3 Nephi 29-30
Reading Assignment for Thursday: 3 Nephi 29-30
Learning Activities:
1)Introduction
As Mormon concluded his account of the Savior’s visit among the Nephites, he explained that the coming forth of the Book of Mormon would be a sign that the Lord was fulfilling His covenant with the house of Israel. He also warned that those who reject the works of God will be subject to God’s judgments. Finally, he recorded the Savior’s invitation for all people to repent and be numbered among the house of Israel.
2) To help you understand your relationship to the house of Israel, read this quote from True to the Faith:
“It does not matter if your lineage in the house of Israel is through bloodlines or by adoption. As a member of the Church, you are counted as a descendant of Abraham and an heir to all the promises and blessings contained in the Abrahamic covenant” (True to the Faith: A Gospel Reference [2004], 112).
“As a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, you are a child of the covenant (see 3 Nephi 20:25–26). You have received the everlasting gospel and inherited the same promises given to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. You have the right to the blessings of the priesthood and to eternal life, according to your faithfulness in receiving the ordinances of salvation and keeping the associated covenants. Nations of the earth will be blessed by your efforts and by the labors of your posterity” (True to the Faith, 5–6).
3) Watch the first few minutes of this video then read 3 Nephi 30:1-2 and ponder why we need to repent.
Repentance: A Joyful Choice
4) Ponder deeply on how you are doing spiritually by reading each "evil doing" mentioned in 3 Nephi 30:2 and then responding with: 1)I do this often. 2) I sometimes do this. OR 3) I never do this. When you finish, make a goal to improve in one of these areas.
1) Lying and deceiving (leading someone to believe something that is not true)
2) Secret abominations (private actions that are sinful or offensive to God)
3) Idolatries (giving priority to the things of the world over the things of God)
4) Priestcrafts (participating in religious activities to glorify oneself rather than to serve God and others)
5) Envyings (being jealous or resentful of what someone else has)
6) Strifes (contention, fighting, or quarreling)
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3 Nephi 30:1–2. The gathering of Israel
President Spencer W. Kimball (1895–1985) taught:
“The gathering of Israel consists of joining the true church and their coming to a knowledge of the true God. … Any person, therefore, who has accepted the restored gospel, and who now seeks to worship the Lord in his own tongue and with the Saints in the nations where he lives, has complied with the law of the gathering of Israel and is heir to all of the blessings promised the Saints in these last days” (The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, ed. Edward L. Kimball [1982], 439).
