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Verse 1

• To what group of people is Mormon referring when he says "among all the inhabitants of the earth"?

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Verse 2

The Lord tells the people that the devil and his angels laughed when the Lord destroyed the wicked people. We might have thought that in the battle between good and evil when the Lord destroys the wicked, the Lord gets ahead and the devil takes a set back. This isn't the case. The devil rejoices when the Lord punishes the wicked. If we rejoice in the punishment of the wicked, we take the same position the devil does.

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Verse 2

• Robert D. Hales, "To Act for Ourselves: The Gift and Blessings of Agency," Ensign, May 2006, pp. 4–8.

"I once had an opportunity to accompany President Spencer W. Kimball to a distant land. We were given a tour of the various sites in the area, including underground catacombs—burial grounds for people who had been persecuted by Christian zealots. As we came up the dark, narrow stairs of that place, President Kimball taught me an unforgettable lesson. He pulled my coattail and said, 'It has always troubled me what the adversary does using the name of our Savior.' He then said, 'Robert, the adversary can never have joy unless you and I sin.'"

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The Book of Mormon > Third Nephi > Chapter 9

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Verse 13

• The Lord compares the survivors' righteousness with that of those who were slain. How should we read this? Should we assume that every person still alive was more righteous than each person who died? What is the purpose of this comparison? Is it ever helpful for us to compare individual's righteousness or worthiness with others'?

Verse 15

• What does it mean when Christ says "I am in the Father and the Father in me?"

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Verse 11

There were none righteous among them. The Lord tells us that these cities he destroyed had no righteous people in it. This reminds us of the conversation between Abraham and the Lord in Gen 18:23-33 where Abraham asks "Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?"

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Verse 14

• Anne C. Pingree, "To Look, Reach, and Come unto Christ," Ensign, Nov 2006, pp. 113–15. Sister Pingree said: "His promise invites us not only to reach towards Him but also to take the all-important next step: to 'come unto' Him."

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Vs. 20, the Lamanites were baptized with fire and with the Holy Ghost, and "they knew it not." What does that mean? Why wouldn't they know if they had such faith, and why would the Savior make mention of it in this context just before appearing to the Nephites for the first time?

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