Alma 13-16 Part 2 • Eva Witesman • June 24 - 30 • Come Follow Me
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- Опубликовано: 7 июл 2024
- Dr. Eva Witesman continues examining the differences between God’s power and peace versus man’s attempt at terror and control and how the kingdom of God provides safety for all people.
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TIMECODE
00:00 Part II-Dr. Eva Witesman
00:07 How do we become peacemakers?
01:55 Mosiah 10:17 - Teaching love or hate
04:01 Alma 14:8 - Personal power and influence
07:46 Gathering Israel and the power to bless
08:37 The experience of women
12:44 How can we witness horror?
14:23 The purpose of the eternities
19:23 Alma 16:11-12 - John shares his experience at Columbine High School
26:20 Alma 15:18 - Alma and Amulek’s struggle
28:11 Alma 14:28- Alma 15 Alma and Amulek survive prison and reunite with Zeezrom
30:33 Alma 15:6 - Zeezrom believes and is healed
33:39 Alma 15:10 and Alma 36 - Conversion and healing through the Atonement of Jesus Christ
36:03 Alma 15:15-26- Parallel to D&C 121-2
38:39 Alma 16:17 - Why are we bringing people to Jesus?
41:12 Dr. Witesman shares her testimony of the Atonement of Jesus
47:54 End of Part II- Dr. Eva Witesman
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How can this show be life changing EVERY SINGLE EPISODE!!! Thank you SO much for everything!
Well said 👏
I listen and love your Podcasts from exotic Draper Utah. Thanks so much. I never miss!❤❤
Agreed! ❤
Please, please have Sis Witesman back on as a guest. These episodes are amazing.
This!
These two episodes with Dr. Witesman should be required listening/viewing in every Sunday School class across this earth. Thank you!
Wow, just wow. I don’t only feel like I’ve been taught but that I’ve been ministered to. Please invite Sister Witsman back often.
I listen from.Hanover PA. I want Dr Witesman to know I listened to her talk from 2017. It was so inspiring. It reminded me of how I was prompted by the Lord to finish my education. I had 2 years in before I married but then stayed home to raise my kids. I had 3 children under the age of 8 and was pregnant with my 4th when I received the prompting. My husband supported me and I graduated 3 years later. 10 years later my husband became disabled and I became the sole breadwinner. Thank goodness I listened to the Lord. Things would have been much different for our family if I hadn't gotten that degree in education.
What a great episode.
Please have Dr. Witesman on again.
and again.
and again!
At age 83 am still growing leaps and bounds in faith and testimony from this wonderful podcast and other “Come, Follow Me” sources. Thank you from Logan, Utah.
John, Thank You for being there for those children of Columbine. 🙏
Please have Dr. Witesman back as a guest...this has been a blessing to me as I have struggled with so many hard things in these chapters, and so many personal experiences...I mean this has been a life-changing blessing. I am approaching 71 years old, and I have shed so much baggage through this amazing experience with the three of you. (Just a little side humor...are y'all the 3 Nephites ?🤗)
Thank you for this lovely episode. Thank you, John, for mentioning again your words to the kids from Columbine High School. Our 2 daughters are survivors of that mass shooting and are awesome examples of the healing power of the atonement of Jesus Christ.
He’s mentioned that experience a lot lately. I remember the first time I heard him talk about it in a fireside. It caused a 180 degree turn in my thinking about trauma. Being a survivor of a different kind of trauma, I needed the insight John had and shared. It’s interesting to reflect on the healing I experienced as a result.
I’m glad to read that your daughters are doing well. That’s a heavy load for them. It sounds like they are able to rely on Jesus Christ for the help they’ve needed. They will have a unique viewpoint on life that few people (and also far too many!) might have.
This was an amazing episode. I am so grateful for Sister Witesman's experience and the spirit that she brought. My wife and I served missions in Independence and had to opportunity for hold the Liberty Jail open for Hank and his tour group who had been delayed by cancelled flights. It was one of our most cherished experiences.
