Alma 9:26-30
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Verse 26
- How does this description of the Savior square with vv. 19-24?
- What is the glory of God? Is that the same as the "glory of the Only Begotten of the Father"? What does it mean for the Son of God to come in the "glory of the Only Begotten of the Father?
- What does it mean to be "full of" grace, equity, truth, patience, mercy, and long-suffering?
- In what ways is the Lord "quick to hear the cries of his people and to answer their prayers"? Who are "his people", members of the Church? In modern terms there a difference between how quickly he answers prayers of members of the Church ("his people") and others?
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Verse 27
- How does Alma's teachings here about who the Lord will redeem compare with the teachings of Nehor (which the people of Ammonihah follow) found in Alma 1:3-4?
- What does it mean to have "faith on [the Lord's] name"?
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Verse 28
- What is the way of the Lord? How are the people supposed to prepare the way?
- How does this teaching about rewards for works compare with the teachings of Nehor in Alma 1:3-4?
- What is the "power and captivation of the devil? How is that contrasted with the "power and deliverance" of Jesus Christ?
- What is the "damnation of...souls"?
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Verse 29
- Alma claims that these teachings come from "the voice of the angel". Why is it important for Alma to declare that? In our modern preaching and teaching, how important is it for us to say where our message comes from?
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Verse 30
- Why does Alma call these people his "brethren"?
- Why does he call them "beloved brethren" and then call them a "lost and a fallen people"?
- What does it mean for the people to have hearts that are "grossly hardened against the word of God"?
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Lexical notes
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Exegesis
- Countering the doctrine of Nehor. We know that the leaders of the people in Ammonihah were followers of Nehor, and in vs. 26-28, Alma counters point by point the teachings of Nehor as recorded in Alma 1:3-4.
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