Destruction of the Wicked at Christ’s
Death
READ 3 Nephi 8:3-4
Why would the people look with “great
earnestness” for the sign of Christ’s death?
READ 3 Nephi 8:5-19
When was Christ’s death?
What natural disasters caused the
destruction of so many Nephite cities and what is the implication?
Why was there so much destruction
amongst the Nephites and Lamanites and not among those in Israel?
The Voice in the Darkness
READ 3 Nephi 8:20-23
What was the darkness caused by?
READ 3 Nephi 8:24-25
Is this godly sorrow or worldly regret?
READ 3 Nephi 9:1-2
What is strange about the voice?
What does “wo, wo, wo” mean?
Does the devil laugh because the
Nephites are slain or because they are fallen, and what does that mean?
READ 3 Nephi 9:9, 11
Why was wickedness of Jacobugath above
that of all the earth, even Jerusalem where the leaders of the Church conspired
to kill the Son of God?
READ 3 Nephi 9:13-14
Who were spared this destruction?
What will happen to them if they do not
repent now?
What do they have to be healed of?
Why does the Lord use a “travel”
metaphor to describe accepting Him?
Who will Christ receive and give Eternal
Life to and what is implied?
READ 3 Nephi 9:15-18
From what beginning was Christ “with”
the Father?
What does it mean that Christ was “with
the Father from the beginning”; weren't we all with the Father?
What does it mean that Christ is “in the
Father, and the Father in” Him?
Who are His “own” that He came unto and
how had they become His own?
Why did His “own” not receive Him when
He came unto them?
Who received Him if it was not His
“own”?
What is a “Son of God”; aren’t we all
already sons and daughters of God?
For those who have received Him, how has
Christ “given” them “to become” the sons of God?
How many “Sons of God” does Christ
intend to make?
How does Christ make one a “Son of God”?
How is Christ the Alpha and the Omega?
READ 3 Nephi 9:19-20
What sacrifice does Christ no longer
require of His people and why?
What is the symbolism of the sacrifice
of the shedding of blood?
What sacrifice does Christ require of
His people and why?
What is a broken heart and a contrite
spirit?
What is the baptism of fire and the Holy
Ghost?
Why were the Lamanites not able to
recognize this event when it happened to them?
READ 3 Nephi 9:21-22
If redemption means bringing the soul
back into the presence of God (see Ether 3:13) so that they are no longer
spiritually dead, what must God do first?
What enables you to receive the baptism
of fire and the Holy Ghost?
READ 3 Nephi 10:4-7
Why does the hen gather her chickens
under her wings?
What grammatical tenses does Christ use
in His hen analogy and what is implied?
What will happen to Israel if they
choose not to come unto Christ?
READ 3 Nephi 10:9-10
On what day did the darkness disperse
from the face of the land?
Why did their mourning for the
catastrophic amount of death end so suddenly on the morning of the third day?
Coming Unto Christ
READ 3 Nephi 10:18
When did Christ visit the Nephites?
READ 3 Nephi 11:1-2
Who were this multitude of Nephites?
Why did they gather to the temple at
Bountiful almost a year after Christ’s resurrection?
READ 3 Nephi 11:3-6
Did the people hear the voice the first
time God spoke?
Did the voice come out of heaven or was
it “as if” it came out of heaven, and if it didn’t come out of heaven, where
did it come from?
What does it mean that the voice
“pierced” them to the center?
Why did they not understand the voice
the first two times it spoke to them and what is the implication?
READ 3 Nephi 11:7
Who is speaking here and what is He
doing?
READ 3 Nephi 11:8
Who were the Nephites expecting to see
next?
Why did they not recognize Christ even
after being introduced by God Himself?
READ 3 Nephi 11:9-11
How do they recognize that this unremarkable
person is Jesus Christ?
How does Christ define Himself?
Why does Christ say “I have suffered the
will of the Father” instead of “I have done the will of the Father”?
READ 3 Nephi 11:12
What do the people do when they finally
recognize who He is?
READ 3 Nephi 11:13-14
Now that they understand who He is, what
does Christ direct the people to do next and what is implied?
READ 3 Nephi 11:15-17
How would you describe the Ceremony of
Recognition and Witnessing that the Lord commands them to perform?
What is another name for this Ceremony
of Recognition and Witnessing?
Why do they come up one by one?
Why do they feel the wound in His side
first?
What happens when they step back and
feel the prints in His hands and wrists?
Why is feeling the prints of the nails
in His feet the natural last step of the Ceremony?
What does it mean to know of a surety
that Jesus is the Christ?
Why does the resurrected Christ have
“death wounds” in His perfect body?
Why are those who receive this witness
asked to bear record of it; isn’t this experience too sacred to share?
Earlier, the Nephites had fallen to the
earth in stunned, awed silence when Christ introduced Himself but now they all
cry out together in praise; is this behavior irreverent in the presence of the
Lord?
The Doctrine of Christ
READ 3 Nephi 11:18-20
What is the Lord doing when He calls you
by name?
Why did Nephi III have to be called; wasn’t
he already the presiding authority?
What are the others doing when Nephi III
is asked to come forth?
What does Nephi III, who was asked to
arise and come forth (see John 11:43), choose to do next?
What is the Lord’s next command to Nephi
III and why is it so difficult?
READ 3 Nephi 11:21
Why doesn’t the Lord lay His hands on
Nephi III’s head when giving him this power to baptize?
Nephi III clearly had held or manifested
God’s power (see 3 Nephi 7:17-19), so why give Him “power” again?
READ 3 Nephi 11:22-26
Do Nephi III and these others hold the
“keys” to baptism among the Nephites?
Why did the Lord lay out in detail the
way Nephi III is to conduct the ordinance of baptism?
Can Nephi III, who holds the keys to
baptism, change the way the ordinance is done for any reason whatsoever?
What is the Lord’s precondition for
baptism?
What happens if this precondition is not
met?
What is the symbolism inherent in
baptism by immersion?
READ 3 Nephi 11:27
How are the Father, Son and Holy Ghost
one?
READ 3 Nephi 11:28-30
What do contentions about doctrine
imply?
What is Christ telling the Nephites with
regard to doctrine and ordinances?
Where do disputations lead?
What happens when contention begins?
READ 3 Nephi 11:31-39
Whose doctrine is the Doctrine of
Christ?
What is the Doctrine of Christ?
How important is the ordinance of
baptism?
What roles do the Father, Son and Holy
Spirit have with regards to our salvation?
How is our relationship with Christ
different in mortality than our relationship with the Father?
When does the Father bear record of the
Son?
For those who have yet to experience
this testimony in the flesh, do we have a “record” of the Father’s testimony of
Christ and Christ’s testimony of the Father?
Is this testimony enough?
What is the role of the Holy Spirit?
If our “Ghost” becomes “Holy” through
the ministrations of the Holy Spirit, the Son and the Father, what does it mean
that the Holy Ghost beareth record of the Father and Son?
What does becoming “childlike” have to
do with repentance?
What does knowing, accepting and
following the Doctrine of Christ protect you from?
READ 3 Nephi 11:40-41
What does it mean to declare more than
Christ’s doctrine?
What does it mean to declare less than
the Doctrine of Christ?
