The Lord has made it perfectly clear that in nothing doth man offend God, or against none is his wrath kindled, save those who confess not his hand in all things (DC 62:14). Accordingly Brigham Young said, “I do not know of any, excepting the unpardonable sin, that is greater than the sin of ingratitude.” (Pr/RS Manual, p. 177) President Thomas S. Monson has said, “If ingratitude be numbered among the serious sins, then gratitude takes its place among the noblest of virtues.” (Church News, Apr. 11, 1992) So the people of Alma demonstrated their nobility by remembering who had eased their burdens. This was the first step—to follow the charge of the Lord—to stand as witnesses for me hereafter, and that ye may know of a surety that I, the Lord God, do visit my people in their afflictions (v. 14).