1 Nephi 5-6 (9/11)
For our lesson on Tuesday READ: 1 Nephi 5-6
Questions to ponder:
(in Conference Report, Oct. 1999, 87; or Ensign, Nov. 1999, 69).
President Gordon B. Hinckley said: “I would like to urge every man and woman ... and every boy and girl who is old enough to read to again read the Book of Mormon during this coming year. This was written for the convincing of the Jew and the Gentile that Jesus is the Christ.
Questions to ponder:
- What do these chapters teach us that can help us get more out of our scripture study?
- Why was it so important that they have the brass plates?
- What impresses you about Lehi and Sariah in Chapter 5?
- Read 1 Nephi 5:17–20, looking for how studying the brass plates affected Lehi. Based on what you learn in these verses, how would you finish stating the following principle? (see 1 Nephi 5:17): As we search the scriptures, we can be...
- Compare what you learn in chapter 5 to this quote:
Elder Robert D. Hales of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles confirmed this truth:
“When we want to speak to God, we pray. And when we want Him to speak to us, we search the scriptures; for His words are spoken through His prophets. He will then teach us as we listen to the promptings of the Holy Spirit.
“If you have not heard His voice speaking to you lately, return with new eyes and new ears to the scriptures. They are our spiritual lifeline” (“Holy Scriptures: The Power of God unto Our Salvation,” Ensign or Liahona, Nov. 2006, 26–27).
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1 Nephi 6 "To persuade men to come unto the God of Abraham (Christ)"
Elder Russell M. Nelson counseled: “When you read the Book of Mormon, concentrate on the principal figure in the book—from its first chapter to the last—the Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God”(in Conference Report, Oct. 1999, 87; or Ensign, Nov. 1999, 69).
President Gordon B. Hinckley said: “I would like to urge every man and woman ... and every boy and girl who is old enough to read to again read the Book of Mormon during this coming year. This was written for the convincing of the Jew and the Gentile that Jesus is the Christ.
There is nothing we could do of greater importance than to have fortified in our individual lives an unshakable conviction that Jesus is the Christ, the living Son of the living God. That is the purpose of the coming forth of this remarkable and wonderful book.
May I suggest that you read it again and take a pencil, a red one if you have one, and put a little check mark every time there is a reference to Jesus Christ in that book. And there will come to you a very real conviction as you do so that this is in very deed another witness for the Lord Jesus Christ” (Teachings of Gordon B. Hinckley [1997], 44).