7 For they became a righteous people; they did lay down the weapons of their rebellion, that they did not fight against God any more, neither against any of their brethren.
They surely did lay down their weapons of rebellion, both the physical weapons, meaning their swords and weapons of war, and also their spiritual weapons- their hatred and selfishness and ignorance. They forsook their sins. They laid down their will and gave it, trusted it, to that God who gave them life.
“...that they did not fight against God any more, neither against any of their brethren.”
That is an interesting statement! How could they fight against God if they didn’t know God??? We can understand fighting against their brethren the Nephites. But how were these Lamanites fighting against God? The God they did not know?
I submit that intrinsically, deep down at the center of our being, we all know and sense that their is a God, and sense what is right and wrong. Perhaps it's our conscience, or the light of Christ. The light that permeates all things, and that is in and through all things. And are we, God's children, not included in all things?
In my own life, I ran away from God, even though I had no conscious idea as to whether or not he existed. Based upon my recurring dream I had my entire life, until the night I came to know God, i was running away from him because I thought he was mad at me. How could I think those things and run away if didn’t somehow sense that he was there? And that I had offended him? And that he was seeking me out? Not to punish! But to bless!
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