Welcome to Part 2 with Dr David Bourne, Alma 43 to 52.

A Malachaya, he understands leadership.

He knows how to leverage emotions and tap into people's emotions.

So in verse 5, that they had been led by the flatteries of

a Malachiah, he told them exactly what they wanted to hear, whether or not he believed it. And in verse 9, we can go back and hit

some of these others, but I love in verse 9, we see the great wickedness, one very wicked man, can

cause to take place among the children of men.

It's only been 20 years really that they've switched from kings to judges.

We've gone quite a ways from Alma 1 when we made the switch, but time-wise, we haven't covered a lot of time.

And it seems that there are some people who did not want that switch and they want to go back. It's a

constant pull to go back to the way things were. What's really scary is in

verse seven there were many in the church who believed the flattering words.

Guarding ourselves and really reflecting, are they tapping into my emotions and

flattering me to go against what I really believe in?

And we need to be really careful. We quickly forget, as it says in verse 8.

Mormons quick to point that out. Yeah, this is Mormon shaking his head.

Can you believe this?

Yeah.

I'm doing it again.

Moroni, he was willing to stand up for what was right.

I love this quote by Elder Richard G. Scott.

Develop the capacity when circumstances demand

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