Why does Nephi describe the love of God as consuming his flesh? The footnote to "consuming" refers to D&C 84:33, which says the priesthood can lead to the renewing of our bodies. So, when Nephi was most in tune and filled with God's love, which is charity, the natural man, the fleshy man, was consumed, and he was renewed by the Spirit as the spiritual man. His fleshly desires and inclinations were replaced with godly desires as he was renewed or born again.
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