In 2012, we lost a beautiful daughter to lymphoma after years of struggle. Recently we experienced the lost of one of our sons. Our daughter was a faithful returned missionary with 3 precious young children. Our son had not been active in the church since his teenage years, but he still believed in and defended the church. During his life he was a model of the Savior's description of the sheep in his parable in Matthew 25. He was, kind, compassionate and a wonderful husband, step father and grandfather to the children of his step daughters. Since his passing, I have had a feeling that our daughter was there to meet him on the other side and continues to love him and teach him about eternity. I have not been sure until today that this feeling was doctrinal, but your quotations from President Nelson and President Taylor overwhelmed my heart. Thank you so much.
My heart aches for you and, at the same time, rejoices with you. God bless you, both.
This is a beautiful tender mercy for you and your family. It describes perfectly how “all things work TOGETHER for good”. The difficulty of losing two children is made “good” by your personal revelation of their status. I like to picture them teaching and learning together while they wait for the rest of the family to join them.
One of the top three episodes we've watched on Follow Him. Dr. Witesman is absolutely superb! The way she explains these chapters in Alma!! (We don't have the words to describe how we felt), and the spirituality she brought into our souls. Thank you to the three of you for enriching our lives!! Please bring her again soon!!
Dr. Witesman is directly talking to me today, when she mentioned about women and children. Thank you for the very uplifting insights. From mid-Wales saying love you all.❤
This was a truly moving episode. Thank you for what you do, you've helped me follow Jesus Christ.
San Antonio, Texas. Dr. Witesman might be my favorite guest. I did not want that to end! ❤ It’s always a huge blessing to hear from someone who isn’t afraid to wrestle with and discuss the hard stuff.
This has been so powerful and even healing to listen to. Thank you for giving words to things I've felt, space for the hard things, and clarity to doctrine of hope. One of my favorite episodes ever.
THAT right there is the perfect summary of my thoughts! I feel so much more hope today. 🥰
My wife and I are serving as senior missionaries in Germany. We love your podcasts and we loved Dr. Witesman. The insights have deepened our understanding and love as the gospel.
This was truly eye opening and uplifting for my soul. Thank you, Dr. Witesman!!
I felt the Spirit so strongly today, thank you so much for teaching me. I'm a convert of 42 years but have never learned more than in the past few years of following you in Follow Him. Thank you for this incredible podcast and for the amazing guests. Gilbert, AZ
These lessons not only empower us but also give us the strength to carry on. The two episodes uplifted my spirit and heart. Thank you, Dr. Eva Witesman, for your insightful teachings. Listening to your podcast is always a joyful and enriching experience, and your wisdom continues to inspire and elevate us. Nefi from Brazil 😊
I am from Michigan, and I listen to the Follow Him podcast regularly. Thank you Dr. wiseman for your eloquent explanations of these Alma chapters. I loved your stories and cried with empathy for your experiences. Also cried with John , recounting his experience. Hank you are the perfect host, guiding the experts you invite, to leave me feeling a more firm testimony of the gospel, each time I listen to this podcast. 44:58
Sorry Dr Witesman, I misspelled your name in my comment.
Thank you, Eva Witesman, from Eva in Norway 🌸🇳🇴
listening from the west coast of Ireland. Thank you for your insight and knowledge and wonderful spirit.
Just returned from Ireland to the US. Was in Achill.
From Calgary Alberta Canada. This sister is a powerful women. Her faith, testimony, and insights are inspiring. Thank you for having her as a guest
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Thank you, thank you! I LOVED hearing Dr. Eva Witesman’s perspective and insights on these Book of Mormon chapters and always love Hank and John’s comments. Such a delightful and uplifting podcast. Such a blessing to so many.
- American Fork, Utah, USA
Thank you for another exceptional podcast this morning. I loved the guest Dr. Witesman, but also Hank and John thank you for your comments. I feel uplifted and edified through the spirit once again. I appreciate you all freely giving of your time and talents to teach me. I am listening from Salt Lake City, Utah .Keep up the great work, I look forward each week to the discussion.
