3 Nephi 7-9

3 Nephi 7-9 Study Guide – to be discussed Nov. 6
Day 1: Read 3 Nephi 7:1-14; 2 Peter 2:9-10, 21-22
1. List the results of disunity in the 30th year.


2. Compare 3 Nephi 7:1-3 with 2 Peter 2:9-10, 21-22. List three ways in which the Nephites fit the pattern described by Peter.



3. What united the various tribes of people? What divided them? What was the name of the “king of the dissenters?



BONUS: What was wrong with the “peace” that existed?


Day 2: Read 3 Nephi 7:15-26
4. List three things of which Nephi was a special witness.



5. What miracles did the people witness? What was the general reaction? What was happening in Judea at the same time these events took place on the Western Hemisphere?



6. In what way(s) was Nephi’s mission successful? Why could the people NOT disbelieve Nephi’s words?



Day 3: Read 3 Nephi 8:1-11; Helaman 14:20-27; Alma 50:13
7. How do we know Nephi was “a just man” – cleansed from iniquity?



8. Compare 3 Nephi 8:5-10 with Helaman 14:20-27. List the fulfillments of Samuel’s prophecies. How much time had the Nephites had to repent and prepare for the storm?



9. According to Alma 50:13, where was the city of Moroni? What happened to this city?


Day 4: Read 3 Nephi 8:12-25; D&C 88:4-13
10. Was the most damage incurred in the north or the south? Were any cities listed as untouched?



11. How dark was it? For how long?


BONUS: Read D&C 88:4-13. What is the source of all light? How does light create hope?



12. Why did the people howl and weep?




Day 5: Read 3 Nephi 9:1-8; 1 Nephi 19:11-12
13. Was it still dark when the people heard the voice of Christ? What was the first counsel given by the Lord? Do you think the people were ready to listen?



14. List the cities named by the Lord and how they were destroyed. What reasons did the Lord give for their destruction?




15. Was the destruction random or at all haphazard? Why or why not?



Day 6: Read 3 Nephi 9:9-14
16. Were those who were spared perfect? In not, why were they spared? (See also 3 Nephi 10:12.)



17. How does the Lord heal us?



18. Identify one command and the associated promise(s) in 3 Nephi 9:14.



Day 7: Read 3 Nephi 9:15-22; D&C 21:9; D&C 97:8
19. List names of Christ in 3 Nephi 9:15-28.



20. What sacrifice did the Lord require instead of blood sacrifices and burnt offerings? Read also D&C 21:9, 97:8. How are we to accomplish this sacrifice?




21. From 3 Nephi 9:21-22, what was the Savior’s reason for putting on mortality? Compare these verses with 3 Nephi 9:15-18. Who was this Jesus of Nazareth? Who is he to you?