Scripture Study

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

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Alma 14


Vs 1- What did many people begin to do after he spoke? (name 3 things)
Vs 2- How did most of them feel towards Alma?
Why?
What did they say Amulek had done?
Vs 3- What did they seek to do to Alma and Amulek?
Vs 4- Who did they take them to?
Vs 5- What did they testify that they had done?
What did they say that Alma and Amulek had said about God?
Vs 6- What caused their minds to be blind?
How did Zeezrom’s soul begin feel and be encircled by?
Vs 7- What did he begin to cry unto the people?
What did they do to him?
Who else did they cast out?
Vs 8- What did they do to all those who believed in the word of God?
What else did they destroy?
Vs 9- Where did they take Alma and Amulek?
Why?
Vs 10- How did Amulek feel when he saw this?
What did he want to do?
Vs 11- Who constrained Alma from saving them?
Why did the Lord suffer them to do this thing?
Vs 12- What did Amulek thing would happen to themselves?
Vs 13- Why did Alma say they would not be burned?
Vs 14- What did the chief judge do to Alma and Amulek?
What did he ask them?
Vs 15- What did he say they did not have power to do?
Vs 16- Who was this judge like?
Vs 17- What was Alma and Amulek’s answer to him?
Why did he deliver them to the officers?
Vs 18- Who came into the prison to see them?
What did Alma and Amulek say to them?
Vs 19- What did the judge say he had power to do?
What did he command them to do?
What did Alma and Amulek do?
Vs 20- What did the judge and many people do to them?
What did they ask them to do with their power?
Vs 21- What else did they do to them?
Vs 22- What did they do to them for many days?
What did they withhold from them?
What did they take from them?
What were they bound with?
Vs 23- How many days did they suffer?
Vs 24- What did the chief judge say the people would do if Alma and Amulek delivered themselves?
Vs 25- What did all the people do and say to them?
What was upon Alma and Amulek?
Vs 26- What did Alma ask the Lord to give him?
What did Alma and Amulek do?
What did the people feel and do?
Vs 27- What did their great fear cause them to do?
What did the earth do?
What happened to all those who smote Alma and Amulek?
Vs 28- Who came out of the prison unhurt?
Why had the Lord granted unto them power?
Who was slain?
Vs 29- Why did the people come running together?
What did they do when they saw Alma and Amulek?

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Alma 13


Vs 1- Why did God ordain priests? (What did he want them to do)
Vs 2- How were the priests ordained?
Vs 3- When were they called and ordained?
Why were they the ones called? (on account of what)
What did they choose and exercise?
Vs 4- Why would others reject the Spirit of God?
What might they have had?
Vs 5- What were they on in the first place?
Who was this holy calling prepared for?
Vs 6- What were they called to do?
Why? (So that the children of men also might do what)
Vs 7- When was this priesthood order prepared?
How was it prepared? (according to what)
Vs 8- What were they called and ordained with?
What did they take upon them?
What is the high priesthood like?
Vs 9- How long with they be high priests?
What is the Son of God like?
Vs 10- Who became high priests of God? (Those who had and did what)
Vs 11- How were their garments washed white?
Vs 12- Who were they sanctified by?
How did they look upon sin?
How many entered into the Lord’s rest?
Vs 13- What do we have to do to also enter into that rest?
Vs 14- Who should we humble ourselves like?
Who also took upon him the high priesthood forever?
Vs 15- What did Abraham pay him?
How much did he pay?
Vs 16- Why were these ordinances given?
What are they a type of?
Who should these ordinances help us look forward to?
What should we look to him for?
What can we enter into?
Vs 17- What had Melchizedek’s people waxed strong in?
What were they full of?
Vs 18- What did Melchiedek preach unto his people?
What did the people do?
What did Melchizedek establish in the land?
Vs 19- How many kings were greater than him?
Vs 20- What shall happen to us if we wrest the scriptures?
Vs 21- When should we repent?
Why? (What is coming soon/drawing nigh)
Vs 22- How does the Lord declare it unto all nations? (by whom)
Why do they declare it? (That we may have what)
Who are the glad tidings sounded among?
Vs 23- Why are they made known in plain terms?
How are they highly favored?
Vs 24- Why are angels declaring it unto many? (For what purpose)
Vs 25- When does Alma hope that the Lord will come?
How will he feel or do when the Lord comes?
Vs 26- Who will the coming of the Lord be made known unto?
What will be fulfilled?
How did their fathers speak of Christ? (according to what)
Vs 27- How does he feel for his brethren?
What does he greatly want them to do? (name 3 things)
Vs 28- What should we do continually?
Why?
What will we become if we are led by the Holy Spirit?
Vs 29- Who should we have faith in?
What should we have hope for?
What should we have always in our hearts?
Vs 30- What does he hope the Lord will grant us?
What does he not want us to be bound by and not suffer?
Vs 31- What is not written in this book?

