1 Nephi 3

Christlike Attributes

verse 2:

"I have dreamed a dream" Blue

verse 4:

"seek the records" Blue

verse 6:

"thou shalt be favored of the Lord" Blue

verse 7:

"the lord giveth no commandments unto the children of men, save he shall prepare a way for them." Blue

verse 17:

Jerusalem must be destroyed, because of the wickedness of the people." Red

verse 19:

"wisdom in God" Blue

verse 29:

"an angel of the Lord came" Blue

"the Lord will deliver Laban into your hands" Red

Commentary 

Verse 4 was hard.  Does commanding them to go seek records count as a Christlike quality?  If so, should it be deemed green for purposes of this project?  I finally considered it blue because we are currently commanded to keep a journal and do family history and such.  Records are a very important part of our church and it seems very stereotypically Christlike to make sure that records are kept as a high priority.  And especially that Lehi and his family would have that record to teach their children after they left Jerusalem. 

Verse 29 was even harder, at least the red part.  I mean, delivering Laban into Nephi and Co.'s hands seems like a very nice thing to do.  Especially since it was an essential part of fulfilling His original commandment to get the plates, after their last two fails.  But how is it any different from any other nation or people being destroyed because they were wicked?  It's not.  And destruction is not a typical Christlike quality.  So delivering someone, even a wicked someone, to their death, especially at the hand of an innocent person is going to have to go under red.

This chapter had even fewer qualities to mark.  Only 8 in 31 verses.  That's almost only 1 in 4.  But then again, it was also quite heavy in story. I get the feeling that 2 Nephi is going to get a lot heavier than these.