Mosiah 29:19-25 (2/28/17)

Scripture study participants:  Dad, Mom, Brandon, Kenyon, Shaylee, Jaron & Maycee
Hymn:  A Child's Prayer
Prayer:  Maycee

Mosiah 29:19-25

What we learned...

"To get out of bondage the Nephites had to be humble instead of prideful." (Kenyon)

"The Lord delivered the Nephites out of bondage because they humbled themselves, and they prayed." (Shaylee)

"When wicked kings are placed they bring other wicked people to power, and they take over the whole system." (Brandon)

"The wicked kings pervert the ways of all righteousness. And King Mosiah said that the Nephites don't want to all that bad stuff to happen to them so they don't need a king." (Maycee & Mom)

"You don't exactly want a king because lots of kings are wicked and can do bad stuff." (Jaron)

"Wicked kings get rid of righteous laws and disregards God commandments and instead creates his own unrighteous laws and enforces them by force and bloodsheed."  (Dad)

Mosiah 29:12-18 (2/27/17)

Scripture study participants:  Dad, Mom, Brandon, Kenyon, Shaylee, Jaron & Maycee
Hymn:  I Am a Child of God
Prayer:  Maycee

Mosiah 29:12-18

What we learned...

"It's much better to have judges instead of kings because kings have so much power to create iniquity and destruction whereas the judges will keep each other in check." (Kenyon)

"King Mosiah is reminding them of how wicked king Noah was and how he was a bad leader because he persuaded them to do bad things." (Shaylee)

"King Mosiah stresses the importance of having judges instead of a king stating it easy to come by a wicked king which could drive them away from the gospel." (Brandon)

"It's better that a man be judged of God than man because man is not always just but God is always just." (Maycee & Mom)

"If you commit iniquity, you'll be punished." (Jaron)

"King Mosiah taught that the only time it is good to have a king is when the king would establish the laws of God and judge justly. The problem is that you can't guarantee to always having a righteous king like that but instead the natural man and tendency is to abuse power, which the founding fathers of our nations learned from history and were inspired to create a government with checks and balances to prevent any one person or group of people from having too much power and abusing it."  (Dad)

Mosiah 28:18-20, 29:1-11 (2/26/17)

Scripture study participants:  Dad, Mom, Brandon, Kenyon, Shaylee, Jaron & Maycee
Hymn:  I Love To See The Temple
Prayer:  Mom

Mosiah 28:18-20, 29:1-11

What we learned...

"Mosiah wrote to the people how Aaron didn't want to be king and how if they chose another that it could split up the people and destroy the church." (Kenyon)

"Aaron was not desirous to be king but instead went on a mission to preach to the Lamanites." (Shaylee)

"To resolve having the issue of none of Mosiah's sons wanting to be king Mosiah will rule until he dies and then they'll be ruled by judges." (Brandon)

"All the people were sad after hearing the translation of the Jaredite plates." (Maycee & Mom)

"King Mosiah passed the brass plates down to Alma the younger." (Jaron)

"King Mosiah knew that having a righteous king is not easy to maintain and worried that having that kind of power could corrupt his son Aaron making him go back to the wicked ways of his youth and understood that it was better to decentralize the power to many righteous judges. That way it would be more difficult or take longer for all the judges to become wicked and lead the people astray." (Dad)

Mosiah 28:10-17 (02/25/17)

Scripture study participants:  Dad, Mom, Brandon, Kenyon, Shaylee, Jaron & Maycee
Hymn:  Our Savior's Love
Prayer:  Dad

Mosiah 28:10-17

What we learned...

"Mosiah used the Urim & Thummim to translate the Jaredites' records." (Kenyon)

"A seer is someone who can see the past, present and future." (Shaylee)

"The Urim & Thumimm can be used to see events that happened in the past." (Brandon)

"The Urim & Thummim came from the beginning from the Lord and has been passed down from generation to generation by the prophets." (Maycee & Mom)

"A seer is someone who can see into the past and future." (Jaron)

"The Urim & Thummim can be used for interpreting languages, and he who possess it is called a seer."  (Dad)

Mosiah 28:3-9 (2/24/17)

Scripture study participants:  Dad, Mom, Brandon, Kenyon, Shaylee, Jaron, Maycee & Nora
Hymn:  Happy Family
Prayer:  Maycee

Mosiah 28:3-9

What we learned...

