4 Nephi 1 There Were No Contentions

After Christ’s visits to America, the people became very righteous.  They lived by the words of Jesus and no longer were constrained to live the lesser Law of Moses.  They had all things in common, living the higher law.  They prospered and multiplied.  There was no contention and no more “-ites.”  “Surely there could not be a happier people among all the people who had been created by the hand of God.”  When we become the Children of Christ through living his commandments and keeping his covenants we become unselfish.  We serve each other and love each other.  Think if we could eliminate contention and pride in our families!  Let’s go out of our way to make this happen.  Let’s treat each other with renewed vision of who we really are.  Let’s pray for each other with increased earnestness.  Let’s smile and be grateful to our dear God, the Father of our Spirits, and his son, Jesus Christ.