WE ARE WARNED

DON'T RUN INTO THE STREET! DON'T BLOW UP ANYTHING! DON'T TAKE CANDY FROM A STRANGER! DON'T SMOKE! We are warned from early on of things that may cause us harm. The scriptures warn us of things that WILL cause harm. Nephi has warned us, our prophets have warned us that we need to turn to Christ. 1 Nephi 19:7 tells us that the world shall judge Christ to be a thing of naught (to consider something worthless). We need to listen and obey so we do not trample Christ under our feet.
1 Nephi 19:23 is one of our scripture mastery scriptures. How can we liken the scriptures to ourselves? We can ask ourselves questions such as: "what significance does this particular event or principle have for me today? What does the rebellion of Laman and Lemuel teach me? How would I react to.....? What strengths to I have that resemble Nephi?" Questions will help us "liken the scriptures unto ourselves".