Christ and endure to the end, behold, thus saith the Father: Ye shall have eternal life” (v20).