Faith to
be Taught
READ 3
Nephi 17:1-3
How does
Christ know the Nephites do not understand His words?
Why can’t
they understand all of the words Christ is commanded to speak to them?
What does Christ teach the Nephites
about how to learn the Gospel?
READ 3
Nephi 17:5-10
Christ is
ready to leave, so what compels Him to change His mind and stay?
What do
the Nephites have sufficient faith to do and what does this teach us about
having faith to be taught?
READ 3
Nephi 17:14
What
wickedness specifically is Christ so troubled about?
READ 3
Nephi 17:11-13
Who does
Christ call forward and why?
What does
Christ do with the children?
READ 3
Nephi 17:15-17, 23-24
What does
Christ say and do in His prayer?
Christ
Institutes the Sacrament Among the Nephites
READ 3
Nephi 18:1-2
What is the sacrament for?
What is
the symbolism of the bread?
What is
the symbolism of the wine?
READ 3
Nephi 18:3-7
Why is
the sacrament sacred enough to be celebrated by the Lord with people who are in
His very presence?
What does
it mean that the people ate and were filled?
Why are
we to remember the body of Christ?
READ 3
Nephi 18:8-11
Why do
the disciples partake first and then give to the multitude?
What is
the thing the people have done for which the Lord blesses them, and what is the
blessing?
READ 3
Nephi 18:12-14
How does
one build upon the rock of Christ?
Why would
we not build upon the rock of Christ?
3 Nephi
18:15-20
What does
the devil tempt us to do?
Who are
Christ’s Church?
What does
Christ tell us His role is?
What does
it mean that Satan desires to have us, that he may “sift us as wheat”?
What does
it mean to “watch and pray” lest we enter into temptation?
What is prayer for?
If prayer
is to obtain God’s will not petition Him for your own, why does Christ say that
you will receive “whatsoever ye shall ask” for?
3 Nephi
18:21-23
What does
this passage teach us about how we should be doing missionary work?
3 Nephi
18:24-25
What is
“our” light that we are to let shine unto the world?
Why are
we commanded to come unto Christ?
Who is
commanded to come unto Christ?
What
happens if you fail to testify in plainness of what you have experienced with
the Lord?
3 Nephi
18:26-27
If Christ
is our example in all things, what do these verses teach us?
3 Nephi
18:28-32
Why does
someone “eat and drink damnation to their soul” if they partake of the
sacrament unworthily?
What is
the disciple’s duty with regards to those who partake of the sacrament
unworthily?
What is
the disciple’s duty with regards to the unrepentant man bent on destroying
Christ’s people?
3 Nephi
18:36-37 and Moroni 2:1-3
What is
the difference between the power to give people the Holy Ghost and the power to
bless people to receive the Holy Ghost?
Day Two:
Initiatory and Endowment
READ 3 Nephi
19:1-3
What
responsibility did those who had witnessed Christ’s resurrection feel toward
those who had not?
What
happened to those who did not heed the invitation?
READ 3
Nephi 19:8
What did
the disciples who had heard Christ’s sermon the day before teach to the
multitude?
READ 3
Nephi 19:11-14
Had Nephi
III been baptized previously?
Had Nephi
III received the baptism of fire and the Holy Ghost previously?
So, what
is going on here and why are the twelve disciples Jesus had chosen the only
ones participating?
What
immediately follows this washing rite?
READ 3
Nephi 19:15-18
How does
the Lord organize the disciples in their prayer?
READ 3
Nephi 19:25, 30
What is
happening to the disciples?
READ 3
Nephi 19:19-24, 26-32
How many
times does Christ leave the disciples to pray to God, Himself?
Why is
Christ leaving the praying disciples to pray?
READ 3
Nephi 19:33-36
What
happened next?
What
things are so great that none are greater?
