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"Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me." - John 5:39

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Alma 50


Vs 1- What did Moroni not stop doing?
What did he cause his armies to commence/start doing?
Vs 2- What did he cause to be built on the top of these ridges?
Vs 3- What did he cause to be built upon the timbers?
What were they like?
Vs 4- What else did he cause to be erected?
Why? (to do what)
What did he cause to be built upon those towers?
Why? (to protect them from what)
Vs 5- What were they prepared to do?
Who would they be able to slay?
Vs 6- Where did Moroni prepare strongholds?
Vs 7- Where did Moroni cause his armies to go?
What did they do?
Vs 8- Where did the land of Nephi cover?
Vs 9- Who did he cause to possess the land in the east wilderness?
Vs 10- Who did he place on the south borders?
What did he cause them to build?
Vs 11- Where did he fortify?
Where did the Nephites possess land?
Vs 12- Why did Moroni’s armies increase daily?
What did they seek to do?
Vs 13- What did the Nephites call the city they began to build?
Where was it?
Vs 14- Where else did they begin to build a city?
What did they call that city?
Vs 15- Where did they begin to build many cities?
What did they call one of them?
Vs 16- What year ended?
Vs 17- What were their circumstances like in the 21st year?
Vs 18- What did they become?
What did they do?
Vs 19- What are all the dealings of the Lord like?
Vs 19-20- What words were verified?
Vs 21- What had brought upon/caused wars and destructions among the Nephites?
Vs 22- How often were the faithful ones delivered?
What happened to their wicked brethren?
Vs 23- What were the days of Moroni like for the Nephites?
Vs 24- How did the 22nd and 23rd year end?
Vs 25- What was there contention about in the 24th year?
Vs 26- What did the people of Morianton claim?
What kind of a contention was there?
What were they determined to do?
Vs 27- What did the people of Lehi do?
Vs 28- How did this make the people of Moroni feel?
Who was their leader?
Vs 29- Where did he plan on taking them to?
Vs 30- What kind of a man was he?
What did he often do to his maid servant?
Vs 31- What did she do?
Vs 32- What were the people of Bountiful afraid Morianton would obtain?
Vs 33- What did Moroni send?
Why? (To do what)
Vs 34- Where did they head/meet them at?
Vs 35- Who led Moroni's army?
What were the people of Morianton like?
Why? (What were they inspired by)
Who killed Morianton?
What did they do to his army?
Vs 36- What did the people of Morianton have to do to be restored to their land?
What took place between them and the people of Lehi?
Vs 37- Who died?
How had he filled the judgement seat?
Vs 38- Who did Alma give the sacred records to?
Vs 39- Who took Nephihah's place as judge and governor over the people?
What did he take an oath to do?
Vs 40- What was his name?

Friday, December 21, 2012

Alma 49


Vs 1- Where were the armies of the Lamanites approaching?
Vs 2- What had the Nephites done to the city?
Why did they cast up dirt round about the borders?
Vs 3- What did the Lamanites suppose about Ammonihah?
Vs 4- How did the Lamanites feel when they saw the city?
Why?
Vs 5- Who was astonished and why?
Vs 6- How had the Lamanites prepared themselves?
Vs 7- What had they supposed they could do?
Vs 8-9- What were they astonished by?
Vs 10- What might have king Amalickiah caused the Lamanites to do if he were there?
Why? (What did he not care about?)
Vs 11- What did their chief captains dare not do?
Vs 12- Where did they head towards?
Why?  (What did they suppose)
Vs 13- What did they not know?
What did their chief captains do?
Vs 14- What did the city of Noah used to be like?
What had Moroni changed it to?
How did it compare with the city of Ammonihah?
Vs 15- What quality did this planning and strengthening show in Moroni?
Vs 16- Who had Moroni appointed to be captain over that city?
Vs 17- How did the Lamanites feel towards Lehi?
Why did they bring up their armies anyways?
Vs 18- What was the only way the Lamanites could get into their forts?
Why? (What prevented them from going in other ways?)
Vs 19- What were the Nephites prepared to do to those who tried to come any other away?
Vs 20- Who was prepared to smite any who came by their place of entrance?
Vs 21- What happened to the Lamanites who contended with the Nephites at their place of entrance?
Vs 22- How else did they try to get in?
What happened to them?
What filled up the ditches?
Vs 23- How long did the Lamanites attempt to destroy the Nephites?
How many Lamanites were slain?
How many Nephites were slain?
Vs 24- How many Nephites were wounded?
Where were their wounds?
Vs 25- What did the Lamanites do when they saw their chief captains were all slain?
Who did they go to inform of their loss?
Vs 26- How did Amalickiah feel?
Why?
Vs 27- Who did he curse?
What did he swear he would do?
Vs 28- What did the people of Nephi do?
Vs 29- How many years had judges been reigning among the Nephites?
Vs 30- What did they have among them and in the church?
Why?
Who declared the word of God unto them?

