2 Nephi 33:4-9

4  And I know that the Lord God will consecrate my prayers for the gain of my people.  And the words which I have written in weakness will be made strong unto them; for it persuadeth them to do good; it maketh known unto them of their fathers; and it speaketh of Jesus, and persuadeth them to believe in him, and to endure to the end, which is life eternal.
5  And it speaketh harshly against sin, according to the plainness of the truth; wherefore, no man will be angry at the words which I have written save he shall be of the spirit of the devil.

2 Nephi 33:4-5 (Emphasis mine)

After Nephi(1)'s prayer for his people, he tells us that he knows the Lord will support and stand by him.  He knows this because his words are a message to his people from the Lord. This is what He wants them to know and understand.  Repent, get back on the right path, or you will lose everything in the eternities.  Whatever words bring us to Jesus and inspires us to endure to the end so that we may obtain eternal life is the true word of the Lord.  We will know this through the Holy Ghost.

Plainness is what matters.  We understand best through plain and simple words.  The only way we will not accept these words if we are guided by the spirit of the devil.  The Holy Ghost leads us to truth.  The devil leads us away from that truth.

16  ¶ And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?
17  And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good?  there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
18  He saith unto him, Which?  Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,
19  Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Matthew 19:16-19 (Emphasis mine)

14  ¶ And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
15  That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
16  ¶ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

John 3:14-16 (Emphasis mine)

66  ¶ From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
67  Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?
68  Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go?  thou hast the words of eternal life.
69  And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.

John 6:66-69 (Emphasis mine)

 

27  My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

28  And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
29  My Father, which agave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.

John 10:27-29 (Emphasis mine)

12  Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

1 Timothy 6:12 (Emphasis mine)

6  I glory in plainness;
          I glory in truth;
    I glory in my Jesus, 
          for he hath redeemed my soul from hell.
7  I have charity for my people, 
          and great faith in Christ 
          that I shall meet many souls spotless at his judgment–seat.
8  I have charity for the Jew

         (I say Jew, because I mean them from whence I came.)
9  I also have charity for the Gentiles.  

         But behold, for none of these can I hope except they shall be reconciled unto Christ, and enter into the narrow gate, and walk in the strait path which leads to life, and continue in the path until the end of the day of probation.

2 Nephi 33:6-9 (Emphasis mine)

(Note:  Formatting used for vs. 6-9 comes from "The Book of Mormon - A Reader's Edition" by Grant Hardy, pgs. 137-138) 

Nephi(1) waxes poetic as he celebrates Christ.  He restates his faith and trust in Christ.  Throughout his writings, he is constant is his praise and expression of trust in Him.  

He shares his deep and abiding love for all men.  This is a major motivation for his words and writings. He doesn't want to lose his people.  He lost his family when they separated into the two groups (2 Nephi 5:5-7).  His pain at this loss is readily apparent throughout his personal record.  Now he is doing everything he can to not suffer this loss again.

He closes his preachings with a reminder of the basic and eternal truth - we can only be saved through accepting Christ and following His teaching, enduring to the end. 

18  And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
19  To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.

2 Corinthians 5:18-19 (Emphasis mine)

20  And, having; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.

Colossians 1:20 (Emphasis mine) 

 

In the October 2000 General Conference, Elder Donald L. Hallstrom said:

"To achieve eternal goals, we must reconcile our earthly culture with the doctrine of the everlasting gospel. This process involves embracing all that is spiritually elevating in our family and societal traditions and discarding that which is a barrier to our eternal view and achievement. We must transform ourselves from being “natural” men and women as defined by King Benjamin, and “becometh a saint” by yielding “to the enticings of the Holy Spirit” (see Mosiah 3:19)." (Emphasis mine)

 

In the October 2007 General Conference, he said:

"Now is the time to exercise our faith. Now is the time to commit to righteousness. Now is the time to do whatever is required to resolve our undesired circumstances. Now is the time to reconcile with God through the merciful process of change afforded us by the Redeemer of mankind." (Emphasis mine)

 In the same General Conference, Elder Bruce D. Porter said:

"The poet Rudyard Kipling wrote the following words in 1897, an admonition to the British 

Empire against pride:

The tumult and the shouting dies;

The captains and the kings depart.