Friday, September 14, 2012

Alma 12


Vs 1- What did Amulek catch Zeezrom in?
Why did Zeezrom begin to tremble?
What did Alma explain and unfold?
Vs 2- Who heard the words Alma spoke unto Zeezrom?
Vs 3- Who has Zeezrom lied unto?
What does God know?
How did he make that known unto Alma and Amulek? (by what)
Vs 4- What was Zeezrom’s plan like?
What did he do to this people?
Why? (What did he want them to do to Alma and Amulek)
Vs 5- Who’s plan was this?
Where did he exercise his power?
Vs 6- What was this plan?
Who did the adversary want to catch?
What did he want to bring them into?
What did he want to encircle them with?
How does he chain us down? (according to what)
Vs 7- Why did Zeezrom tremble more? (What was he convinced of)
What did Alma and Amulek know of?
How did they know these things? (according to what)
Vs 8- What did Zeezrom want to know more concerning?
What did he ask the meaning of?
Vs 9- What does God give many people a knowledge of?
How does he command them to impart his word to men? (according to what)
Vs 10- Who receives the lesser portion of the word?
Who does he give the greater portion of his word to?
What will they eventually know in full?
Vs 11- Who is given the lesser portion of the word?
What will they know?
What will the devil do with them?
Vs 12- How did Amulek speak about death, resurrection, and judgment?
Vs 13- What will our state be like if we harden our hearts?
Why? (What shall we be?)
Vs 14- What 3 things shall condemn us?
What will we not dare to do in that state?
What would we want to hide from?
Vs 15- What must we do?
What must we acknowledge?
Who does God have power to save?
Vs 16- What kind of death is the second death?
Who shall die this death?
What things do they die of?
Vs 17- What shall their torments be like?
What shall they be chained down to?
Whose will are they subjected to?
Vs 18- What can they not be and do?
Vs 19- How did the people feel after hearing these words?
Vs 20- What change did Antionah ask about?
Vs 21- Why did God put cheribum and a flaming sword on the east of the garden of Eden?
What would happen if they ate the fruit of the tree of life?
Vs 22- How did Adam fall? (By doing what)
What did it cause all mankind to become?
Vs 23- If Adam would have partaken of the fruit of the tree of life, what would not have happened when he partook of the fruit of the tree of knowledge?
Vs 24- Who does death come upon?
Why was a space granted unto men? (So that he might do what)
What did this life become?
What should we use our time in this life to do?
Vs 25- If there was no plan of redemption laid, what could not have been?
Vs 26- If Adam and Eve partook of the tree of life, what would they be?
Why? (What would they not have had?)
What would have been frustrated?
What would have been void?
Vs 27- What was appointed unto men?
Where must they come after death?
Vs 28- What did God see that it was expedient unto man to know?
Vs 29- How does he teach them?
Vs 30- What did they (Adam and Eve) begin to do?
What did God make known unto them?
How did he make it known? (according to what 3 things)
Vs 31- What did he give unto men?
What had they done with the first commandments?
What did they become as?
What did they know?
What state did they place themselves in?
Vs 32- What did God make known unto them before giving them commandments?
What is the penalty for doing evil?
What kind of a death is it?
Who does the plan of redemption have no power on?
Why not? (What cannot be destroyed)
Vs 33- How did God call on men?
What did he tell them that the plan was?
Vs 34- Who shall have claim on mercy?
How shall they? (through whom)
What will receive and enter into?
Vs 35- Who shall not enter into his rest?
Vs 36- Why will some of you not enter into the rest of God?
What does your iniquity provoke God to do?
What is this last provocation like?
Where will he send you to?
Vs 37- What should we do so we don’t get the Lord’s wrath upon us in his second commandments?
What should we enter into?