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Alma 48


Vs 1- What did Amalickiah begin to do as soon as he was the king?
Where did his men speak unto the Lamanites?
Vs 2- Who did Amalickiah seek to reign over?
Vs 3- What did he do to the Lamanites’ hearts and minds?
Vs 4- What was he determined to do?
Vs 5- Who did he appoint as chief captains over his armies?
Why? (What were they acquainted with?)
Vs 6- Where did their camp move toward?
Vs 7- What had Moroni been doing?
Vs 8- What else had he done to prepare?
Vs 9- Where did he place the greater number of his men?
Vs 10- What was he preparing to support?
What cause did they want to maintain?
Vs 11- What was Moroni like?
What did he joy in?
Vs 12- What was his heart swollen with?
What did he labor exceedingly for?
Vs 13- What was he firm in?
What had he sworn to do?
Vs 14- What were the Nephites taught to do?
What were they taught to never give?
When could they raise their swords?
Vs 15- What things did they believe God would do for them if they kept His commandments?
Vs 16- How else would God help them?
What did Moroni’s heart glory in?
Vs 17- What would happen if all men were like Moroni?
Vs 18- Who was he like?
Vs 19- Who else was serviceable unto the people?
How? (What did they do?)
Vs 20- What did the people do because of their words?
Who were they highly favored by?
What were they free from?
Vs 21- What were they compelled to do?
Vs 22- How did they feel about fighting the Lamanites?
How long did they war with them?
Vs 23- What did they not delight in?
Why were they sorry about sending so many of their brethren to the eternal world?
Vs 24- Why could they not lay down their lives? (What would happen to their families?)
Why had their brethren joined the Lamanites?
Vs 25- What was the promise of the Lord?

