“Ye Shall Always Rejoice”

Brant Gardner

Now Benjamin returns to the theme of doing. He uses their experience with the spirit to help them understand the reasons for obeying the gospel. Their experience has filled them with joy (“as ye have come to the knowledge of the glory of God…and have received a remission of your sins, which causeth such exceedingly great joy [italics added] in your souls). With the taste of that joy in their souls, Benjamin tells them they may have that feeling with them always (”ye shall always rejoice"). If they continue in humility, and continue in faith, they will grow in their knowledge. For Benjamin, it is probable that he does not make the distinction between faith and knowledge that modern man does. For Benjamin, growing in faith and growing in knowledge would be the same thing – both leading to a continuation of the feeling of joy they can yet taste.

Multidimensional Commentary on the Book of Mormon

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