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One remarkable transformation was that of Alma the Younger. As Alma was “going about rebelling against God,”6 an angel appeared. With “a voice of thunder,”7 the angel chastised Alma for persecuting the Church and “stealing away the hearts of the people.”8 The angel added this admonition: “Go, and remember the captivity of thy fathers … ; and remember how great things [God] has done for them.”9 Of all possible exhortations, that was what the angel emphasized.
Alma repented and remembered. He later shared the angel’s admonition with his son Helaman. Alma counseled, “I would that ye should do as I have done, in remembering the captivity of our fathers; for they were in bondage, and none could deliver them except it was the God of Abraham, … Isaac, and … Jacob; and he surely did deliver them in their afflictions.”10 Alma said simply, “I do put my trust in him.”11 Alma understood that by remembering deliverance from bondage and support during “trials and troubles of every kind,” we come to know God and the surety of His promises.12Share
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