Still stands thine ancient sacrifice,

An humble and a contrite heart.

When Kipling spoke of a contrite heart as an “ancient sacrifice,” perhaps he had in mind the words of King David in the 51st Psalm: “The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit:,a broken and a contrite heart” (v. 17). David’s words show that even in Old Testament times, the Lord’s people understood that their hearts must be given to God, that burnt offerings alone were not enough.  The sacrifices mandated during the Mosaic dispensation pointed symbolically to the atoning sacrifice of the Messiah, who alone could reconcile sinful man with God. As Amulek taught, “Behold, this is the whole meaning of the law, every whit pointing to that great and last sacrifice; … the Son of God” (Alma 34:14) ... As in all things, the Savior’s life offers us the perfect example: though Jesus of Nazareth was utterly without sin, He walked through life with a broken heart and a contrite spirit, as manifested by His submission to the will of the Father. “For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me” (John 6:38). To His disciples He said, “Learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart” (Matthew 11:29). And when the time came to pay the ultimate sacrifice entailed in the Atonement, Christ shrank not to partake of the bitter cup but submitted completely to His Father’s will. The Savior’s perfect submission to the Eternal Father is the very essence of a broken heart and a contrite spirit. Christ’s example teaches us that a broken heart is an eternal attribute of godliness. When our hearts are broken, we are completely open to the Spirit of God and recognize our dependence on Him for all that we have and all that we are. The sacrifice so entailed is a sacrifice of pride in all its forms. Like malleable clay in the hands of a skilled potter, the brokenhearted can be molded and shaped in the hands of the Master." (Emphasis mine)

In the October 2001 General Conference, Elder Charles Didier shared an experience and likened it to reconciliation.

"When I was a young man living in a city called Namur in Belgium, there was a large river separating it from an adjacent city on the other side of the river. At that time, only one bridge connected the two cities. It had been built and rebuilt over the remnants of a bridge built centuries before by the Roman conquerors. It had become too narrow for the traffic, and there were too many small arches to allow the passage of large boats and barges. A new bridge was necessary, wider and with only one arch. The work to establish the foundations soon started on both sides of the river. Rapidly, two huge metallic arms began to stretch from each side with the aim to meet together in the middle of the river. I was fascinated by the engineering and rode my bicycle almost every day to watch the progress of the work. Finally the day came when the centerpiece, a cornerstone made of steel, was going to link the two arms together. Crowds were now watching with me the delicate operation, the final step that would join the two arms together and permit crossing the bridge for the first time. When it took place, people applauded, workers embraced; the obstacle of the river had been conquered and overcome.  I mention this experience because of the symbolism that it represents. The bridge is more than a bridge of metal. It symbolizes the bridge of faith enabling us, children of our Heavenly Father, to meet Him again. The centerpiece of the bridge, the cornerstone, represents the Atonement of Jesus Christ, the Mediator, the link between mortality and immortality, the connection between the natural man and the spiritual man, the change from temporal life to eternal life. It is because of Him that mankind can be reconciled with their Heavenly Father and that we can overcome the walls of sin and mortality, these obstacles that represent spiritual and physical death. The Atonement of Jesus Christ is the centerpiece of the plan of salvation, the promised reunion with our Heavenly Father, as we read in the book of Moses: “This is the plan of salvation unto all men, through the blood of mine Only Begotten, who shall come in the meridian of time” (Moses 6:62).  The love of God, the other side of the bridge, is the reward of our faith in His Son, Jesus the Christ. “God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son” (John 3:16). The greatest of all the gifts of God is the supreme sacrifice of His Son, His Atonement, that brings not only immortality but also eternal life if we keep His commandments and endure to the end (see D&C 14:7)."(Emphasis mine)

Reconciliation with Christ is essential for our salvation.  May we all do what is necessary to obtain the eternal life promised us by our Savior.