I am listening from northern Philippines. My heart overflows with joy and gratitude each time I listen to every Follow Him episode. I love ur testimonies of how the Lord knows each of us and fulfills His part of the covenant. Thank u Dr. Witesman and our hosts Hank Smith and John Bytheway. I thirst for more scripture insights and this podcast has been helping me grow.
West Jordan, Utah. What a blessing it has been to sit at her feet, as it were. Please have Dr Witesman back again.
Beaumont, Texas. Thank you for bringing your perspective, your learning, and your faith.
listening from South Africa❤ thank you so much for yet another incredible episode!
Thank you Dr. Witesman. I do volunteering with refugees and I recognized the parallels with those who are forcibly displaced and experience trauma with the experiences of these families, Alma, and Amulek. Thank you for the call to all, especially women, to use our words and power for peace.
I have been watching your podcasts for over a year now, from Ogden, UT. More often than not, I feel like, "I have to watch this whole thing AGAIN!" because I just can't absorb it all. Your presentation, and the wonderful guests you have with you each week are absolutely amazing. I love the way you elaborate on doctrine and yet stay anchored in the Come Follow Me chapters each week. I cannot attend church right now, or go to the temple, because of my role as a caregiver to my sweetheart. But I can feel the spirit and stay connected when I tune in to followHIM. Thank you for your service, dedication and sharing. I cannot express strong enough thanks. Love to you and your crew and guests! Karen
I love studying with you and today was great - I am a senior missionary in Warsaw, Poland
Thank you so much for the wonderful insights on the role & importance of women & testimony of our deliverance through Christ. Chipley, FL
West Point, Georgia. I look forward to your Podcasts every week. I always listen to them twice. Thank you!
I awoke at 2 AM and was blessed with a sacred outpouring of the Spirit that lovingly guided me through these difficult concepts and opened my understanding as to why and how they play out in my own story and my own life and joy comes where there was once sickness and anxiety.
Thanks so much to all of you ~ from just up the road in Pocatello! I love the new insight I've gained this week!
On St. George Island Florida..........this was dynamic now to the transcript to recall how often I heard myself in words you all discussed today Thank you all !!!
Listening from Eastern Switzerland. Wonderful, inspiring, touching, motivating.
These chapters certainly bring up some of the harder questions. I can't imagine how they suffered having to watch the fate of the believers and feeling powerless to stop it. Trusting in God's wisdom can feel unfair at times just because we don't see what He does. Trust is an action that can be SO difficult. I always hope that people who experience such horrific endings are accompanied by angels who minister to and help calm and carry them to some degree (especially children). It reminds me of the Chosen when John the Baptist is executed. He was given a beautiful sign. I pray that those who suffer feel God or angels near as they get closer to HOME.
Ahh, so much learned, so much to continue to study…I am living in Guatemala, with not enough Spanish to understand anything…..on Sunday, so these podcasts are my lifeline…my SS. Class, my Institute class, my RSociety class…..thank you all……and those in the comments too.
This has been an amazing episode! Eva is added to my Sheroe list of amazing women who speak truth and goodness! Thank you!❤
Thank you, all, for your insights, teachings, testimony, devotion, and sharing. I’ve grown SO much during these last few years and am extremely grateful for your consecration of time and talents for ME!
I’m currently studying with you from Alice Springs Australia. I was here June 21-23, and am back for another year.
So glad to have the blessing of this podcast, as well as others I learn from.
Thanks Eva Witesman. I so appreciate your teachings. Thanks for sharing your personal stories too. Come back again please.
Serving as Senior Missionaries in the Philippines. We love, love, love the insights on this podcast. Never really comment. But today......today was superb! So grateful for the good you do and the disciples you are!
I want to thank all three of you for your humility; that means so much. Thank you also for sharing your personal experiences. That isn't always easy. Bless you, all. 🙏💕🙏💕🙏💕
This was wonderful. Please invite Eva again as she has great insights and speaks with the Spirit. Welcome Eva and come again soon.
To all you three, "Thankyou."
Bro. John Rose - Kawana Ward, Queensland AUSTRALIA.
