Alma 36

February 08, 2018

Alma 36

Reading Assignment: Alma 36

NOTE: Tomorrow I will be posting lesson plans for a TEACHING OPPORTUNITY that goes with our lesson for Alma 37. If you would like to volunteer to be one of our "student teachers" for your class, please let me know TODAY or TOMORROW. I need 3 from each class. I will be extending invitations if no one volunteers by end of class Friday so that you have the weekend to prepare.

Learning Activities:

1) This quote may help you understand Alma 36:11-16

Pres. Packer explained:

“Racked means ‘tortured.’ Anciently a rack was a framework on which the victim was laid with each ankle and wrist tied to a spindle which could then be turned to cause unbearable pain.

“A harrow is a frame with spikes through it. When pulled across the ground, it rips and tears into the soil. The scriptures frequently speak of souls and minds being ‘harrowed up’ with guilt.

“Torment means ‘to twist,’ a means of torture so painful that even the innocent would confess” (Boyd K. Packer, “The Touch of the Master’s Hand,” Ensign, May 2001, 23).

2) Add this quote to your scriptures by Alma 36:19

Pres. Uchtdorf

“Satan will try to make us believe that our sins are not forgiven because we can remember them. Satan is a liar; he tries to blur our vision and lead us away from the path of repentance and forgiveness. God did not promise that we would not remember our sins. Remembering will help us avoid making the same mistakes again. But if we stay true and faithful, the memory of our sins will be softened over time. This will be part of the needed healing and sanctification process. Alma testified that after he cried out to Jesus for mercy, he could still remember his sins, but the memory of his sins no longer distressed and tortured him, because he knew he had been forgiven (see Alma 36:17–19)” (Dieter F. Uchtdorf, “Point of Safe Return,” Ensign or Liahona, May 2007, 101).

3) What does this chapter inspire you to do?