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| + | * vv. 27-30: Does it make sense to understand these questions as tests we can use to answer the question, “Am I clean?” | ||
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| + | * v. 27: Is Alma using humility and having one’s garments washed clean as parallel concepts in this verse? If not, why does he particularly mention humility? | ||
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| + | * v. 28: What does it mean to be stripped of pride? Why are we unprepared to meet God if we are not stripped of pride? | ||
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| + | * v. 29: What might Alma mean here by “envy"? How does envy prevent us from being in the presence of God? | ||
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| + | * v. 30: What mockery or persecution within the Church might Alma have in mind? (Compare [[Alma 1:22|Alma 1:22-24]]—how did the contention with those outside the Church lead to excommunications?) | ||
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The Book of Mormon > Alma > Chapter 5
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Questions
- v. 26: Why is experiencing the change of heart described as singing “the song of redeeming love"? What does the question of this verse suggest is Alma’s concern for the people of Zarahemla? How is it an appropriate question for us?
- vv. 27-30: Does it make sense to understand these questions as tests we can use to answer the question, “Am I clean?”
- v. 27: Is Alma using humility and having one’s garments washed clean as parallel concepts in this verse? If not, why does he particularly mention humility?
- v. 28: What does it mean to be stripped of pride? Why are we unprepared to meet God if we are not stripped of pride?
- v. 29: What might Alma mean here by “envy"? How does envy prevent us from being in the presence of God?
- v. 30: What mockery or persecution within the Church might Alma have in mind? (Compare Alma 1:22-24—how did the contention with those outside the Church lead to excommunications?)
Lexical notes
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Exegesis
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Related links
- In a 1989 Fireside address at BYU titled Come unto Christ, Elder Eyring talks about how these verses (specifically 26-31) can be use to help understand whether we have had a change of heard, i.e. whether we have repented.
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