The connection to overcoming this world and finding rest through the power keeping our covenants brings was wonderful! It helped me to see the importance of attending the temple.
Listening from Aztec, NM
Studying from Japan. I am so grateful to hear from a new person each week! This was amazing. I love to see that the Priesthood the hierarchical structure flipped on its head. And it is the solution to power over others.
Thank you so much to you and your guest for sharing your talents and knowledge
Listening from Peoria, Arizona. Love "Follow Him."
Hello from beautiful NE England, UK. Thank you for the light you and your guests bring!
Listening from Kennewick Washington. I am always looking forward to this podcast each week and the light it brings into my life and my home. Thank you Hank and John and your amazing production crew! Shoutout to David Perry who is a family friend and made our wedding video...we love your work! And THANK YOU Dr. Whitesman and all the guests. Such a wonderful way to learn each week!
This has been an amazing episode especially when this has been a difficult passage. Eva has been soooo incredible ♥️♥️♥️
We had a very hard weekend with the loss of a grandchild born 23 weeks into our daughter’s pregnancy. Dr. Witean’s words especially at the end of the show and really throughout were especially consoling to me. Her insights into the order of the Nehor’s vs the order of the priesthood were so insightful. Please have her again!
Thank you!
From near Johannesburg, South Africa! ❤
Thank you so much Dr Witesman. This has been amazing. Listening from Freiberg, Germany where my husband and I serving as missionaries in the temple here. I’m so incredibly thankful for your podcast.
Listening from Dallas. Eva Witesman is great, took a class from her and every class was thought-provoking and uplifiting, thanks for having her on the podcast!
What amazing episodes! There are no words to describe.... I'm so grateful to all three of you and the spirit that was able to testify of the truths taught. Please do this again.
Really enjoyed the parallels with the Prophet Joseph Smith. There’s always something new to learn. Thanks Dr Witesman. Charity . From London UK
From Kingston, Ontario, Canada, I want to thank you all for this powerful, awesome, wonderful lesson! Thank you for your thoughts and testimonies. Thank you!!! ❤🇨🇦
We're listening from Yokosuka, Japan. My husband and I watched this as we prepare to teach the youth this Sunday. This was such a powerful two-part series. We both feel so edified from this discussion. Thank you for sharing your experiences and thoughts. I especially appreciated the perspective of the "power with" God and "power with" community that we should all be striving for, and how blessed we will be when we are successful in achieving such communities (Zion). Thank you so much.
I am listening from Emporia, Ks. I love these episodes and all the episodes of Follow Him-I learn so much ❤
Safford Arizona. Thank you so much for the new insights into these chapters
Hi there from Melton Victoria Australia! Thank you all for the beautiful insights of these beautiful scriptures.
Dr. Witesman! One of the best professors I have ever had. Loved hearing her perspective again. Bring her back on often.
At the beginning of this episode I thought here is Marilyn Monroe and she is instructing us in the most horrific and heart breaking chapters of Alma. Sister Witesman is a most remarkable source and resource of gospel penetration ever. Her references to D&C 121, 122 are most encouraging. It seems we have so many repeatable witnesses to the true dimension of the gospel that to miss those parallel experiences is to miss the true meaning of the Lord’s teachings.
Her references to ‘entering into his rest’, harrows all the references to the Exodus, the recounting in Hebrews 3,4, and the references to the Lord’s rest in D$C 84. The scriptures are full.
May I cap this comment with how humble I felt as Sister Witesman bore a penetrating testimony of her wrestlings with the Lord and her inclusion of how important women are to the operation of the Spirit and Church. God bless her in her family and work.
I listen every week from Columbia, Missouri! Home of the Parley P Pratt Independence Day run! 😊
I am watching from the Forest of Dean, UK. Thank you for the insights and personal experiences you share each week that help me come unto Christ. I really appreciated Dr Witesman relating the repentance story of Alma the younger to ourselves. That when we feel distressed and distraught at the realisation of our sins, we need to remember that their is a way forward, and it is through Christ.
