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A Brief Thought on the Covenant of Christ/Book of Mormon

  In King Benjamin's address in Mosiah speaking of the savior in what he would do during his mortal ministry it's said he would "...heal the sick, raise the dead, cause the lame to walk, restore sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf and curing all manner of diseases." (Covenant of Christ Mosiah 1:14/Book of Mormon Mosiah 3:5).  In 4 Nephi in speaking of what the disciples did in their ministry after Jesus had left from his visit with the Nephites, its written they "...healed the sick, raised the dead, caused the crippled to walk, the blind to see and the deaf to hear, and they performed all kinds of miracles among the people" (Covenant of Christ 4 Nephi 1:2/Book of Mormon 4 Ne 1:5). Is the same content and order a coincidence? Perhaps not; perhaps this was intentionally done to show how one can become like our Lord.  If so, and I personally believe this to be the case, the attention and connection to much earlier language demonstrates the astonishing level...