New Testament 228

Luke 16:19-31

One of the great New Testament parables.

I’ll concentrate on just one thing:

It’s amazing to me to watch as some people casually dismiss evidence supportive of the claims of the Restoration that I see as extraordinarily powerful (e.g., the Witnesses to the Book of Mormon).

I can’t help but think, in such cases, of the reaction of Laman and Lemuel to their rebuke by an angel, as recounted in 1 Nephi 3.

I would find that story implausible, except that I actually know some people who’ve turned their backs on the Gospel after having (by their own accounts) been granted absolutely remarkable Gospel-specific manifestations.

It does happen.

So the notion that certain folks wouldn’t “be persuaded, though one rose from the dead,” though it’s very surprising at first glance, is quite believable to me.  And some people, I think, are determined not to believe.  They cannot ultimately be persuaded against their will.