Helaman 14 Samuel the Lamanite On the Wall

Samuel the Lamanite stands on the city wall at Zarahemla and calls the Nephites to repentance but they will not repent.  He tells them that as a consequence of their hard hearts, “…your destruction is made sure; yea, for ye have sought all the days of your lives for that which ye could not obtain; and ye have sought for happiness in doing iniquity, which thing is contrary to the nature of that righteousness which is in our great and Eternal Head.  O ye people of the land, that ye would hear my words! And I pray that the anger of the Lord be turned away from you, and that ye would repent and be saved.”  Evidently, one can be sealed up to destruction by disobedience and rebellion in the same way one can be sealed up to eternal life and happiness by obedience, repentance, and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.