1 Nephi 19 (9/25)

Reading Assignment for class on 9/27: 1 NEPHI 19

Please be aware there is a lot of material in the four chapters we will cover on Wednesday and we won't be able to cover it all in class so it is critical that you read it at home and come with favorite verses, truths you have found, and questions to help us understand these chapters.

Points to Ponder:

1. How did people treat Jesus when he was on the earth?  Why? Why did he let them?

2. How will you show the Savior that he is "of great worth" to you?

3. What does it mean to "liken" the scriptures to yourself?

Liken the Scriptures to Yourself (19:23-24)

Pres. Eyring said: “I will make you this promise about reading the Book of Mormon: You will be drawn to it as you understand that the Lord has embedded in it His message to you. Nephi, Mormon, and Moroni knew that, and those who put it together put in messages for you. I hope you have confidence that the book was written for your students. There are simple, direct messages for them that will tell them how to change. That is what the book is about. It is a testimony of the Lord Jesus Christ and the Atonement and how it may work in their lives. You will have an experience this year feeling the change that comes by the power of the Atonement because of studying this book” (Henry B. Eyring, “The Book of Mormon Will Change Your Life,” Ensign, Feb. 2004, 11).

Pres. Benson said: “The Book of Mormon was written for us today. God is the author of the book. It is a record of a fallen people, compiled by inspired men for our blessing. Those people never had the book—it was meant for us. Mormon, the ancient prophet after whom the book is named, abridged centuries of records. God, who knows the end from the beginning, told him what to include in his abridgment that we would need for our day” (Ezra Taft Benson, “The Book of Mormon Is the Word of God,” Ensign, Jan. 1988, 3).

President Ezra Taft Benson
“If they saw our day, and chose those things which would be of greatest worth to us, is not that how we should study the Book of Mormon? We should constantly ask ourselves, ‘Why did the Lord inspire Mormon (or Moroni or Alma) to include that in his record? What lesson can I learn from that to help me live in this day and age?’” (Ezra Taft Benson, “The Book of Mormon—Keystone of Our Religion,” Ensign, Nov. 1986, 6).