Alma 33 follows the same context as Alma 32After hearing Alma’s discourse on faith, the Zoramites wanted to know “in what manner they should begin to exercise their faith” (Alma 33:1). Alma used the words of the prophets Zenos, Zenock, and Moses to support his contention that men must plant the seed before they can ever hope to reap its blessings. The seed Alma had in mind here was a belief in the coming life and in the mission of Christ.
“Cast about your eyes and begin to believe in the Son of God, that he will come to redeem his people, and that he shall suffer and die to atone for their sins; and that he shall rise again from the dead, which shall bring to pass the resurrection, that all men shall stand before him, to be judged at the last and judgment day, according to their works.
“And now, my brethren, I desire that ye shall plant this word in your hearts, and as it beginneth to swell even so nourish it by your faith. And behold, it will become a tree springing up in you unto everlasting life”
(vv. 22–23).