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Alma 23:1-5
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Alma 23:6-10
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Alma 23:11-15
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Alma 23:16-18
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Alma 24:1-5
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Alma 24:6-10
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Alma 24:11-15
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Alma 24:16-20
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Verse 18
- Why did the people of Ammon covenant "that rather than shed the blood of their brethren they would give up their own lives?” Is this example of refusing to take up arms something we should seek to emulate?
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Alma 24:21-25
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- Is there a difference in being willing to die for a cause, as opposed to being willing to kill for a cause?
- v. 23: Is it just coincidence that this verse sounds very similar to this Old Testament verse: "ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left" (Deut 5:32)?
- Why were the Anti-Nephi-Lehis willing to "lie down and perish, and [praise] God even in the very act of perishing under the sword" rather than defend themselves and their families?
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Alma 24:26-30
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Alma 25:1-5
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Alma 25:6-10
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Alma 25:11-17
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Verse 15
The use of the word "outward" here is of some significance, not only because it anticipates the usage of the word in D&C 107:14, 20, but because it can be read as following the (priestly?) tradition that appears in Ezekiel's exilic usage of the same word (cf. Ezek 40:17, 20, 34; 44:1; cf. the post-exilic references in Neh 11:16 and Est 6:4). In all of these examples, the word "outward" has reference to the antechamber or outer court of a temple or palace (this last only in Esther). This would seem to suggest that the word "outward" here has reference not to the entire cultus of the Mosaic Law, but to the sacrificial rites that are performed in the courtyard and/or holy place (as opposed to the Holy of Holies itself). But what kind of a theology does such an understanding suggest? That is a far more difficult question.
Verse 16: Retain a hope through faith
This phrase may be read as suggesting that hope is a consequence of faith rather than a cause of faith. See also Alma 32:21 and commentary regarding the relationship between faith and hope.
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Alma 26:1-5
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- Verse 1: Ammon begins by addressing "my brothers and my brethren." Alma 20:2-3 suggests that by "my brothers" Ammon was referring to his literal brothers; by saying "my brethren" Ammon was referring to his brothers in the church.
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Alma 26:6-10
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Alma 26:11-15
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Verse 12
- Anthony D. Perkins, "‘The Great and Wonderful Love’," Ensign, Nov 2006, pp. 76–78. Elder Perkins counsels us to place our burdens on Jesus Christ. "When you feel overwhelmed by expectations and challenges, do not fight the battle alone."
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Alma 26:16-20
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Alma 26:21-25
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- Why does Ammon place repentance before faith in verse 22 (a seeming inversion of gospel principles)?
- What does it mean to exercise faith? (Results of a search for this expression in the scriptures is here.)
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Alma 26:26-30
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Alma 26:31-37
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- Ammon claims that his converts are more loving than the Nephites, because they would rather die than kill another (verse 33-34). Does this mean we should see their willingness to sacrifice themselves as a more loving example to follow than that of the Nephites, who would rather kill than be killed?
- Do the Anti-Nephi-Lehis or Nephites more closely follow the Lord's teachings about loving your enemies?
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Alma 27:1-5
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Alma 27:6-10
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Alma 27:11-15
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- Did the Nephites share the Anti-Nephi-Lehis' willingness to die rather than kill an enemy?
- Did living among the Nephites change the way the Anti-Nephi-Lehis felt about taking up arms?
- What were the consequences of the Anti-Nephi-Lehi's joining up with the Nephites?
- Why didn't the Lord include future generations of Anti-Nephi-Lehis among those who would be preserved (verse 12)?
- What happened to future generations of the Anti-Nephi-Lehis that might have kept them from being preserved by the Lord?
- When the Sons of Helaman were preserved in battle, was that because of their own righteousness, or because of this promise to their fathers?
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- In verse 12 the Lord clearly instructs Ammon to get the people out of the land. He doesn't specifically say to live with the Nephites (though it seems that that was the question Ammon took to the Lord (see verse 7)) but the Anti-Nephi-Lehis do end up living there. They end up later almost breaking their covenant (Alma 56:7) and their children end up joining the Nephites in battle. Unfortunately, it seems that at least many of their children end up apostasizing (see Hel 7:1-3). Note that in this verse, verse 12, the Lord promises only to preserve this generation. No such promise is given to future generations. It may be that had the children of the Anti-Nephi-Lehis taken and kept the same covenant their parents had taken, they may have avoided falling into the same cycle of unbelief and warfare that characterizes the history of Nephite society.
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Alma 27:16-20
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Alma 27:21-25
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Alma 27:26-30
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Verse 27
- "Perfectly honest and upright." Richard C. Edgley, "Three Towels and a 25-Cent Newspaper," Ensign, Nov 2006, pp. 72–74. Elder Edgley states: "Honesty is the basis of a true Christian life... Honesty should be among the most fundamental values that govern our everyday living. When we are true to the sacred principles of honesty and integrity, we are true to our faith, and we are true to ourselves."
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Alma 28:1-5
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Alma 28:6-10
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Alma 28:11-14
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Alma 29:1-5
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- Verse 3: Usually we think a desire, or wish, in itself is not a sin. In this line of thinking it is only when we entertain them or act them in ways that are counter to God that they become sin. In verse 3 Alma tells us he sins in his wish. Does this suggest that his desire, in itself, was a sin, or is Alma talking about something more than simply his desire?
- Verse 3 & 6: Alma says he sins in his wish to be an angel and cry repentance unto the earth (v. 3), and essentially that he should be content to do that which he has been called (v. 6). But D&C 58:26-29 discusses how we should not have to be commanded in all things, but that we should be "anxiously engaged in a good cause" and "do many things of [our] own free will." How can the notions of sin as described here by Alma and that in D&C 58 be reconciled?
- Verse 4 Are there important nuances in this verse? For example, what is the difference between our "desire" and our "will"? And is there a difference between 'granting', 'allotting' and 'decreeing'?
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Alma 29:6-10
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Verse 8
The Lord doth counsel in wisdom. Alma realizes that for him to cry repentance unto every people with the trump of God to shake the earth (verse 1) is unnecessary. The Lord has already prepared people in very nation to teach his word as he sees fit.
Verse 9
I know that which the Lord hath commanded. Alma tells us that he knows the will of the Lord. This is an important note in understanding why Alma's desire to cry repentance with the trump of God was a sin (see verse 3). As Alma makes clear here, he knew what the Lord had called him to do (what was "alloted" to him as verse 3 tells us). His sin then was in desiring to do something different from what he knew he was called to do.
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Verse 9
- Don R. Clarke, "Becoming Instruments in the Hands of God," Ensign, Nov 2006, pp. 97–99. Elder Clarke states: "[We] need to be receptive to the promptings of the Holy Ghost, for when we desire to be an instrument in the hands of God, we can receive revelation. The prophet Alma the Younger tells us of revelations that he received: 'I know that which the Lord hath commanded me, and I glory in it...' Alma had received revelation of what to do."
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Alma 29:11-17
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