Mormon 8
Reading for class on Thurs. Apr 26: Mormon 8
Learning Activities:
1) Read the following statement from President Ezra Taft Benson: “I would like to speak about one of the most significant gifts given to the world in modern times. The gift I am thinking of is more important than any of the inventions that have come out of the industrial and technological revolutions. This is a gift of greater value to mankind than even the many wonderful advances we have seen in modern medicine. It is of greater worth to mankind than the development of flight or space travel. I speak of the gift of .”
Moroni taught about this gift in Mormon 8. Read Mormon 8:12–14 to find out what the gift is. The phrase “this record” refers to the Book of Mormon. The Book of Mormon is the gift that President Benson spoke of (see “The Book of Mormon—Keystone of our Religion,” Ensign, Nov. 1986, 4). Write the Book of Mormon in the blank at the end of President Benson’s statement.
- What do you think the gift President Benson referred to might be?
Moroni taught about this gift in Mormon 8. Read Mormon 8:12–14 to find out what the gift is. The phrase “this record” refers to the Book of Mormon. The Book of Mormon is the gift that President Benson spoke of (see “The Book of Mormon—Keystone of our Religion,” Ensign, Nov. 1986, 4). Write the Book of Mormon in the blank at the end of President Benson’s statement.
2) Concerning the Book of Mormon, President Ezra Taft Benson taught:
“We must make the Book of Mormon a center focus of study [because] it was written for our day. The Nephites never had the book; neither did the Lamanites of ancient times. It was meant for us. …
“Each of the major writers of the Book of Mormon testified that he wrote for future generations. …
“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?’” (“The Book of Mormon—Keystone of Our Religion,” 6).
“We must make the Book of Mormon a center focus of study [because] it was written for our day. The Nephites never had the book; neither did the Lamanites of ancient times. It was meant for us. …
“Each of the major writers of the Book of Mormon testified that he wrote for future generations. …
“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?’” (“The Book of Mormon—Keystone of Our Religion,” 6).
3) Set a Goal:
Setting Goals to Apply What You Learn
Setting goals to apply what you learn can help you act in faith, learn more from your study, and progress spiritually. Seek the guidance of the Holy Ghost as you set goals. Make sure your goals require effort but are also realistic and achievable. Write specifically what you will do, when you plan to do it, and how you plan to do it.