Jesus Visits the Nephites

Jesus Visits the Nephites

Friday, December 12, 2014

1 Nephi 3:19-25 (12/13/14)

CLICK TO READ  1 Nephi 3:19-25

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS



1 Nephi 3:19

Q:  Why did Nephi say it was in God's wisdom for them to obtain the brass plates? (Dad)
A:   "So that they may preserve the language of their fathers." (Shaylee)  

Q:  So why do you think it was so important for them to preserve their language? (Dad)
A:   "So their children and their children's children and so could use it to help them out in their lives." (Brandon)  "Yes, we saw how the Mulekites who also left Jerusalem and didn't take any records or scriptures with them to read and not only had they become wicked very fast their language had become corrupted so that they could no longer understand the language of their fathers, which was the same as Lehi's family."  (Dad)


1 Nephi 3:20
Q:  What was another important reason they needed to take the records with them? (Dad)
A:  "To preserve their beliefs." (Kenyon)  "Exactly. What you don't write down you will eventually lose."  (Dad)  "Even the stuff you do write down you sometimes lose." (Kenyon) "True. It's not enough just to have the scriptures. If we don't study them it's as if we don't even have them, and we will forget what they teach us."  (Dad)

1 Nephi 3:21

Q:  How did Laman and Lemuel respond to Nephi sharing these reasons for the need to get the records? (Dad)
A:  "They were persuaded to get the plates." (Kenyon) 

1 Nephi 3:22

Q:  What did they do this time when they returned to Jerusalem to get the plates? (Dad)
A:  "They gathered together their gold and their silver." (Shaylee)


1 Nephi 3:23-24

Q:  What did they do with their gold and silver? (Dad)
A:  "They asked to trade it with Laban for the plates."  (Kenyon)

1 Nephi 3:25

Q:  How much riches did they have? (Dad)
A:  "Enough to make Laban want to go and murder them to get it." (Brandon) "A lot. Enough to make Laban, one of the leaders, to really want it enough to kill them."  (Kenyon )

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