Br. Martins' Lecture Notes for Book of Mormon

Mormon 6-9

Questions for Review:

1. How old was Mormon when he was contacted by Ammaron? (Mormon 1:2)

2. Which of the following conditions did Mormon need to meet before he could get the plates? (Mormon 1:3)

3. What significant event happened to Mormon when he was 15 years old? (Mormon 1:15)

4. What sin did Moroni identify as the cause of pollution in latter-day churches? (Mormon 8:36)

5. According to Moroni, what are the roots of pride? (Mormon 8:37)

6. Some people expect to enter the presence of God without abandoning their sins. What would happen to such individuals if they were to face God without ever repenting? (Mormon 9:3-4)

7. Why do miracles cease among men? (Mormon 9:20)

8. According to Moroni, how can we avoid being cast out–i.e. rejected by the Lord? (Mormon 9:29)

Mormon 6

Mormon hides generations of sacred records, hands over his record to his son, Moroni, and prepares for the end (6)

The Nephites are annihilated (7-15)

Mormon's lament (16-22)

Can you grasp the depth of Mormon's sorrow? We are talking about the end of a civilization. All destroyed: men, women, and children. Their history, language, literature, music and other art forms, science, philosophy, etc. All gone.

But wait ...! Apparently, not all Nephites were destroyed in the last battle ... (15; also read 8:9; and 2 Nephi 3:3, 23)

Mormon 7

Mormon's last recorded message to the future descendants of the Lamanites

Mormon 8
Moroni Finishes Mormon's Record

Moroni is left alone (3-5)

No friends, no relatives, no home, no place to go, no church, no parties, nothing!

The Three Nephites ministered to Mormon and Moroni (10-11)

Moroni promises greater knowledge to those who read his record without condemning it (12, 17; 9:31)

The plates in which the record is engraved are of no worth in and by themselves (14-15)

Gold cannot bring eternal life to anyone, but the words of eternal life-if followed-can take a person to the fulness of the Father's glory

Moroni prophesies about the conditions of the latter-days and the iniquities of his future readers (26-32, 35-37)

Moroni reprimands future church members who will be ashamed of taking upon themselves the name of Christ (38-39)

Mormon 9
Moroni Finishes Mormon's Record

Those who do not believe in Christ eventually will be "convinced" (1-2)

It would be worse to live in heaven with a consciousness of one's guilt than in hell (3-5)

There is no way one can live "happily ever after" without full repentance

Revelations are an integral part of the gospel of Jesus Christ (7-11)

"Salvation cannot come without revelation; it is in vain for anyone to minister without it.
No man is a minister of Jesus Christ without being a Prophet. No man can be a minister of Jesus Christ except he has the testimony of Jesus; and this is the spirit of prophecy. Whenever salvation has been administered, it has been by testimony.
Men of the present time testify of heaven and hell, and have never seen either; and I will say that no man knows these things without this." (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p.160)

Fall, atonement, redemption, resurrection, and judgment (12-14, 27)

Why miracles cease (20)

"Be wise in the days of your probation" (28-29)

The language of the Book of Mormon (32-34)