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Alma 47


Vs 1- What did Amalickiah do in the land of Nephi?
What did the king of the Lamanites ask his people to do?
Vs 2- How did the people feel?
What were they afraid of?
How many would not obey the commandments of the king?
Vs 3- How did the king feel about their disobedience?
What did he command Amalickiah to go forth and do?
Vs 4- What kind of a man was Amalickiah?
What plan did he have in his heart?
Vs 5- Who did he have command over?
Who did he seek to gain favor with?
Where had they fled to?
Why had they fled?
Vs 6- Why had they appointed a man to be their king? (What were they determined to not do)
Vs 7- Where had they gathered themselves?
Why? (What were they preparing for)
Vs 8- What were Amalickiah’s intentions?
Vs 9- What did he cause his army to do?
Vs 10- When and what did he send into the mount Antipas?
What did he desire their leader, Lehonti, to do?
Vs 11- What did Lehonti not dare to do?
How many times did Amalickiah send him the message to come down?
Vs 12- On the fourth invitation, what did he tell him to bring with him?
Vs 13- When did he tell him to come down?
What did he tell him to do?
What did Amalickiah want Lehonti to make him?
Vs 14- Who did Lehonti’s men surround at night?
Vs 15- What did Amalickiah’s men plead for?
Vs 16- Whose commands did Amalickiah go contrary to?
Why did Amalickiah desire this? (What was his design)
Vs 17- What was one of the Lamanite customs?
Vs 18- What did Amalickiah cause one of his servants to do to Lehonti?
Vs 19- Who did the Lamanites appoint to be their leader?
Vs 20- Where did Amalickiah march his armies?
Vs 21- What did the king suppose?
Vs 22- What did Amalikiah’s servants do when they went before the king?
Vs 23- What did the king do as a token of peace?
Vs 24- What did the first servant he raised do?
Vs 25- What did the king’s servants do?
Vs 26- Who did the servants of Amalickiah blame for the king’s death?
Vs 27- What did Amalickiah pretend to feel about the king’s death?
Vs 27-28- What did he tell those who loved the king to do?
Vs 29- Where did the king’s servants flee to?
Vs 30- How did Amalickiah gain the hearts of the people?
Vs 31- What city did he take possession of?
Vs 32-34- What did the Amalickiah and his servants tell the queen?
Vs 35- What did Amalickiah do with the queen?
What did he obtain and become?
How did he obtain it?
Vs 36- Who did these dissenters have the same knowledge as?
How did they compare with the Lamanites?
What did their ways become like?
Who did they forget?

Friday, December 14, 2012

Alma 46


Vs 1- Who gathered together against Helaman and his brethren?
Vs 2- How did they feel?
What were they determined to do?
Vs 3- Who was their leader?
Vs 4- What did he want to be?
What were the lower judges seeking?
Vs 5- How did Amalickiah lead them?
What did he promise them?
Vs 6- What did Amalickiah lead them to do?
What were Helaman and his brethren doing as high priests over the church?
Vs 7- Why did many people dissent from the church?
What were the affairs of the Nephites like now?
Vs 8- What are the children of men quick to do?
Vs 9- What can one very wicked man cause?
Vs 10- What was Amalickiah like?
What did he lead the hearts of many people to do?
What things did he seek to destroy?
Vs 11- How did Moroni feel towards Amalickiah?
Vs 12- What did he do?
What did he write on his coat?
What did he fasten it on to?
Vs 13- What did he put on?
What did he pray for?
Vs 14- Who were called Christians?
Vs 15- What were those who belonged to the church like?
How did they take upon them the name of Christ?
Vs 16- What did Moroni pray would be favored?
Vs 17- What did he name all the land?
Vs 18- When is the only time God will suffer them to be trodden down and destroyed?
Vs 19- What did he go forth among the people doing?
Why? (What did he want them all to see)
Vs 20- Who did he want to come forth?
What did he want them to enter into?
Vs 21- How did the people come to him?
Why did they rend their garments?
What will the Lord do to them if they fall into transgression?
Vs 22- Where did they cast their garments?
What did that symbolize?
Vs 23- Who are they a remnant of?
What happened to Joseph’s coat?
What will happen to them if they don’t keep the commandments of God?
Vs 24- What does he want them to preserve?
What did Jacob notice had been preserved and not decayed?
What did he prophesy should happen to a remnant of Joseph’s seed?
Vs 25- How does he feel about the remainder of Joseph’s seed who shall perish?
What brings his soul joy?
Vs 26- Who spoke those things?
Vs 27- Who might the remnant of Joseph’s seed who shall perish be?
What would cause it to be them?
Vs 28- Who did Moroni gather together?
Who were they willing to stand against?
Vs 29- Who was more numerous?
What were Amalickiahites doubtful about?
Where did he take his people?
Vs 30- What did Moroni not want the Lamanites to have?
Why did Moroni want to do to Amalickiah?
Why?
Vs 31-32- Where did he take/march his armies?
Why?
Vs 33- What did Amalickiah do?
Where the remainder of his men taken to?
Vs 34- Who was Moroni appointed by?
What did he have power to do?
Vs 35- Who did he cause to be put to death?
How may denied the covenant of freedom?
Vs 36- Where did Moroni cause the title of liberty to be hoisted?
Vs 37- What did they have again in the land?
Vs 38- What did Helaman and the high priests do?
How long did they have peace and rejoicing in the church?
Vs 39- What did many who died firmly believe?
How did they feel when they died?
Vs 40- What caused some of them to die?
What had God prepared to remove the causes of diseases?
Vs 41- What did many die of?
How did those who died in the faith of Christ feel?

