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

Friday, November 16, 2012

Alma 35


Vs 1- Where did Alma and Amulek go after they were done speaking to the Zoramites?
Vs 2- Who else came?
Vs 3- How did most of the Zoramites feel about the words that were preached to them?
Why?
Vs 4- Why did they gather all the people throughout the land?
Vs 5- What did their leaders not let the people know?
How did they find out the minds of the people?
Vs 6- What did they do to those who favored Alma’s words?
Vs 7- What did Alma and his brethren do to them?
Vs 8- Who were the Zoramites angry with?
What was their chief ruler like?
What did he desire the people of Ammon to do?
Vs 9- What did he breath out?
How did the people of Ammon feel about their words?
What did they do for the poor Zoramites that came unto them?
How did they administer unto them?
Vs 10- What did the Zoramites stir up?
Vs 11- What did the Zoramites and Lamanites prepare for?
Vs 12- How many years had the judges been reigning among the Nephites?
Vs 13- Where did the people of Ammon go to?
Why? (Who did they give place for in Jershon)
Vs 14- Where did Alma and his brethren return to?
What had they been in God’s hands?
Where did the repentant Zoramites go live?
Why did they take up arms?
Vs 15- Why did Alma grieve & sorrow?
Who did he declare the word unto?
What were the hearts of the people beginning to do?
Why were they offended?
Vs 16- Who did he cause to gather together?
Why? (What did he want to give them)

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Alma 34


Vs 1- What did Alma do when he was done speaking?
Who arose to teach next?
Vs 2- What does he say they cannot be ignorant of?
When were they taught these things?
Vs 3- What did Alma tell them to do?
Vs 4- How did he tell them to exercise their faith?
Vs 5- What is the great question they have in their minds?
Vs 6- What has Alma proved unto them?
Vs 7- Who’s words did Alma call upon?
What did he prove?
Vs 8- What did Amulek testify that Christ shall do?
Vs 9- Why is it expedient that an atonement be made?
What are all people like?
Vs 10- What kind of a sacrifice must be made?
Vs 11- What can no man do?
Vs 12- What does the law require for someone who hath murdered?
What kind of an atonement must be made for the sins of the world?
Vs 13- What will a great and last sacrifice put an end/stop to?
What shall it fulfill?
Vs 14- What does every part of the law of Moses point to?
Who will be the great and last sacrifice?
Vs 15- Who shall he bring salvation to?
What does this last sacrifice bring about?
What does it allow men to use their faith to do?
Vs 16- What does it satisfy?
Who is exposed to the whole law of justice?
Who is redeemed?
Vs 17- How may we exercise faith unto repentance? (What should we do)
Vs 18- What should we cry unto him for?
Vs 19- What should we continue to do?
Vs 20- Where should we cry unto him?
Vs 21- When should we cry unto him?
Vs 22-23- What should we cry unto him against?
Vs 23- What is the devil an enemy to?
Vs 24-25- What else should we cry unto God for?
Vs 26- How should we pray?
Where should we pray?
Vs 27- What should our hearts be like when we are not crying unto the Lord?
When should we pray?
Who should we pray for?
Vs 28- What makes us hypocrites and our prayers vain?
Vs 29- What are we like if we are not charitable?
Vs 30- What does he invite them to come and do?
Vs 31- What should we do with our hearts?
When is the day of our salvation?
When shall the plan of redemption be brought unto us?
Vs 32- What should we prepare for during this life?
What is the day of this life for?
Vs 33- What should we not procrastinate doing?
What should we improve in this life?
What cannot be performed when the night cometh?
Vs 34- What is it too late to do when you die?
Why? (What will still possess your body in the eternal world)
Vs 35- Who will you become subject to if you procrastinate your repentance?
Who will have no place in you?
Vs 36- Where does the Lord dwell?
How will their garments be made white?
Vs 37- What does he desire them to do? (name 2 things)
What does he tell them not to do?
Vs 38- What does he say they should receive?
Where does he tell them to worship God?
How should they live?
Vs 39- What should they do so they aren’t led away by the temptations of the devil?
What will the devil not reward you?
Vs 40- How should they bear their afflictions?
What should they not do to those who have cast them out?
Why not? (What would they become)
Vs 41- What should you hope for while you patiently bear your afflictions?