Thank you! I, too have had to work through the challenges in finding worth and validation as a woman, in my case, as a single woman, in a male dominated church. I’ve found my peace, I pray others find theirs, too. So much to digest and integrate. I’m listening from Taylorsville UT.
I listened from Ammon Idaho and received this mind and life altering powerful message. The black onyx makes the diamond sparkle more brilliantly. De Witesman bringing out these contrast and need to observe it all was lovely. I am also filled with love for the parallels found with Joseph’s smith liberty jail experience. Thank you for sharing❤
For Dr. Eva Witesman, we are studying with you from South Carolina!
Listening while I paint, here in western Australia
I loved this episode with Dr. Witesman!! Such powerful, personal insights and testimonies from all three of you. I live in Monticello, Utah.
Listening from Ohio. Thank you for helping me feel these chapters.
Listening from Yakima, WA. What an incredible episode facing challenging issues head on with empathy love and hope for the future. Well done all!
I listen while I'm commuting between Riverton and West Jordan in Utah. This is my favorite podcast!
Watching from Dawesville, Western Australia, what a wonderful episode, thankyou so very much
I love watching your videos from Oceanside California. Thank you for this beautiful episode. It gives me hope as I hear related experiences to get through challenging times. This year has been especially difficult for me and my family but your episodes strengthen me everyday. Thank you Dr Witesman for your insight. ❤
Thank You from Idaho. I love the insights about God, time, Agency. Your adoption story. The temple. So much good you shared!
I am listening from New Jersey and grateful for all that I heard and felt. Thanks to all of you. I listen every week.
If it weren't so believable it would be unbelievable! Thank you! Elmo, Utah
I have been awaiting a kidney transplant for two years now. The section about free agency really brought the Spirit to me. I know the Lord is in charge of me getting a new kidney and He also lets my donor have free agency. He will work it out to be just right. I don't know if my donor will be a living donor or a deceased donor who made bad decisions or had an accident but I will get my kidney and my donor will still have his/her free agency. What a plan! What a Planner!
Wonderful and powerful thoughts on very sensitive topics. Thank you. Listening from Manchester, TN. 🎉
From Washington state, thanks so much for your podcasts. They are so enlightening & faith building!
Hello from Oklahoma Dr Witesma! Thank you for your insight and testimony this week.
Also, I am listening from South Georgia, USA...waiting with anticipation for the Tallahassee FL temple to open soon!
I am listening from Fishers Indiana and like Eva remember the days we drove to Louisville temple! Eva Fishers now is a stake!! 😊
I know Eva through the Romney Institute and so much enjoyed hearing her insights, impressions from chapters from the Book of Alma that I had just read. Precept upon precept. . . .
Booneville Mississippi. I love your podcasts and listen every week. Thank you for freely giving of your time and knowledge. I thoroughly enjoyed Dr Witesman. She was just fantastic!!
I have joined in from Brisbane Queensland Australia. I am so grateful for the time you have all spent with us ❤
I'm from the Philippines and I just love listening to your podcasts and am always excited who your next guest will be and what new insights can I learn from all of you.. . Thanks a lot.
I absolutely loved being taught by the three of you. I had spiritual insights of my own while being guided through these chapters with you. Thank you so very much. I live in the DFW area in Texas.
WOW! Such a beautiful episode! I am amazed at how much I learn with every episode. Thank you for sharing the joy of the gospel with all of us around the world. I love the Lord and his gospel-so grateful for your efforts in blessing my/our journey. Listening from Spokane WA
Wappingers Falls, NY - What a moving, inspiring episode. Thank you.
Eva was so spiritual, thank you for having her on your podcast. It was a delightful.
Simply the best - South Western Australia
Listening from Singapore and absolutely loved this episode. I couldn't help but share it with my daughters. It made me think a little more deeply about my opportunities in my own context.
Listening from Baltimore, Maryland area and I'm using some of this discussion in my talk tomorrow about being our Brother's Keeper with a focus on children.
This has been my favorite podcast
. I feel the Spirit strongly. Thank you.