1 Nephi 16:20-26 (02/10/15)

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


CLICK TO READ  1 Nephi 16:20-26

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

1 Nephi 16:20

Q:   Who began to murmur against the Lord? (Dad)
A:   "Laman and Lemuel." (Brandon)  "The sons of Ishmael." (Shaylee)  "Lehi." (Kenyon) 

Q:   Why are they murmuring against the Lord? (Dad)
A:    "They were hungry and suffering in the wilderness." (Brandon)  "Yes, they were all very hungry because Nephi broke his bow, and he and his brothers were not able to obtain any food for their family."  (Dad)

1 Nephi 16:22

Q:   What did Nephi try to do with Laman and Lemuel? (Dad)
A:   "He tried to convince them to come to the Lord and stop complaining. God always had a reason for things, even when bad things happen in your life." (Shaylee)  "Well, the Lord isn't the one who broke Nephi's bow or caused it to happen but I agree the Lord lets us go through hardships because we can learn important lessons from them and to try us to see if we will remain faithful to him or if harden our hearts and blame Him. The Lord can take a lump of coal and turn it into a diamond."  (Dad)

1 Nephi 16:23

Q:   Did Nephi murmur? (Dad)
A:   "No, he made a bow and asked his father where should he obtain food." (Shaylee)

Q:   What lesson can we learn and apply from Nephi? (Dad)
A:   "So we can be like Nephi by being an example to other by following the Lord and doing nice things to people." (Shaylee)  "Yes, Nephi showed us the example to follow which is to do something to try and solve the problem instead of complaining about it. So if you don't like the situation you're in you should try to make it better instead of complain about, which does nothing to make it better. It actually makes it worse."  (Dad)

1 Nephi 16:24

Q:   What did Nephi do to find out where to hunt for food? Who did he ask to find out? (Dad)
A:    "Lehi." (Shaylee)

Q:   Why did Nephi ask his father where to go instead of praying to the Lord himself? (Dad)
A:    "To help him regain his faith."  (Mom)   "Yes, even though his father made a bad decision to murmur against the Lord Nephi respected his father and wanted him to repent and be the righteous leader of the family again."  (Dad)

1 Nephi 16:25

Q:   Was it good that Lehi felt bad for murmuring? (Dad)
A:   "Good because they're repenting of what they did. Otherwise they would keep on doing it and it would be harder to come back to Lord." (Shaylee)  "Good because then he learns discipline from it. Because otherwise people can get away with doing bad things and won't feel sorry for it." (Kenyon)