READ Mosiah 25:1-4
Who were the people of Zarahemla?
Why might the Lamanites have been over twice the population of the
Nephites and Mulekites together?
The Ministry of Alma the Elder in Zarahemla
READ Mosiah 26:1-4
What is implied by the fact that the rising generation rejected
King Benjamin’s message because they were too young to hear or understand it
when it was given by him – because we know it was recorded and could have been
studied by them later as we do?
Why did the rising generation not understand and believe his
written words?
READ Mosiah 26:5-6
How did the unbelievers grow in number?
READ Mosiah 26:14-24
Why were Alma and his people blessed?
What happens to Alma in verse 20?
What is “Christ’s church” and is it different from Alma’s church?
READ Mosiah 26:25-32
Are those who “never knew Christ” still part of Alma’s church?
Why are these good Church members not redeemed?
Why are we to take the word of the sinner who says they have
repented (v31)?
When does the Lord stop forgiving people for continued, repeated
sinning?
Alma the Younger’s Conversion
READ Mosiah 27:8-10
How did Alma the Younger lead so many people away from the Church
of God?
Why did Alma try to destroy the Church instead of just enjoy his
wickedness in the privacy of his own circle of friends?
READ Mosiah 27:11-17
What does “rebelling” against God imply?
Why would an angel appear to a group of apostates like Alma and
the princes?
What does it mean that the angel “descended as it were in a
cloud”?
Did the earth actually shake with the angel’s voice?
What is the only thing that will overthrow the Church of God once
it is established on the earth?
READ Mosiah 27:18-22
Why were Alma and the princes so astonished at the angel?
Why did Alma the Elder rejoice when his son was brought unconscious
before him?
Alma II’s Testimony of Christ
READ Mosiah 27:30-31
Why will Christ make Himself manifest unto all?
When will those who lived without God in the world be visited by
the Lord and confess that He is the Christ?
When will those who lived with God in the world be visited by the
Lord?
READ Mosiah 27:32-37 and Alma 36:24-26
How were they able to bring many to the knowledge of the truth?
What is the greatest desire of the hearts of Alma and the princes?
Why does it require the testimony of one who has been born of God
to plant with power the truth of and desire for it in the heart of someone
else?
Born of God
READ Mosiah 27:23-29
How did Alma learn about the need to be born again?
What does “marvel” mean and why would God say not to marvel at His
statement?
Who must be born of God?
What does it mean to be “born of God” or “born of the Spirit”?
What are we changed
from and to?
Who does the
changing?
What does it mean to
be redeemed of God?
When are you truly a
"child of God"?
How is a child of God
different from all others?
What does it mean
that unless you are born of God in this life you will not inherit the Kingdom
of God?
Is being born of God
a process or an event?
What is the relationship between the Gospel of Jesus Christ and
being born again?
How is one Born of
God?
What would cause an individual to want to offer such a sacrifice?
READ Alma 36:12-16
What is godly sorrow and how does it differ from remorse and
despair?
What does godly sorrow cause to happen?
Is godly sorrow only experienced by the “wicked”?
Why would a loving God “torment” His child with the pains of hell
and “rack” his soul with “inexpressible horror” to the point that He wishes He
was extinct?
READ Alma 36:17-22
Why does Alma’s cry after 3 days of torment lead to his salvation?
What is the relationship between the level of despair and the
level of joy Alma experienced during his birth of the Spirit?
Who does Alma see in his vision and what is its significance?
The Holy Spirit and the Holy Ghost
What is the difference between the Light of Christ, the power of
the Holy Ghost, the Gift of the Holy Ghost, and the Holy Spirit of Promise –
and how are they connected?
Is the Holy Spirit “out there” or “within you”?
Then how do you “receive” something that is already within you?
What is the “baptism of fire and the Holy Ghost”?
What does the baptism of fire and the Holy Ghost do to the one
receiving it?
What accompanies the baptism of fire and the Holy Ghost?
What do the signs of purifying fire, prophesy, angels and
revelation witness to the one who receives it?