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Alma 45


Vs 1- Why did the people of Nephi rejoice?
What did they give to the Lord?
What else did they do a lot?
Vs 2- What did Alma ask his son, Helaman?
Vs 3-What was Helaman’s answer?
Vs 4- Who did he ask him if he believed in?
Vs 5- What did he say?
Vs 6- What did Alma ask him to do?
Vs 7- How did he say he would keep the commandments?
Vs 8- What will the Lord do for him if he keeps the commandments?
Vs 9- When can Helaman make known the prophecy Alma’s about to tell him?
Vs 10- What does he say shall happen to the Nephites?
When will it happen?
Vs 11- What shall the Nephites see?
What shall those things cause them to become?
Vs 12- Why shall this happen to them?
What did they sin against?
Vs 13- Who shall no more be numbered among the people of Nephi?
Vs 14- Who shall be numbered among the Lamanites?
How many shall be called the disciples of the Lord?
What shall happen to them?
Why shall this prophecy be fulfilled?
Vs 15- Who did Alma bless?
What else did Alma bless?
Who did he bless it for?
Vs 16- Who did he curse the land for?
What can the Lord not allow?
Vs 17- Who else did the Alma bless?
Vs 18- Where did Alma go?
What do we not know about him?
Vs 19- What do we know about him?
What do we suppose?
Vs 20- When and what did Helaman go forth to do?
Vs 21- Why was it expedient that the word of God should be declared among them?
What was made throughout the church?
Vs 22- Where did they establish the church?
Who did they appoint to be over the all the churches?
Vs 23- What arose among the people?
What would they not do?
Vs 24- What did the people become?
Why were they lifted up in their hearts?

Monday, December 10, 2012

Alma 44


Vs 1- What did Moroni tell Zerahemnah they did not desire to be and do?
Vs 2- What reasons have the Nephites not come out to battle?
Why are the Lamanites angry with them?
Vs 3- Who is with the Nephites?
Why has he delivered the Lamanites into their hands?
What can the Lamanites not destroy?
Vs 4- How long will the Lord support, keep, and preserve them?
When will he suffer them to be destroyed?
Vs 5- How does Moroni command Zerahmenah? (in who’s name?)
How have they gained power over them? (by what eight things)
Vs 6- What does Moroni command him to do?
Vs 7- What will Moroni command his men to do if the Lamanites don’t stop fighting them?
Vs 8- What did Zerahemnah do?
What would he not do?
Vs 9- Who do the Lamanites not believe in?
What do they think has preserved the Nephites?
Vs 10- What did Moroni do and say?
Vs 11- What does he require them to do if they want to depart?
What two choices does he give them?
Vs 12- How did Zerahemnah feel towards Moroni?
What did he try to do to him?
What did one of Moroni’s soldiers do to him?
Vs 13- What did the soldier do with Zerahemnah’s scalp?
Vs 14- What did he tell the Lamanites?
Vs 15- How did many of them feel?
What did they do?
Vs 16- How did Zerahemnah feel?
What did he do get the remainder of his soldiers to contend more with the Nephites?
Vs 17- Why was Moroni angry?
What did he command his people to do?
Vs 18- What happened to the Lamanites?
Vs 19- What did Zerahemnah promise Moroni?
Vs 20- What did Moroni do?
What did the Lamanites enter into?
Vs 21- Why didn’t they number their dead?
Vs 22- Where did they cast/bury their dead?
Vs 23- Where did the armies of the Nephites return to?
Vs 24- Whose record does this end?

