I say unto you, my sons, were it not for these things, which have been kept and preserved by the hand of God, that we might read and understand of his mysteries, and have his commandments always before our eyes, that even our fathers would have dwindled in unbelief, and we should have been like unto our brethren, the Lamanites, who know nothing concerning these things, or even do not believe them when they are taught them, because of the traditions of their fathers, which are not correct.
It reminds me of the saying: There is no difference between someone who can't read and someone who won't.
In this scripture they are talking of the importance of having the record before you continually and that if they didn't have the record they would have dwindled in unbelief, but isn't it also true that if you don't put the record (scriptures and words of prophets) before you WHEN THEY ARE AVAILABLE TO YOU, the same thing will happen to you. I see this happen all the time. When someone loses their testimony, you can guess they have stopped reading the scriptures, saying their prayers, going to church, etc.
It would seem God would deal more harshly with someone who has the scriptures and doesn't read them, than with someone who doesn't have the scriptures at all.
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