Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Alma 9-11

Alma 9-11 Study Guide – to be discussed January 17
Day 1: Read Alma 9:1-18; Alma 16:9-10; Deuteronomy 17:6 [Note: Read the head note that introduces chapters 9-14. Whose words are recorded here?]
1. Read Deuteronomy 17:6. What law did the people of Ammonihah invoke against Alma? What did they lack an understanding or knowledge of? What had they forgotten?



BONUS: Read Alma 16:9-10. How wrong were the people of Ammonihah?

2. What commandment of God did Alma deliver? What was the warning associated with the command?



3. Give three prophecies Alma expounded regarding the Lamanites.



Day 2: Read Alma 9:19-34; D&C 82:3; James 4:17
4. List in two columns the blessings from God Alma asked the Ammonihahites to remember: temporal and spiritual.




5. Why were the Nephites more accountable than the Lamanites? (see also D&C 82:3; James 4:17)



6. According to Alma, how can we prepare the way of the Lord? How did the people of Ammonihah react to Alma’s address? Why?



BONUS: From Alma 9:21, list gifts of the Spirit.


Day 3: Read Alma 10:1-15
7. Who were the prophets in Amulek’s genealogy.



8. How was Amulek able to recognize the truth when he heard it? What was the reaction of the people to his witness?



9. What was the apparent motivation behind the lawyers’ questions?


Day 4: Read Alma 10:16-32
10. How did Amulek know what the lawyers were up to? How are the ways of the righteous perverted today?

11. What had saved the people of Ammonihah up to this point? Is this principle true today?



12. What was the real motivation behind the attacks against Alma and Amulek?


Day 5: Read Alma 11:1-19
13. How much did judges earn per day? What was this worth in barley or grain?


14. What was the Nephites’ largest unit of currency? What was it worth?


15. Why do you think Alma and Mormon included a listing of the currency used among the Nephites? What does it tell you about their civilization? about our own?




Day 6: Read Alma 11:20-35; review Alma 10:4
16. Who was Zeezrom and what was his agenda?



BONUS: How many days’ wages did Zeezrom offer Amulek to deny his testimony?

17. Review Alma 10:4. Was Amulek a man of means? Was it his comfortable situation that kept him from accepting the bribe Zeezrom offered?



18. What was Zeezrom’s second approach in attempting to discredit Amulek?



Day 7: Read Alma 11:36-46
19. In answer to Zeezrom’s question in Alma 11:38, Amulek gave two examples of how Jesus can be called the Eternal Father of heaven and earth. What were they?



20. What do we learn about the resurrection through Amulek’s extended answer?




21. How did Zeezrom and the people react to Amulek’s powerful teachings?


BONUS: Why do people want to be saved IN their sins instead of FROM their sins?

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