While the rest of the Nephites are becoming more and more wicked, you still have prophets and teachers that are trying to help people get back on the right track. Unfortunately, they have devolved so quickly and so far, that they tend to stone and kill the prophets rather than listen to them and become converted.
Mormon, who is abridging the records of this time, explains that Nephi "went forth...and began to testify, boldly, repentance and remission of sins through faith on the Lord Jesus Christ." He goes on to explain that the amount of ministering was to much to try to relate in the book, presumably just because there was so much. He basically summarizes it by explaining that "Nephi did minister with power and great authority", and that "angels did minister unto him daily".
"And in the name of Jesus did he cast out devils and unclean spirits; and even his brother did he raise from the dead, after he had been stoned and suffered death by the people." (3 Nephi 7:19)
There were some people who were converted and were baptized, especially those who were helped out by Nephi's ministering, but mostly the people were just getting angry at Nephi for all the things he was doing.
I think that this is really a testament to how wicked the people had become. In a very short amount of time, they went from being a pretty righteous people to the point where a righteous person makes them angry. To watch someone perform these miracles and have them upset you to the point where you want to kill the miracle worker, that takes quite the hard heart.
I hope to be able to one day even have some of the descriptions given about Nephi said about me. What a great, righteous man that he was.
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