Alma 36-42

Questions for Review:

1. According to Alma, what is the destiny of the Brass Plates? (Alma 37:4)

2. Alma instructed his son Helaman to not disclose what part of the ancient Jaredite records? (Alma 37:27)

3. Alma used the "Director," or "Liahona" as a symbol of                                            (Alma 37:38,45)

4. After death the spirits of the righteous go to a state called paradise. What is that state like? (Alma 40:12)

5. What is the state of the wicked? (Alma 40:14)

6. What is the meaning of the Law of Restoration? (Alma 41:5-6,12-15)

7. What would have happened if Adam and Eve had partaken of the fruit of the tree of life after partaking of the fruit of the tree of knowledge? (Alma 42:5)

8. What would happen with our souls if there had not been a plan of redemption? (Alma 42:11)
 


Alma 36
Alma's Teachings to his Son Helaman

Alma relates how he was converted through the power of God some 20 or 30 years earlier (6-21)


 
Alma 37
Alma's Teachings to his Son Helaman (cont.)

The future of the Brass Plates (3-5; also read 1 Nephi 13:23)

By small things the Lord accomplishes great purposes (6-7)

The Brass Plates were the main source of scriptural records among the Nephites (8-9)

Alma commands Helaman to hide the secret works of darkness recorded in the Jaredite plates from the people of his day (27-32)

Don't teach the ways of darkness, but preach principles of righteousness to the people (33-34)

Learn wisdom and counsel with the Lord (35-37)

The Liahona and how it worked (38-42)
Alma 38
Alma's Teachings to his Son Shiblon

Trust God and he will deliver us from troubles and afflictions (5)

Several character traits to be refined (10-14)


Alma 39
Alma's Teachings to his Son Corianton

Corianton's mission troubles and the negative effect they had on Alma's investigators (2-4, 11-12)

It is impossible to hide one's actions from God (8)

Cross oneself in all immoral practices (9)

Riches and things of this world cannot be taken to the other side of the veil (14)

Missionaries called to prepare the minds of the people for the coming of Christ (15-16)


 
Alma 40
Alma's Teachings to his Son Corianton (cont.)

There must be a space between death and resurrection (6,10, 21)

Time is only measured unto man (8)

Conditions (or "states") of both righteous and wicked spirits between death and resurrection (11-14)

Definition of resurrection (23)


Alma 41
Alma's Teachings to his Son Corianton (cont.)

The doctrine of "restoration" (4-5, 12-13, 15; also Alma 42:27-28)

"Wickedness never was happiness" (10-11)
 
Alma 42
Alma's Teachings to his Son Corianton (cont.)

What would have happened if Adam had partaken of the fruit of the tree of life? (5)

The Fall of Adam brought two types of death into the world (9)

What might have happened to us if there had not been an Atonement? (11; see also 2 Nephi 9:7-10)

Redemption from spiritual death can only occur under conditions of repentance, and the possibility of repentance could only exist if there would be an Atonement (13-15)

The possibility of a punishment brings remorse of conscience, which in turn motivates people to repent (16-22, 29)

The Atonement makes mercy and resurrection possible (23-26)

Two types of sorrow (29; also read 2 Corinthians 7:9-10)

Useless strategy: Denying God's justice to justify one's sins (30; also read D&C 88:35-36, 38-39)


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