Helaman 10-13 Study Guide

Helaman 10-13 Study Guide – to be discussed October 2
Day 1: Read Helaman 10:1-19; Review Helaman 7:10-9:41; D&C 50:29
1. What was Nephi’s state of mind as he pondered in his heart? List how the voice of the Lord blessed him as he was thus pondering, ie: why was the Lord pleased with him? See also D&C 50:29.



BONUS: List the Lord’s promises to Nephi.


2. What was Nephi’s immediate reaction after he received instruction from the Lord? Review what he had been through earlier that same day in Helaman 7:10-9:41. Do you think he was tired?



3. What was the crowd reaction to Nephi’s further preaching?



Day 2: Read Helaman 11:1-19
4. About how long did Nephi wait and suffer the wars and contentions of the people before he cursed the land with famine? What was the purpose of the famine? Do you think Nephi was personally impacted by the famine?



5. How long did it take for the wicked to REMEMBER the Lord their God and the words of Nephi? What specific act did Nephi list as part of their repentance?


6. How do we know the people recognized who had power over the elements?



Day 3: Read Helaman 11:20-38
7. List highlights of the 76th through 79th years of the reign of the judges. Which of these highlights seems most amazing to you?



8. What kind of warfare tactics did the Nephite dissenters and angry Lamanites use? Why?



9. Make a chart showing the rise and fall of wickedness in the 80th through 85th years of the reign of the judges. Why did the Gadianton robbers become so powerful?




Day 4: Read Helaman 12:1-17; 3 Nephi 28:32-35
10. What do you think Mormon means when he refers to the “unsteadiness” of the hearts of the people? What kinds of unsteadiness do we see today?
11. Read 3 Nephi 28:32-35 with Helaman 12:2-6. List ways in which people “trample under their feet the Holy One.”



12. According to Mormon, how are we dumber than dirt?



Day 5: Read Helaman 12:18-26; Helaman 13:17-20; Mormon 1:18
13. Why would the Lord curse buried treasure? Read also Helaman 13:17-20, Mormon 1:18.



14. What worse curse is upon those who do iniquity?


15. Why do we have the principle of repentance? What did Mormon add to repentance as necessary for a restoration to grace?



Day 6: Read Helaman 13:1-20 with headnote; Matthew 6:19-21
16. What was the general state of the Nephites in the 86th year of the reign of the judges? the state of the Lamanites? What was the reaction of the Nephites to Samuel’s preaching?



17. What was the Lord’s message through Samuel? What did he have to do to be heard? How long had it been since the famine?



BONUS: How many times might Samuel’s prophecy be fulfilled?


18. Speaking again of the curse of treasures, how did Samuel suggest hidden treasure could be redeemed? Can you apply this principle to treasures that are not monetary? See also Matthew 6:19-21.



Day 7: Read Helaman 13:21-39; Helaman 12:6; Ezekiel 13:1-3
19. What were the Nephites remembering? Why? What were they forgetting?



20. In what way(s) do we sometimes cast prophets out today? Read Ezekiel 13:1-3. What is a “blind guide”? See also Helaman12:6.



21. Why did Samuel tell the people their days of probation were past? Couldn’t they still repent? See also D&C 63:5-7.