Exceeding Joy

I want to follow up on Andrea's post about the joy of Alma that was so great it exhausted his strength and he fell to the earth. Alma 27:18 says,

"Behold, this is the joy which none receiveth save it be the truly penitent and humble seeker of Christ."

Contrast that with Korihor just a couple chapters later. He goes around saying there is no God, and he accuses those who preach there is a God of leading away the people after silly traditions for their own gain. Korihor asks for a sign there is a God. The sign is that he is struck dumb. He then wanders around begging for food and is eventually trampled to death by the wicked Zoramites.

The moral of he story is found in Alma 30:60.

"And thus we see he end of him who perverteth the ways of the Lord; and thus we see that the devil will not support his children at the last day but doth speedily drag them down to hell."

We have the choice being like Alma and in the end experiencing inexpressible joy, or following he example of Korihor, who may have been popular for a while by following the devil, but in the end, the devil abandoned him and dragged him down to hell.