Mormon exemplifies what it means to be a disciple of Christ by demonstrating how to sacrifice all things: he recenters his actions on the actions themselves and he willingly sacrifices his investment in the hoped for outcomes. Or, to put this more starkly: Mormon, living through the end of the world, learns how to love without, in the process, hoping that his love will prevent the world from ending. He learns to sacrifice by sacrificing any hope for gain. Sacrificing his hope that loving the Nephites would save them, he continues to love them anyway.
