Henry B. Eyring
‘You can best understand how the ’thus we see’ passages work by looking at an example in which one person could see and one could not. You remember the time: Captain Moroni had an army cornered. He could have slaughtered them, but instead he offered them freedom and their lives if they would surrender their arms and take an oath of peace. Here is what he said: (quotes Alma 44:4-6.)
"Now, Zerahemnah had solid evidence for the proposition that something beyond human power had him where he faced annihilation. But did he see what Moroni saw, looking at the same set of facts? You remember his response: ’We are not of your faith; we do not believe that it is God that has delivered us into your hands; but we believe that it is your cunning that has preserved you from our swords. Behold, it is your breastplates and your shields that have preserved you.’ (Alma 44:9.)
“He could not see the true connection, because his heart was not soft enough, not changed enough, that the Holy Ghost could show it to him.” (To Draw Closer to God, p. 148 – 149)