"King Mosiah had a problem because none of his sons wanted to be king." (Kenyon)

"The Lord told Mosiah not to worry and that He would keep his sons safe while they were on their mission." (Shaylee)

"The fact that the sons of Mosiah kept trying to convince their father to go on their mission to the Lamanites showed their devotion." (Brandon)

"The sons of Mosiah couldn't bear to think of people dying without the gospel." (Maycee &  Mom)

"The sons of Mosiah did plead with their father many days to go to the land of Nephi." (Jaron)

"The Lord showed mercy upon Alma the younger and sons of Mosiah even though they were the vilest of sinners but they still suffered much for their sins. So even though the Lord will forgive us when we repent we still suffer consequences of our bad choices. Repentance doesn't take away all suffering and the consequences of our choices. It just makes it so that we don't pay the full price of our sins and that we can be made clean through the atonement of the Savior so that we can be worthy to return to live with Him and Heavenly Father again."  (Dad)

Mosiah 27:33-37, 28:1-2 (2/22/17)

Scripture study participants:  Dad, Mom, Brandon, Kenyon, Shaylee, Jaron & Maycee
Hymn:  Give Said the Little Stream
Prayer:  Jaron

Mosiah 27:33-37, 28:1-2

What we learned...

"The sons of Mosiah strongly desired to repair all of their wrong doings." (Kenyon)

"Alma and the sons of Mosiah were eager to right their wrongs." (Shaylee)

"King Mosiah's sons wanted to teach the Lamanites the truth of the gospel." (Brandon)

"They got blessed for repenting and preaching the gospel." (Maycee)

"Mosiah had four sons, and their names were Ammon, Aaron, Omner and Himni." (Jaron)

"King Mosiah's four sons got a group together, and they wanted to go preach to the Lamanites." (Mom)

"Accepting and living the gospel of Jesus Christ is the solution to the world's problems. It will cure hatred between people and cause them to be friendly and peaceful with one another."  (Dad)

Mosiah 27:26-32 (2/21/17)

Scripture study participants:  Dad, Mom, Brandon, Kenyon, Shaylee, Jaron & Maycee
Hymn:  Kindness Begins With Me
Prayer:  Shaylee

Mosiah 27:26-32

What we learned...

"Although Alma had repented of his sins he could not bring everyone back to the church." (Kenyon)

"To be forgiven of his sins Alma had to go through much tribulation and torment." (Brandon)

"Everyone will confess that Jesus is the Christ at the judgement day." (Maycee & Mom)

"Even though Alma taught the people they persecuted him and smote him." (Jaron)

"Unless we become new creatures by becoming born again in Christ we cannot inherit the kingdom of heaven."  (Dad)

Mosiah 27:19-25 (2/20/17)

Scripture study participants:  Dad, Mom, Brandon, Kenyon, Shaylee, Jaron & Maycee
Hymn:  Families Can Be Together Forever
Prayer:  Jaron

Mosiah 27:19-25

What we learned...

"For Alma to repent of his sins he had to go through a lot of suffering. It was not easy." (Kenyon)

"Alma suffered a lot because of the way he treated the church and how he acted." (Shaylee)

"When you intentionally sin with intent to repent later it ends up being really hard to back out of the sin." (Brandon)

"How they got born again is that they have to repent." (Maycee)

"Alma was dumb, or couldn't talk." (Jaron)

"They fasted and prayed that Alma would regain his speech and strength. So fasting and prayer is able to help people spiritually and physically." (Mom)

"Alma Sr. rejoiced when he heard about the state of his son because he knew that the Lord answered his prayers and that he was in the Lord's hands. He understood that our spiritual state is far more important than our physical state since our spiritual state determines our eternal welfare."  (Dad)

Mosiah 26:30-36 (2/19/17)

Scripture study participants:  Dad, Mom, Brandon, Kenyon, Shaylee, Jaron & Maycee
Hymn:  Teach Me To Walk In The Light
Prayer:  Brandon

Mosiah 26:30-36

What we learned...

"The Lord said if ye do not repent you would not be numbered among His people and be cast off." (Kenyon)

"God can't forgive you if you don't forgive others." (Shaylee)

"For as long as one repents, truly repenting not saying, the Lord will forgive." (Brandon)

"He would say sorry to them if they repented." (Maycee)

"The Lord is not going to give you a certain number of chances to repent." (Jaron)

"Alma thought that what the Lord said was so important that he wrote it down. We should do the same by writing our spiritual experiences in our journal." (Mom)

"Alma judged the people based on the Lord's standard so he was able to make righteous judgements, which solved the concerns he had about what to do with those who were taken in sin. So the lesson is to not rely on our own judgment but to find out the Lord's will and follow it instead."  (Dad)

Mosiah 27:13-17 (2/18/17)

Scripture study participants:  Dad, Mom, Kenyon, Shaylee, Jaron & Maycee
Hymn: The Lord Is My Light
Prayer:  Kenyon

CLICK TO READ Mosiah 27:13-17

What we learned...

