3 Nephi 4-6

3 Nephi 4-6 Study Guide: To be discussed November 6??
Day 1: Read 3 Nephi 4:1-10; 1 John 4:15-18
1. Why couldn’t the robbers exist except in the wilderness?



2. What was the Nephite strategy and why was it so effective?



3. Read 1 John 4:15-18. Why weren’t the Nephites afraid of Giddianhi and his terrible army?



Day 2: Read 3 Nephi 4:11-23; Alma 16:9-11; Alma 28:10-11
4. Read Alma 16:9-11 and Alma 28:10-11 with 3 Nephi 4:11. By comparison, how terrible was the slaughter in the 19th year after the signs of Christ’s birth?



5. Review 3 Nephi 3:21. Why didn’t Gidgiddoni attack first? Do you think the Nephites would have been victorious had they not waited for the robbers to attack?



6. List 3 reasons why the siege by the robbers was unsuccessful.



Day 3: Read 3 Nephi 4:24-33; Deuteronomy 21:22-23; Matthew 27:3-5; 1 Nephi 11:35-36
7. Does it sound like Gidgiddoni had spies among the robbers? What was his strategy? Did he show mercy?



8. Read Deuteronomy 21:22-23; Matthew 27:3-5 and 1 Nephi 11:35-36. What symbolism can be found in the manner of Zemnariah’s death?



9. Look up the word “Hosanna” in the Bible Dictionary and tell what it means. Why did the Nephites use the word “hosanna” in their rejoicing?



Day 4: Read 3 Nephi 5:1-13
10. How many times is the word “knew” used in 3 Nephi 5:1-2? What did the Nephites KNOW? What did that knowledge cause them to DO?



11. Describe the two-pronged rehabilitation process used by the Nephites.

12. From 3 Nephi 5:10-13, what did Mormon KNOW and bear witness of?



Day 5: Read 3Nephi 5:14-26; Mormon 9:30-33
13. From 3 Nephi 5:14, list two reasons why Mormon compiled his record. Upon what two sources did he rely?



14. Read Mormon 9:30-33. Why did Mormon write in reformed Egyptian? How did he feel about his record?



15. List promises made to the “remnant of the seed of Jacob. Who is meant by the remnant of Jacob’s seed?





Day 6: Read 3 Nephi 6:1-16; Review 3 Nephi 3:22
16. Compare 3 Nephi 6:1 with 3 Nephi 3:22. How many years did the Nephites spend garrisoned in the Zarahemla area before returning to their own lands? How did they establish peace and order?



17. List the steps that led to disunity – the destruction of peace and order.




18. What did inequality among members do to the church?



Day 7: Read 3 Nephi 6:17-30; Mosiah 3:11-12; 1 Samuel 8:1-7
19. How many years had passed between the time when there was “not a living soul among all the people of the Nephites who did doubt in the least the words of all the holy prophets who had spoken” (3 Nephi 5:1) and the “state of awful wickedness” described in 3 Nephi 6:17?



BONUS: Read Mosiah 3:11-12. How is willful rebellion worse than ignorance?



20. Of what did the prophets testify in teaching the fallen Nephites? Why were the chief judges, high priests and lawyers angry?



21. Read 1 Samuel 8:1-7. Who are people rejecting when they ask for a king? Why?