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Alma 11


Vs 1- What did the judges receive for their time spent judging?
Vs 2- If a man owed another and would not pay, who was he brought before?
How was he judged? (according to what)
What happened to the man if he still won’t pay what he owed?
Vs 3- What wages did a judge receive for a day’s time?
Vs 4- Who named their different pieces of gold and silver?
Who did they not reckon or measure after?
How did they reckon and measure? (according to what)
Vs 5- What was the smallest measure of gold?
Vs 6- What was the smallest measure of silver?
Vs 7- What was a senum of silver equal to? (name 2 things)
Vs 8- How much more worth was the seon of gold than the senine?
Vs 9- How much more was a shum of gold than a seun?
Vs 10- How much was a limnah of gold worth?
Vs 11- How many senums was an amnor of silver worth?
Vs 12- How many senums was an exrom of silver worth?
Vs 13- What was as great as them all?
Vs 14- What values of reckoning are in the next few verses?
Vs 15-19- Put these numbers in order from least to greatest: leah, shiblum, antion, shiblon
Vs 20- What was their sole purpose in stirring up the people to riotings, disturbances, and wickedness?
Why? (What did they get more of)
Vs 21- What was Zeezrom an expert in?
What did he want to destroy?
What did he ask Amulek to do?
Vs 22- How did Amulek say he would answer? (according to what)
What does he bribe Amulek to do?
Vs 23- What do the righteous not do?
Vs 24- Why does Zeezrom say there is no God? (What does he love more than God?
Vs 25- What did Zeezrom have in his heart to do with the money?
What was his only desire?
What is he going to get for this great evil?
Vs 26-27- What kind of a God does Amulek say there is?
Vs 28-29- How many Gods are there?
Vs 30-31- How does Amulek know these things?
Vs 32-33- Who shall come?
Vs 34- What hall the Son of God not do?
Why not? (what is it impossible for him to do)
Vs 35- What did Zeezrom tell the people to do?
What does he tell them that Amulek said the Son of God would not do?
Vs 36- What does Amulek tell Zeezrom that he has done?
Vs 37- What cannot inherit the kingdom of heaven?
What can you not be saved in?
Vs 38-39- What is the Son of God the very Eternal Father of?
Vs 40- What does he come into the world to do?
Whose transgressions shall he take upon himself?
What shall they have?
Vs 41- Who will remain as though there was no redemption made?
What shall happen to all people?
Vs 42- What death shall the death of Christ loose the bands of?
Who shall be raised from this death?
Vs 43- What shall be reunited in its perfect form?
Who shall we be brought to stand before?
What shall we have a bright recollection of?
Vs 44- Who shall this restoration come to?
What shall not be lost?
What shall every thing be restored to?
Why shall we be brought before the bar of God?
Vs 45- What shall this mortal body be raised to?
What will never again be divided?
What will they see no more of?
Vs 46- How did the people feel after hearing these words?
What did Zeezrom begin to do?

Friday, September 7, 2012

Alma 10


Vs 1- Who was Amulek preaching unto?
Vs 2- Who is he a descendant of?
What did his ancestor do?
Vs 3- Who else is he a descendant of?
Who does he trace his ancestry back to?
Vs 4- What kind of a reputation does he have?
What does he have much of?
Vs 5- What has he never know much of?
What has he seen the Lord do with his marvelous power?
Vs 6- What did he do with is heart?
What would he not do?
What did he go on doing?
Vs 7- Where was he going when the angel came unto him?
Who did the angel tell him he should receive?
What else did the angel tell him that he should do for him?
What shall he do for him and his house?
Vs 8- What did Amulek do?
Who is the man he found and received?
Vs 9- What kind of a man is he?
How does Amulek know he is that kind of a man?
Vs 10- What does he know is true?
Who has made these things manifest unto him?
When?
Vs 11- Who did Alma bless?
Vs 12- Why were the people astonished? (What did they see)
What did Alma and Amulek testify of?
How did they testify? (according to what)
Vs 13- What did some of the people want to use cunning devices to do?
Who did they want to deliver Alma and Amulek to?
Vs 14- What were these men who sought to destroy them?
Vs 15- What were they learned in?
Vs 16- Why did they begin to question Amulek? (What did they want to make him do)
Vs 17- What did they not know?
What did Amulek perceive?
What did he call them?
What did he say they were laying?
Vs 18- What are they planning to do?
What will they bring down upon their heads?
Vs 19- When are people ripe for destruction?
Vs 20- How does the Lord cry unto this people?
What does he tell them to do?
Vs 21- What will the Lord come with in his hands?
Vs 22- If it weren’t for the prayers of the righteous, what would God visit the people with?
How would he destroy them? (by what)
Vs 23- How are they spared? (by what)
What will the Lord do if they cast out the righteous from among them?
What will they be smitten with?
When will these things happen?
Vs 24- How did the people feel towards Amulek?
What did they say he reviled against?
Vs 25- What does Amulek say that Satan has great hold upon?
What have the people done unto Satan?
What has Satan done to their eyes?
Vs 26- What has Amulek not spoken against?
Vs 27- Who is beginning to lay the foundation of the destruction of this people?
Vs 28- Who did the people say Amulek was a child of?
Why? (What did they say he did)
Vs 29- Who did they say he reviled against?
Vs 30- What did the lawyers put in their hearts?
Vs 31- What was Zeezrom the foremost to do?
Why? (What was he like and what did he have)
Vs 32- What was the object of these lawyers?
How did they get it?