Monday, November 12, 2012

Alma 33


Vs 1- What did they want to know about God?
What did they ask about the fruit and the seed?
Vs 2- In what way did Alma say they had greatly erred?
What did he say they did not understand?
Vs 3- What did he want them to remember Zenos writing about?
Vs 4- Where did Zenos pray?
Who did he pray for?
Vs 5-Where else did he cry unto God?
Vs 6- Where else did he pray?
Vs 7- Where else did he pray?
Vs 8- When is God merciful unto his children?
How should they pray? (Who should they try to be heard by)
Vs 9- Where did God hear Zenos’ cries?
Vs 10- Where else did he hear him?
How did God visit his enemies?
Vs 11- Why did God hear Zenos?
Why was God merciful unto him and turned away his judgments?
When will Zenos cry unto him?
Vs 12- What did Alma ask them if they believed?
Vs 13- Why did Zenos say God turned away his judgments?
Vs 14- If you have read the scriptures, what should you not disbelieve?
Vs 15- Who else spoke/wrote of these things?
Vs 16- Why did he say the Lord was angry with the people?
Vs 17- What did the people do to this second prophet of God?
Why?
Vs 18-19- Who else spoke of the Son of God?
Vs 19- What did he raise up in the wilderness?
What did the people have to do to live?
Vs 20- Why did only a few understand?
Why did many perish?
Why would they not look?
Vs 21- What did they have to do to be healed?
What would cause them to perish?
Vs 22- What did he invite them to do and to believe in?
What will Christ come and do for his people?
How will all men be judged at the last day?
Vs 23- What does he desire that they do with this word?
If they do, what will God grant unto them?
How will they be light? (Through what)

Friday, November 9, 2012

Alma 32


Vs 1- What did they begin to do?
Where did they preach?
Vs 2- Who did they begin to have success among?
Why were they cast out of the synagogues?
Vs 3- What were they esteemed as?
In what ways were they poor?
Vs 4- Where was Alma teaching?
Who came unto him there?
Why were they poor in heart?
Vs 5- Why are they despised of all men?
What do they not have?
Vs 6- What had humbled them?
What were they prepared to do?
Vs 7- What were those who he cried unto like?
Vs 8- What were their hearts like?
Vs 9-10- What do they think they cannot do without a synagogue?
Vs 11- How often do they suppose they can worship God?
Vs 12- Why is it well that they were cast out of their synagogues? (what may they become and learn?)
What caused/brought them to a lowliness of heart?
Vs 13- What does a man who is compelled to be humble sometimes seek?
What do those who repent find and be?
Vs 14-15- Why are they blessed?
Who is more blessed?
Vs 16- How should a man come to believe and know the word of God? (what should his heart not be like)
Vs 17- What do many people require from heaven before they will believe?
Vs 18-What does that not exercise/use?
Why? (What does a sign give a man)
Vs 19- Why is someone who gets a sign more cursed if he doesn’t obey God?
Vs 20- How is man judged? (according to what)
Vs 21- What does someone who has faith have and not have?
Vs 22- Who is God merciful unto?
What does he desire us to first do?
Vs 23- How does he impart his word unto men and women?
Who sometimes confound the wise and the learned?
Vs 24- What have the poor people desired to know?
Vs 25- What have some not been compelled to do?
Vs 26- What can they not perfectly know for sure at first?
Vs 27- What does he ask them to do with his words?
What does he ask them to exercise?
What does he ask them to desire?
Vs 28- What does he compare unto a seed?
Where should we plant the seed?
What should we not cast it out with?
If it is a true/good seed, what will it begin to do (name 3 things)?
What will it become to you?
Vs 29- What would this experiment help to increase?
Vs 30- If the seed is good, what will it do?
What will this strengthen?
Vs 31- How can you be sure that it is a good seed? (what do seeds bring forth)
Vs 32- What do good seeds do?
Vs 33- How can ye know the seed is good?
Vs 34- What will your knowledge in that thing become?
What did the word do to your soul, your understanding, and your mind?
Vs 35- Why is it real?
Why is it discernible?
Vs 36- What must ye not lay aside?
Vs 37- What must you do to the tree after it begins to grow?
Why? (What do you want it to get, do, and bring forth)
Vs 38- If you neglect the tree, what will happen to it?
Vs 39- What is the cause of the tree not bringing forth fruit?
Vs 40- What must you do if you want to pluck the fruit of the tree of life?
Vs 41- How should you nourish the word?
What shall happen to it if you do? (What shall it become)
Vs 42- What is the fruit of the word like?
If you feast upon this fruit, what will you not feel?
Vs 43- What shall you be rewarded for?