Friday, December 7, 2012

Alma 43


Vs 1- What could Alma not do?
What did he do?
Vs 2- What did they preach?
How did they preach it?
Vs 3- What is he talking about now?
Vs 4- Who did the Zoramites become?
What did the Nephites do when they saw that the Lamanites were coming upon them?
Vs 5- Who was the Lamanite leader?
Vs 6- Who did Zerahemnah appoint to be chief captains over the Lamanites?
Why?
Vs 7- What did Zerahemnah seek to preserve in the Lamanites?
Vs 8- How did he design/plan to gain power over the Lamanites?
How did he plan to gain power over the Nephites?
Vs 9- How was the design of the Nephites different? (What did they seek to preserve)
Vs 10- Who would the Lamanites seek to destroy if they captured the Nephites?
Vs 11- Who else did the Lamanites hate?
Vs 12- Why did the Nephites give them their lands for their inheritance?
Vs 13- What did the people of Ammon do to help?
Who all did the Nephites have to withstand?
Vs 14- What were the Nephites obliged to do?
Vs 15- While the Lamanites gathered, what did the Nephites do?
Vs 16- Who was appointed chief captain over the Nephites?
Who was he in command of?
Vs 17- What did he command?
How old was he?
Vs 18- Where did he meet the Lamanites?
What were his people armed with?
Vs 19- What did the Lamanites see?
Vs 20- What did the army of Zarahemnah have?
How were they dressed?
Vs 21- Why were they afraid of the armies of the Nephites?
Vs 22- Where did they take their journey?
What did they not suppose?
Vs 23- Who did Moroni send into the wilderness?
Why did he send men unto Alma? (What did he want Alma to do)
Vs 24- What did the Lord tell Alma?
Vs 25- Why did Moroni leave a part of his army in Jershon?
Vs 26- What did he cause the people in the land of Manti to do?
Vs 27- Where did Moroni cause his army to be?
Vs 28- Why did Moroni send spies round about?
Vs 29- What did Moroni know was the intention of the Lamanites?
Vs 30- What was the intention/desire of the Nephites?
What did Moroni think it was not a sin for the Nephites to do?
Vs 31- What did he do with part of his army?
Vs 32- What did he do with the rest of his army?
Vs 33- What was he prepared for?
Vs 34- Where did the Lamanites come up to?
Vs 35- Who led the part of the Nephite army which was concealed on the south of the hill Riplah?
What did he lead his army to do?
Vs 36- What did the Lamanites do?
Vs 37- Why was it more dreadful for the Lamanites?
Vs 38- What parts of the body were the Nephites shielded from?
Vs 39- How did the Lamanites feel?
What did they begin to do?
Vs 40- Who were they pursued by?
What were they driven to cross?
Vs 41- Who met them in the valley on the other side of the river Sidon?
What did they begin to do to them?
Vs 42- Where did the Lamanites flee to?
Who were they met by?
Vs 43- How did the Lamanites fight?
Vs 44- Who inspired them?
What did they fight like?
What did the Lamanites feel as they smote the Nephites?
Vs 45- What were the Nephites inspired by?
What were they fighting for?
Vs 46- What did they feel they were doing?
Why did the Lord tell them they should not suffer themselves to be slain?
Vs 47- Who did the Lord say they should defend?
Vs 48- Why were the men of Moroni about to shrink and flee from the Lamanites?
How did Moroni inspire their hearts?
Vs 49- Who did they cry unto?
How did they cry?
What did they cry for?
Vs 50- How did they begin to stand against the Lamanites?
What did they cry unto the Lord for?
What did the Lamanites begin to do?
Vs 51- How much more numerous were the Lamanites?
Where were they gathered together?
Vs 52- What did the armies of Moroni do?
Vs 53- How did Zarahemnah and the Lamanites feel?
Vs 54- What did Moroni command his men to do?

