1 Nephi 2 (9/7)
In preparation for our class on 9/8, please read 1 NEPHI 2.
Look for:
1) How would you feel if you were asked to do what Lehi asked his family to do?
2) Who do you want to be like in this chapter? Why?
3) Why is your attitude so important when it comes to following the Lord?
4) What do you think the Lord would want you to learn from this chapter?
1 Nephi 2:8-15 What's the big deal with murmuring?
Elder H. Ross Workman of the Seventy:
“Murmuring consists of three steps, each leading to the next in a descending path to disobedience.” First, people begin to question. They question “first in their own minds,” and then they plant questions “in the minds of others.” Second, those who murmur begin to “rationalize and excuse themselves from doing what they [have] been instructed to do. … Thus, they [make] an excuse for disobedience.” Their excuses lead to the third step: “Slothfulness in following the commandment of the Master. …
“I invite you to focus on the commandment from living prophets that bothers you the most. Do you question whether the commandment is applicable to you? Do you find ready excuses why you cannot now comply with the commandment? Do you feel frustrated or irritated with those who remind you of the commandment? Are you slothful in keeping it? Beware of the deception of the adversary. Beware of murmuring” (“Beware of Murmuring,” Ensign, Nov. 2001, 85–86).
Look for:
1) How would you feel if you were asked to do what Lehi asked his family to do?
2) Who do you want to be like in this chapter? Why?
3) Why is your attitude so important when it comes to following the Lord?
4) What do you think the Lord would want you to learn from this chapter?
1 Nephi 2:8-15 What's the big deal with murmuring?
Elder H. Ross Workman of the Seventy:
“Murmuring consists of three steps, each leading to the next in a descending path to disobedience.” First, people begin to question. They question “first in their own minds,” and then they plant questions “in the minds of others.” Second, those who murmur begin to “rationalize and excuse themselves from doing what they [have] been instructed to do. … Thus, they [make] an excuse for disobedience.” Their excuses lead to the third step: “Slothfulness in following the commandment of the Master. …
“I invite you to focus on the commandment from living prophets that bothers you the most. Do you question whether the commandment is applicable to you? Do you find ready excuses why you cannot now comply with the commandment? Do you feel frustrated or irritated with those who remind you of the commandment? Are you slothful in keeping it? Beware of the deception of the adversary. Beware of murmuring” (“Beware of Murmuring,” Ensign, Nov. 2001, 85–86).