Mosiah 5:11-15
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Verse 11
- What does it mean for the people to have a new name given unto them?
- What does it mean that the new name "never should be blotted out"? What does "blotted out" mean?
- Why would transgression lead to the new name being blotted out?
- What does transgression mean? Is there a difference between transgression and sin?
- How is it that the name can be possibly "blotted out of your hearts"? Is it written there? What does it even mean for the name to be in your heart?
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Verse 12
- How can the name of Christ be written on your heart? What does it mean to retain it written there?
- What does it mean to be on the left hand of God?
- What is the relationship between hearing and knowing the voice of God and having Christ's name written in our hearts?
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Verse 13
- How does serving a master lead one to know him?
- What does it mean for Christ to be "far from the thoughts and intents of [our hearts]?
- How can we keep Christ in our thoughts and close to the intents of our hearts?
- What does it mean for us to be called by the name of Christ?
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Verse 14
- How does this analogy with the ass relate to what king Benjamin is saying?
- If we do not belong to Christ, who do we belong to that would lead Christ to drive us away?
- Why will Christ drive us away if we do not know the name by which we are called?
- What does it mean to know the name by which we are called? What is that name? How are we called by that name?
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Verse 15
- What does it mean to "be steadfast and immovable? What does that have to do with abounding in good works?
- What are the good works that we are supposed to abound in?
- What does it mean for Benjamin to call Christ "the Lord God Omnipotent"?
- How is Christ omnipotent?
- What does it mean for Christ to "seal you his"?
- What does it mean to be "brought to heaven"?
- What is "everlasting salvation and eternal life"? Are these two things equivalent?
- How is everlasting salvation and eternal life brought about "through the wisdom and power, and justice, and mercy" of Christ?
- Who is the "God above all" that "created all t hings, in heaven and in earth"? Is that Christ or His Father?
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Lexical notes
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Exegesis
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Verse 12
Name written always in your hearts. We are literally expected to come to "hear and know the voice" of Jesus. The act of remembering is crucial to the process of building a personal relationship with the Savior. It is important to remember why we serve, and who we follow.
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Verse 15
Seal you his. The final verses of this passage focus on remembering the covenant and name of Christ, to keep it "written in your hearts." Once we have received a knowledge of God, through our conversion and spiritual rebirth, we participate in a relationship with God. If we consistently abound in good works, we may receive a further promise of "everlasting salvation and eternal life" through an additional act of sealing.
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