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Alma 42


Vs 1- What does his son think is injustice?
Vs 2- After God sent Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden, what did he do?
Vs 3- What had man become like?
Why did God place cherubim and the flaming sword by the tree of life?
Vs 4- Why did God grant men a probationary time? (what did he give them time to do)
Vs 5- What would have happened if Adam would have partaken of the tree of life?
What would he not have had space for?
What would have been void and frustrated?
Vs 6- What was appointed unto man?
What else were they cut off from?
What did man become like?
Vs 7- In what 2 ways were men cut off?
What/Who did they become subjects to?
Vs 8- What death should they not be reclaimed from yet?
Vs 9- What is spiritual death?
What death should mankind be reclaimed from?
Vs 10- What had their nature become like?
What did this probationary state become?
Vs 11- If it weren’t for the plan of redemption, what would our souls be like when we died?
Why?
Vs 12- How did man bring this fallen state upon himself?
Vs 13- What conditions does justice require in this probationary state for man to be redeemed?
If mercy destroys justice, what does God cease to be?
Vs 14- What were all mankind in the grasp of?
What did it consign them to forever be?
Vs 15- What brings about the plan of mercy?
Who atones for the sins of the world?
What does this plan appease?
What is God like?
Vs 16- What is needs to exist for repentance to come unto men?
How does it compare with the plan of happiness?
Vs 17- What do men repent of?
What does sin break?
What does a law require?
Vs 18- What was given and what was affixed?
When men sin against a law, what do they feel?
Vs 19-20 If there were no laws or punishments, what would men not feel about sinning?
Vs 21- What would have no claim upon men?
Vs 22- What does mercy claimeth?
If men doesn’t repent, what claimeth the creature?
Vs 23- How is mercy brought to the penitent? (because of what?)
What else does the atonement bring to pass?
Where does the resurrection bring/restore men to?
How will men be judged?
Vs 24- Who will be saved?
Vs 25- What can mercy not do?
Vs 26- What does God bring about?
When were they prepared?
Vs 27- Who may freely partake of the waters of life?
What will God not do to those who do not want to come?
What will happen in the last day?
Vs 28- If man does evil and doesn’t repent, what shall be restored unto him?
Vs 29- What should he let trouble him?
How should he let it trouble him?
Vs 30- What should he not deny?
What should he not do to himself?
How should he let God’s justice, mercy, and long suffering affect him?
Vs 31- What is he called to do?
How should he declare the word?
What is his purpose among men?

Monday, December 3, 2012

Alma 41


Vs 1- Why have some gone astray?
Vs 2- What is the plan of restoration requisite with?
What does the soul of man need to be restored to?
Vs 3- What does justice require that men shall be judged by?
At the last day, who will be restored unto that which is good?
Vs 4- Who will evil be restored unto?
What shall all things be restored unto?
What will mortality and corruption be raised to?
What are the two ends we can be raised to?
Vs 5- Who will be raised to happiness and goodness?
Who will be raised to evil when the night cometh?
Vs 6- Who will be rewarded unto righteousness?
Vs 7- Who are they redeemed by?
What are they delivered from?
What two things will happen to men at judgment day?
Who are men’s judges?
Vs 8- What is unalterable?
What is prepared?
Who will be saved?
Vs 9- What does Alma tell his son to not risk?
Vs 10- What will sin not be restored to?
What was never happiness?
Vs 11- What state are all men in?
Who are men without in the world?
What is that state contrary to?
Vs 12-13- What does the word “restoration” mean?
Vs 14- What does Alma tell his son to be with his brethren?
What else does he tell him to do?
If he does those things, what shall be restored unto him again?
Vs 15- What shall return unto him again?
Who does the restoration condemn and not justify?