1 Nephi 13:32-38 (01/27/15)

Scripture study participants:  Dad, mom, Brandon, Kenyon, Shaylee, Jaron & Maycee


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QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

1 Nephi 13:32
Q:  What does it mean that the Lord would not allow the gentiles to remain in an awful state of blindness? (Dad)
A:  "It means that He loves us and does not want us to go to hell. He wants to give everybody a chance to return to Him." (Brandon)  "That's true but the verse is saying something else." (Dad)

Q:  What is causing the gentiles to be blind? (Dad)
A:   "The plain and precious truths that were taken out of the Bible." (Dad)

1 Nephi 13:33-36

Q:  How will the Lord remove the blindness of the gentiles? Remember losing the plain and precious truths of the gospel is what caused their blindness. (Dad)

A:   "Get them back." (Shaylee)  

Q:  How will they get them back? (Dad)
A:   "The Book of Mormon."  (Mom)  "Exactly. That's why the Lord is telling Nephi that Lehi's seed will keep a record."  (Dad)

1 Nephi 13:37
Q:  What does the Lord say about those who restore His church and gospel in the last days? (Dad)
A:  "They shall have the power of the Holy Ghost, and they shall lifted up at the last day and be saved." (Shaylee)  "Yes. It says that blessed are they, and from the blessings Shaylee listed that is an understatement. It also says how beautiful they shall be, and it's not talking about physical beauty but spiritual. Our countenance will be like the Savior's."  (Dad)

1 Nephi 13:38

Q:  What did Nephi see in this verse? (Dad)
A:   "The remnant of the seed of his brethren."  (Mom)  "Yes, but more than that. He saw the record of the Jews go among them. So he saw that the Bible was spread throughout the Americas. We know this is true and the majority of the people in the Americas are Christian."  (Dad)