Alma 5:6-10
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Verse 6
- Is there a difference between "my brethren" and "you that belong to this church"?
- What does it mean to "sufficiently" retain in remembrance? Is there a minimum standard or level at which the things Alma speaks about must be remembered?
- Why is it important for the Nephites to remember "the captivity of your fathers"? Which captivity is this? Egypt? Land of Helam? Land of Nephi?
- What is the value of remembrance here? What is specifically to be remembered? How is this remembrance to take place? Is it just a mental remembrance, or something else?
- What does it mean to remember?
- What is it about the Lord's "mercy and long-suffering" that the Nephites are to remember? Do we need to remember the same thing?
- What does it mean to have your soul delivered from hell? Is this something that happens in this life? How does it require faith to see this deliverance?
- In our Latter-day discussions, we don't talk much about hell. What is the hell that Alma is referring to here?
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Verse 7
- What does changing hearts or awakening from a deep sleep have to do with having a soul delivered from hell (vs. 6)?
- How is it that the Lord can change a heart? How does this happen? What does a person have to do in order for the Lord to change his or her heart?
- What is the deep sleep that Alma is talking about here? How is one awoken from this deep sleep?
- What does it mean to awake unto God?
- What does it mean to be "in the midst of darkness"?
- What is "the light of the everlasting word"? How does it illuminate souls?
- What are the bands of death? Are they the same as the "chains of hell"? How does one become "encircled about" by these bands?
- What is "everlasting destruction"?
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Verse 8
- Why weren't the people destroyed?
- Why is Alma asking so many questions here?
- Why does Alma say "and now I ask of you"?
- Why does Alma answer his own questions? How effective is this rhetorically?
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Verse 9
- How are "ands of death broken"? Is this the same thing as loosening the chains of hell? What does it mean to have these things broken or loosed?
- What does breaking bands and loosening chains have to do with souls expanding?
- What does it mean for a soul to expand?
- What does it mean to "sing redeeming love"?
- What does expanding souls and singing redeeming love have to do with being saved? What does Alma mean here by being saved?
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Verse 10
- What is mean by "conditions" of salvation?
- What is the difference between being saved and having grounds for hope for salvation?
- What does it mean to "hope for salvation"? Is this hope enough to loosen the bands of death or chains of hell? What is the connection between having a hope for salvation and having the bands of death or chains of hell loosened?
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Exegesis
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Verse 10
What grounds had they to hope for salvation? This important question is the basis of Alma's sermon. How could these men know they were saved? Was their rejoicing in vain? Is there a test that we can use to determine if we are saved? The answer is found in the following three verses.
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