1 Nephi 8:26-31 (01/07/15)

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QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

1 Nephi 8:26

Q:  What did Lehi see on the other side of the river? (Dad)
A:  "He saw a great and spacious building, and it was really tall. It stood as if it were in the air, high above the earth." (Shaylee)

1 Nephi 8:27

Q:  Who was in the great and spacious building? (Dad)
A:   "Wicked people who were laughing at the people down below at the below going to the Tree of Life and partaking of the fruit of the Tree of Life."  (Kenyon)

Q:  What kind of people were they besides wicked? (Dad)
A:  "Their clothes were exceedingly fine, and they had attitude." (Shaylee)  "People pretty much of all ages and genders, and they had fine clothing." (Brandon) 

1 Nephi 8:28

Q:  Why were those who partook of the fruit become ashamed? (Dad)
A:  "Because they wanted to be in the great and spacious building and dress nicely. They like those people in there and wanted to be like them." (Shaylee)  

Q:  What were the people in the building doing to them? (Dad)
A:  "Mocking them." (Brandon)  "Yes, so they caved because of peer pressure. They cared more about what people thought of them than what God thought of them. That is the same today. If we care more about what people think than what God thinks then we also will be ashamed of living the Gospel and will fall away."  (Dad)

1 Nephi 8:30

Q:  So how did people make it to the Tree of Life to partake of its fruit? (Dad)
A:  "They continually held fast to the iron rod and did not care about the people in the large and spacious building."  (Kenyon)  

1 Nephi 8:31

Q:  Where were the other people going that were not trying to make their way to the Tree of Life? (Dad)
A:  "They went to the spacious building." (Brandon)  "So it is the choice we make today. Are we going to choose to go to the Tree of Life or the large and spacious building. You cannot go to both. It's one or the other, and to get to the Tree of Life there is only way to get there. By holding fast to the iron rod and press forward along the straight and narrow path not letting go of the rod, especially when going through the mists of darkness."  (Dad)