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Based on actual events as recorded in the Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ. [MUSIC PLAYING] [HORN BLOWING]

My people, I have not commanded you to come up hither to trifle with the words which I shall speak, but that ye should hearken unto me. I have not commanded you to come up hither that ye should fear me, or that ye should think that I of myself am more than a mortal man. But I am like as yourselves, subject to all manner of infirmities in body and mind; yet I have been kept and preserved by God's matchless power, to serve you with all the might, mind and strength which the Lord hath granted unto me. Mosiah, I don't understand. Why must we work like this? Helorum is right. You're the king. Should I tax the people so that we may rest while others do this work? No. I myself labor with mine own hands that I might serve my people. I tell you these things that ye may learn wisdom, that when ye are in the service of your fellow beings-- --ye are only in the service of your God. Also, if I, whom ye call your king, who has spent his days in your service, and yet has been in the service of God, do merit any thanks from you, O how you ought to thank your heavenly King! If ye should serve Him who has created you from the beginning, and is preserving you from day to day, by lending you breath--I say, if ye should serve Him with all your whole souls yet ye would be unprofitable servants. All that He requires of you is to keep His commandments; and He has promised you that ye should prosper in the land.

King Benjamin Teaches about Serving God | Mosiah 2

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King Benjamin teaches the people in Zarahemla that a good king will serve others and work with them. He teaches that when you serve others, you are serving God.
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