Notice that to Nephi, and to all other true followers of Christ, obedience is a vital matter. In the last two verses of the book of 1 Nephi and the last verse of the book of 2 Nephi, Nephi testifies that it is urgent to be obedient, and he himself sets the standard with his final words carved into the plates: “I must obey” (2 Nephi 33:15).