Many people take these words (feast upon the words of Christ) from Nephi to support their search and study of the scriptures, which is a good interpretation. Surely the words of Christ may be found within the scriptures. The Spirit may also attend to and teach those who are engaged in scripture study.
Please also keep in mind...
The righteous voice that you hear in your head, the same voice that provides protection for you and also prompts you "to do what is right", that voice, is the voice of Jesus. "Feasting upon the words of Christ" also means to follow the individual direction that He is constantly providing you!
Seek His instruction, and be sure to follow His counsel, because He is trying to lead you directly to Him. Directly to that moment (while living in the flesh) when He will visit with you. Nephi is explaining this process because he is familiar with how it works. Nephi was able to stand in the presence of Jesus. Nephi's brother Jacob, also received his own Second Comforter (Jacob chapter one, verse four: having firstly obtained mine errand from the Lord.)
https://scriptures.info/scriptures/bofm/jacob/1
"Behold, this is the doctrine of Christ, and there will be no more doctrine given until after he shall manifest himself unto you in the flesh. And when he shall manifest himself unto you in the flesh, the things which he shall say unto you shall ye observe to do."
https://scriptures.info/scriptures/bofm/2nephi/14
Nephi was speaking about his personal visit with Jesus, and providing a road map for anyone who receives his words (readers of the Book of Mormon), instructions on how to have your own Second Comforter experience with Jesus. Joseph Smith was teaching the same doctrine, "that each one of us should be working towards obtaining our own Second Comforter, which is a personal visit with Jesus Christ".
This instruction (regarding a personal visit with Jesus) was given from Nephi to his family, as he was getting upward in years and about to retire from the flesh. This message was given to his children and grandchildren!
Approximately 580 years after Nephi shared these words with his children, Jesus visited some of Nephi's very distant relatives in the Land Bountiful. The personal ministry of Jesus in Bountiful, takes a humbled group of believers, who recently survived the "wrath of god" and creates among them a city of Zion.
https://scriptures.info/scriptures/bofm/2nephi/14
And now behold, my beloved brethren, I suppose that ye ponder somewhat in your hearts concerning that which ye should do after ye have entered in by the way. But behold, why do ye ponder these things in your hearts? Do ye not remember that I said unto you that after ye had received the holy ghost, ye could speak with the tongue of angels? And now, how could ye speak with the tongue of angels save it were by the holy ghost? Angels speak by the power of the holy ghost; wherefore, they speak the words of Christ. Wherefore, I said unto you, Feast upon the words of Christ; for behold, the words of Christ will tell you all things what ye should do. Wherefore, now after I have spoken these words, if ye cannot understand them, it will be because ye ask not, neither do ye knock. Wherefore, ye are not brought into the light, but must perish in the dark. For behold, again I say unto you that if ye will enter in by the way and receive the holy ghost, it will shew unto you all things what ye should do. Behold, this is the doctrine of Christ, and there will be no more doctrine given until after he shall manifest himself unto you in the flesh. And when he shall manifest himself unto you in the flesh, the things which he shall say unto you shall ye observe to do.
"The Book of Mormon has been correctly termed "A Second Comforter Guidebook". There is much light available within these pages.
A devoted group (attempting to follow Jesus) have put together a wonderful set of scriptures. All three volumes are available online for free. Paperback copies are available via Amazon.
The information contained within these scriptures has remained true to the original revelations. available online: https://scriptures.info/
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