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Alma 31


Vs 1- What did Alma receive tidings about?
What was Zoram leading them to do?
How did Alma feel about their iniquity?
Vs 2- What did this knowledge cause Alma to feel?
Who did the Zoramites separate from?
Vs 3- Where had they gathered themselves together?
What was their bordering wilderness full of?
Vs 4- What did the Nephites fear that the Zoramites would do?
Vs 5- What does preaching the word usually lead people to do?
What did it have a powerful effect upon?
Vs 6- Who did Alma take with him to preach the word of God?
Vs 7- Who did he not take with him?
Which of his sons did he take?
Who did they preach the word to?
Vs 8- What were the Zoramites?
Vs 9- Why had they fallen into great errors? (what did they not do)
Vs 10- What performances had they not continued doing?
Vs 11- What did they pervert?
Vs 12- What had the Zoramites built that was astonishing?
Vs 13- What did they build in the center of their synagogue?
Vs 14- How did they worship/pray?
Vs 15- What did they say God was?
Vs 16- Who did they believe separated them from their brethren?
What did they believe God elected them to be?
What did they say God had made known unto them?
Vs 17- What did they believe God would do to them?
What did they think he would do to all other people?
What did they say the traditions of their brethren did?
What did they say caused their brethren to wander far from God?
Vs 18- What did they thank God for?
Vs 19- How did Alma and his brethren feel after hearing these prayers?
Vs 20- Who went up and offered this same prayer?
Vs 21- What was the place/stand called?
Vs 22- What did they thank God that they did not believe?
Vs 23- After they returned to their homes, what did they not speak of again?
Vs 24- Why was Alma’s heart grieved?
What were their hearts set upon?
Vs 25- What did they do that showed the pride of their hearts?
Vs 26- What did Alma do and say?
Vs 27- What are their hearts swallowed up in while they cry unto God?
What are they greatly puffed up with?
Vs 28- What do they ornament themselves with?
What do they thank God for?
Vs 29- What do they say God has made known unto them?
Vs 30- What does Alma ask God to give him?
What does their wickedness to him?
Vs 31- What does he ask the Lord to do and grant him?
Vs 32- What does he ask the Lord to give him?
What does he ask the Lord to do to all his fellow laborers?
Vs 33- Why does he ask for strength? (strength to do what)
Vs 34- What does he ask for success in doing?
Vs 35- How does he describe their souls?
What does he ask the Lord for?
Why? (to do what)
Vs 36- What did Alma do to all those who were with them?
What did that fill them with?
Vs 37- What did they do afterwards?
What did they not think/worry about?
Vs 38- What did the Lord provide for them?
What did he give them?
What were their afflictions swallowed up in?
Why did he do this for them? (because Alma did what?)