"The angel asked Alma the younger how could he dispute the power of God now that the earth shook when he spoke." (Kenyon)

"When the Angel spoke the earth quaked." (Shaylee)

"The angel told Alma to stop destroying the church or else he would be cast off." (Jaron)

Mosiah 26:30-36 (2/16/17)

Scripture study participants:  Dad, Mom, Brandon, Kenyon, Shaylee, Jaron & Maycee
Hymn:  
Prayer:  Maycee

CLICK TO READ Mosiah 26:30-36

What we learned...

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Mosiah 27:6-12 (2/17/17)

Scripture study participants:  Dad, Mom, Brandon, Kenyon, Shaylee, Jaron & Maycee
Hymn:  I Love to See the Temple
Prayer:  Mom

CLICK TO READ Mosiah 27:6-12

What we learned...

"Alma the younger and his friends were leading people away from the church." (Kenyon)

"The sons of King Mosiah and Alma were very scared when an angel descended unto them." (Shaylee)

"They fell to the ground when the angel came and couldn't understand a thing." (Brandon)

"Alma the younger and his friends did not understand the words of the angel." (Maycee & Shaylee)

"Mosiah and Alma's son did not obey." (Jaron)

"When we do things we don't just hurt ourselves but also others like family and friends." (Mom)

"Alma the younger and the sons of Mosiah were like missionaries for the devil because they actively sought to lead others away from the Lord and His church."  (Dad)

Mosiah 26:37-39, 27:1-6 (2/16/17)

Scripture study participants:  Dad, Mom, Brandon, Kenyon, Shaylee, Jaron, Maycee, Rian & Nora
Hymn:  Jesus Wants Me For a Sunbeam
Prayer:  Dad

CLICK TO READ Mosiah 26:37-39, 27:1-6

What we learned...

"People outside the church were persecuting those inside the church." (Kenyon)

"King Mosiah told the people to knock off the persecuting inside and outside the church, and they did." (Shaylee)

"The priests and teacher and people should work the best that they can." (Brandon)

"To treat each other as equals and respect each other." (Maycee & Mom)

"To not forget to pray and thank God." (Jaron)

"When the people obeyed by not persecuting each other anymore there was peace, and they prospered in the land."  (Dad)

"When someone at school treats you badly instead of insulting them back you should kill them with kindness." (Rian)

Mosiah 26:18-29 (2/15/17)

Scripture study participants:  Dad, Mom, Kenyon, Shaylee, Jaron & Maycee
Hymn:  The Wise Man and The Foolish Man
Prayer:  Jaron

CLICK TO READ Mosiah 26:18-29

What we learned...

"In order to enter into the kingdom of heaven we need to keep God's commandments." (Kenyon)

"The way for Alma to know how to judge the sinners is if they confess their sins and repent with a sincere heart then they will be forgiven." (Shaylee)

"The people who follow Jesus are His sheep." (Maycee)

"The people that follow God are His sheep." (Jaron)

"Alma was told that He would have eternal life." (Mom)

"Those who know the Lord are His sheep and will be the ones who inherit eternal life. The way we come to know the Lord is take upon His name, hear His voice and follow it, meaning do His will or keep His commandments."  (Dad)

Mosiah 26:11-17 (2/14/17)

Scripture study participants:  Dad, Mom, Brandon, Kenyon, Shaylee, Jaron & Maycee
Hymn:  The Wise Man and The Foolish Man
Prayer:  Shaylee

CLICK TO READ Mosiah 26:11-17

What we learned...

"King Mosiah told Alma that he had to judge the people since it was a matter of the church and not the land." (Kenyon)

"Alma prayed to God because he was afraid to judge the people on their sins because he took his calling seriously." (Shaylee)

"When a lot of the people were sinning Mosiah said that Alma should judge them since he is over the church." (Brandon)

"Alma did not want to judge the people." (Jaron)

"Alma feared doing wrong before the Lord which is why he didn't want to judge the people."  (Dad)

Mosiah 26:4-10 (2/13/17)

Scripture study participants:  Dad, Mom, Brandon, Kenyon, Shaylee, Jaron & Maycee
Hymn:  Called to Serve
Prayer:  Shaylee

CLICK TO READ Mosiah 26:4-10

What we learned...

"The people outside outside of the church used flattering words to lead astray those inside of the church, and it caused Alma to be distraught." (Kenyon)

"King Mosiah put Alma in charge of the church." (Shaylee)

"When people went to testify in front Alma he had to listen to multiple witnesses since they're more reliable than one person's word." (Brandon)

"Alma wasn't sure what to do with the wicked people in the church so he brought them to King Mosiah." (Maycee & Mom)

"The people outside of the church caused many to sin." (Jaron)

"Those who dissented from the church were the minority at this time but they were growing in numbers and influence and caused many in the church to be led away, which is like what is very similar to what's going on today."  (Dad)