Nephi has spoken according to the Spirit and knows what he has said about future events will come to pass making it of great worth to everyone who reads them (v1-2). In the last day, there will be many churches not of God and will fight against each other while denying the power of God (v3-5). They claim to know God and tell people many lies to justify sin and lift themselves up but they are wrong in their foolishness and are corrupt (v6-12). They do this to rob the poor and build their kingdom on Earth but The Lord condemns them and will destroy them (v13-16).
Only those who repent will be saved and all who are with the devil will perish (v17-19). The devil will make men angry or overly pacify them or flatter them away from The Lord to carefully and cunningly lead them to Hell to be tortured (v20-23). DO NOT BE AT EASE IN ZION. The rest of the chapter is AMAZING (v24-32)! It basically says that if you think everything is perfect in you're life, you are in trouble! There is a war going on for our soul and we must fight everyday to protect it from satan.
Don't assume that just because you know a lot about how The Lord works means you should stop working for more knowledge. We already know that our knowledge is limited in the scriptures. There is sealed information that The Lord has yet to reveal! We must be ready for that knowledge by learning all we can from why we have. Then when we think we know everything, keep asking for more because if you say you have enough, The Lord will take away what you're not using (v29-30). If you only out your trust in man, you'll miss The Lord's had stretched out in mercy to you (v31-32).
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