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Alma 9


Vs 1- What did the people begin to do with Alma?
Vs 2- What did they not believe the testimony of?
Vs 3- What did they not believe would happen to the earth?
Vs 4- Why will they not believe his words? (What do they not believe can happen to their city?)
Vs 5- Why didn’t they know of God’s power? (What were they like)
Vs 6- What did they think God should send more of?
Vs 7- What did they stand up to do?
How did Alma stand and testify? (with what)
Vs 8- What is their generation like?
What have they forgotten? (name 2 things)
Vs 9- What do they not remember that God did for Lehi?
Vs 10- What have they forgotten that God did many times for their fathers?
Vs 11- Why have they been saved? (Because of God’s what)
Vs 12- What does the Lord command them to do?
What will he do if they don’t?
What will he not turn away?
Vs 13- What is the blessing for keeping the commandments?
What is the consequence for not keeping the commandments?
Vs 14- Why were the Lamanites cut off from the presence of the Lord?
Vs 15- Who shall it be more tolerable for in judgment day and in this life?
Vs 16- What is extended to the Lamanites?
What has caused them to remain in their state of ignorance?
What will the Lord be and do for them?
Vs 17- What will they do at some period of time?
Who will the Lord be merciful unto?
Vs 18- If they persist in wickedness, what will their days not be?
Who will he send upon them?
If they don’t repent, what will God visit them with?
Vs 19- What will the Lord not suffer them to do?
What will he suffer the Lamanites to do?
What has the Lord given much of to the Nephites?
Vs 20- What has the Lord done for the Nephites?
What has he made known unto them?
Vs 21- Who have they been visited by?
Who have they conversed with and been spoken to by?
What did they have much of?
Vs 22- Where did God deliver them from?
What has he saved them from?
What has he brought them out of?
Vs 23- Why is it more tolerable for the Lamanites to fall into transgression than for them?
Vs 24- What is not extended to them if they transgress?
What has the Lord promised if they rebel against him?
Vs 25- Why has the Lord sent an angel to visit many his people?
What has the angel told them to say unto this people?
Vs 26- Who is coming in glory soon?
What is his glory full of?
What is he quick to do?
Vs 27- Who did he come to redeem?
Vs 28- What shall all men reap?
What shall the righteous reap?
How? (according to what)
What shall those who have done evil works reap?
How? (according to what)
Vs 29- Who is the angel crying this unto?
Vs 30- What kind of works should they bring forth?
What have their hearts been hardened against?
What kind of a people are they?
Vs 31- Why were the people feel towards Alma?
Why? (What had he called them)
Vs 32- Why else were they angry with him?
What did they seek to do to him?
Vs 33- What did the Lord not suffer them to do at that time?
Vs 34- Who began to preach unto them?

Saturday, September 1, 2012

Alma 8


Vs 1- What did Alma establish in Gideon?
What did he return to Zarahemla to do?
Vs 2- How many years had the people of Nephi had judges reigning?
Vs 3- What land did Alma go to in the 10th year?
Vs 4- What did he do in that land?
Vs 5- What did the people come to him and do?
Vs 6- Where did he go after he finished his work in Melek?
Vs 7- Who did the Nephites name their lands after?
Vs 8- What did Alma begin to do in Ammonihah?
Vs 9- Why would they not hearken unto Alma?
Vs 10- How did Alma pray? (What was his effort like)
What did he pray for? (What did he want God to do)
Vs 11- What did the people do with their hearts?
What did they say they did not believe?
Vs 12- Why does Alma have no power over them any more?
Vs 13- What did the people do with Alma’s words?
What did they do to Alma? (How did they treat him)
Vs 14- How did their wickedness make Alma feel and wade through?
Who appeared unto him?
Vs 15- What did the angel tell Alma to do?
What has Alma been faithful in doing?
What did this angel deliver to Alma?
Vs 16- What did he command Alma to do?
What should he say unto them?
Vs 17- What are the people studying at this time?
Vs 18- How did Alma respond to this message? (How fast did he return to the city)
Vs 19- How did Alma feel when he entered the city?
What did he ask a man for?
Vs 20- What did this man already know?
How did he know it?
What did the angle tell him he should do?
What did he know Alma would be to his family?
Vs 21- What did the man do for Alma?
Vs 22- What did the bread do for Alma?
What did Alma do for Amulek and his house?
What did he give to God?
Vs 23- What did Alma tell Amulek?
Vs 24- What has Alma been called to do?
What did the people in this land do to him?
What was Alma about to do to this land?
Vs 25- What has he been commanded to do?
What is he commanded to testify concerning?
Vs 26- Why does he bless Amulek?
Why was Alma hungry?
Vs 27- How long did Alma tarry with Amulek?
Vs 28- What did the people do?
Vs 29- What was Alma told that Amulek should do?
If the people don’t repent, what will the Lord do?
Vs 30- What did Alma and Amulek declare unto the people?
What were they filled with?
Vs 31- Why could they not be confined in dungeons or be slain?
When did they exercise their power?
Why did they use their power?
Vs 32- How did they go forth preaching and prophesying? (according to what)