1 Nephi 7:18 can be a type an shadow of what we read in Alma 7:12 regarding our Savior's ability to save us from death and hell. Jesus has "loosed the bands of death" for all of us. Are we grateful - have we ever expressed in prayer of testimony? When Nephi was tied up by his brothers and almost left in the desert to die, he prayed for strength to break the bonds. The Lord answered his prayer, but different than his request. Verse 18 states: "...the bands were loosed from off my hands and feet..."The Lord has prepared a way for our escape, but we must be willing to pray for strength and a way to overcome temptations that do easily beset us. He will loosen these bands, but the choice is ours: will we remove the bands from our hands and feet, or leave them on without forgiving ourselves and leaving the sins behind?
Jesus Christ came into the world to take upon Him all our guilt, pain, etc, that He may succor us. In fact He runs to us. Are we making our way back to Him? Can you feel to sing the song of redeeming love as Alma asks in chapter 5? If not, now is the time to turn to Him with full purpose of heart. Pray for a loosening of the bands that encompass you about; He will loosen them, then we must rid ourselves of those bands each day until they are buried deep.
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