Friday, November 2, 2012

Alma 30


Vs 1- Where were the people of Ammon established?
Where were the Lamanites driven?
Who were their dead buried by?
Vs 2- Why were their dead not numbered?
Who else was not numbered?
After days of fasting, mourning, and prayer- what did their be throughout all the land?
Vs 3- What did the people observe to keep?
How did they observe the ordinances of God?
What law did they keep?
Vs 4- What did they not have in the 16th year of the reign of the judges?
Vs 5- What was their in the 17th year?
Vs 6- What did the Anti- Christ began to preach against?
Vs 7- What was their no law against?
What should laws not bring men on to?
Vs 8- What does God allow men to choose?
Vs 9- What was it man’s privilege to do if he believed in God?
What was their no law to punish a man for?
Vs 10- What was the punishment for murder?
What other things were men punished for?
Vs 11- What were men judged according to?
How were all men treated? (What were they on)
Vs 12- What was the name of this Anti-Christ?
What did he preach?
Vs 13- What did he tell the people they were bound down by?
What did he say that no man can know?
Vs 14-What did he say their prophecies were?
Vs 15- What did he tell them they could not know?
Vs 16- What did he tell them their hope for a remission of sins was an effect of?
What does he say caused this?
Vs 17- What did he say could not be made?
How does he think every man fares, prospers, and conquers?
What does he say was no crime?
Vs 18- What did he do to many hearts?
What did he cause them to do and commit?
What did he say death was?
Vs 19- Who did he go to preach to next?
Vs 20- What did they do to him?
Vs 21- What did the high priest cause to happen to him?
Where else did he not have much success?
Vs 22- What was he perverting?
What was he interrupting?
Who does he speak against?
Vs 23- What does he say binds the people down & keeps them in ignorance?
Vs 24- What does he say the people are in?
What does he say they cannot know are true?
Vs 25- What kind of a people does he not think they are?
Vs 26- What does he tell them they do not know?
Vs 27- How does he say they lead them? (after and according to what)
What does he say the teachers glut themselves with?
What does he say the people dare not do?
Vs 28- What does he think would offend their priests?
What does he call God?
Vs 29- Why would the high priest and chief judge not reply to his words?
What did they cause to happen to him?
Where and to whom did they send him to?
Vs 30- What did he go on doing there?
Vs 31- What kind of words did he use before Alma?
Who did he revile against?
What did he accuse them of doing?
Vs 32- What did Alma say he has not done?
How has he supported himself?
Vs 33- What has Alma received for his church work?
What is the only work he and his brethren have been paid for?
Vs 34- What profit do they get for their labors in their church?
Vs 35- What does their preaching cause in the hearts of the people?
Vs 35-36- What does Korihor say he believes?
Vs 37-38- What does he say he does not believe?
Vs 39- What does Alma testify that he knows?
Vs 40- What is Korihor’s evidence?
Vs 41- What is Alma’s evidence/testimony that these things are true?
Vs 42- What is Korihor possessed with?
What has he put off?
Who has power over him?
What does he do with him?
Vs 43- What does Korihor say he needs in order to believe in God and his power?
Vs 44- Whose testimony has he had?
What denotes/witnesses there is a God?
Vs 45- What does Korihor go about doing?
What does he say he will keep doing unless Alma shows him a sign?
Vs 46- Why is Alma grieved?
What does Korihor resist?
Vs 47- What is better than allowing him to destroy many souls?
How does he bring them to destruction?
What will the Lord do to him if he denies again?
What shall he become?
Why? (what will he not be able to do any more)
Vs 48- What does Korihor say he does not believe?
What does he tell Alma that he does not know?
Vs 49- What does Alma say shall happen to him according to his words?
How does he declare it? (in whose name)
Vs 50- What happened to Korihor?
Vs 51- What did the chief judge ask Korihor?
How did he ask it?
Vs 52- What did Korihor know brought this upon him?
What did he say he always knew?
53- Who deceived him?
How did he appear to him?
What did he tell him to do?
What has Korihor taught?
Why did he teach his words? (What were his words like)
How were his words received?
What did he start to believe?
Vs 54- What did he ask Alma to do?
Vs 55- What did Alma say Korihor would do if this curse was taken away?
Vs 56- What happened to Korihor?
Why did he go from house to house?
Vs 57- What was published throughout all the land?
What did the proclamation declare that those who believed Korihor must do?
Vs 58- What were they convinced of?
How many were again converted unto the Lord?
Vs 59- What people did he go among?
Vs 60- What does the devil not do to his children at the last day?
Where does he drag them?

Monday, October 29, 2012

Alma 29


Vs 1- How, What, and to Whom does he wish he could speak?
Vs 2- What would he declare to every soul?
Why? What does he want them to do?
Why? If men did this, what would be taken off the earth?
Vs 3- Why is his wish a sin? (What should he be?)
Vs 4- How does God grant things unto men? (according to what)
What does he grant them? (What 2 endings do their desires take them to)
Vs 5- What has come before all men?
Who is blameless?
What does God give to men? (What are the different consequences)
How does he give them- according to what?
Vs 6- What should he be content to do?
Vs 7- What does he desire to be and do?
Vs 8- Who does the Lord grant in all nations to teach his word?
Who does he wisely grant to have his word?
How does the Lord counsel?
Vs 9- What does he glory in?
What is his glory and joy- to be what?
Vs 10- What does fills his soul with joy?
What does it help him remember?
What has the Lord done for him?
Vs 11- What else does he remember?
What does he surely know?
Vs 12- What does he always remember?
Who delivered them out of bondage?
Vs 13- What did God establish among them?
What has God called him to do?
Why is his joy full?
Vs 14- Whose success brings him even more joy?
Vs 15- What have they done and brought forth?
What shall their reward be like?
Vs 16- How great is his joy? (even unto what)
Vs 17- What does God want him to grant unto his brethren?