Mormon’s Farewell Message to the Remnant of Israel
READ Mormon 7:1
Who is the “remnant of this
people”?
READ Mormon 7:2
Why must the Remnant know that
they are of the House of Israel?
READ Mormon 7:3, 5, 8, 10
How does Moroni develop the
doctrine of repentance over these four verses?
READ Mormon 7:7
What does it mean to be found
guiltless before Christ?
READ Mormon 7:9
What is the relationship between
the Book of Mormon and the Bible?
Moroni’s Postscript to the Book of
Mormon
READ Mormon 8:1-5
What is Moroni doing?
READ Mormon 8:7
What does it mean that the
destruction of the Nephites was great and marvelous?
READ Mormon 8:10-11
What does the fact that the Three
Nephites ministered to Mormon and Moroni teach us?
READ Mormon 8:12, 17
Are there imperfections in the
book and if so, how did this happen?
READ Mormon 8:14-16
How did Joseph Smith “bring to
light” the Book of Mormon?
Moroni Calls the Latter-day
Gentiles to Repentance
READ Mormon 8:18-20
What is Moroni’s warning to the
latter-day reader of the Book of Mormon?
READ Mormon 8:21-25
Moroni has seen the latter days,
in which the Book of Mormon will come forth; who is he talking about who will
try to stop the Lord from honoring His covenant with the Remnant of Jacob?
READ Mormon 8:26-32
What “day” is Moroni speaking
about here – the day of the coming forth of the Book of Mormon from out of the
earth (1830) or the day of the coming forth of the Book of Mormon to awaken the
Remnant (post Twentieth Century)?
What is Moroni seeing when he
describes the “day” in which the Book of Mormon will “come forth”?
Since few churches would make this
transaction explicit, how might a church couch Moroni’s observation that they
offer forgiveness of sins for money?
READ Mormon 8:33
What “holy word of God” has been
transfigured, why and how?
READ Mormon 8:34-41
Moroni has seen us in vision in great
detail; how does he describe us?
Which “Holy Church of God” that
has been polluted by leaders seeking gain at the expense of the poor is being
referred to here?
How is Christ’s name taken upon
someone?
What does it mean that the “Holy
Church of God” is ashamed to take upon itself the name of Christ?
Why was the “Holy Church of God”
polluted and turned into a money-making machine, and the leaders and members
became ashamed to take upon themselves the name of Christ?
What is Moroni’s message to us –
those claiming to be the “holy Church of God”?
Moroni’s Warning to “Christian Unbelievers”
READ Mormon 9:1-2
What is the “day of your
visitation” and why isn’t it stated as the “day of His visitation”?
READ Mormon 9:3-5
What will we see clearly in the
afterlife?
What is it like to enter the
presence of God?
Will the majority of people who
lived on the earth prefer heaven or hell?
What happens when the unprepared
are finally able to flee from God’s presence?
Is God punishing the wicked in
these verses?
What will we learn about God and
about ourselves when we stand in His presence?
READ Mormon 9:6
How, then, does a person abide or
stand in His presence?
What is Moroni’s plea to us?
READ Mormon 9:7-10
Who are these “unbelievers” Moroni
is addressing?
What does no “shadow of changing”
mean and what does this imply God is like?
So what does this imply about the
changes in doctrine and practice that we have seen in the Holy Church of God over
time (from the present back to ancient Israel)?
How can the Lord say that He could
continue to reveal additional truth and still be an unchangeable God?
READ Mormon 9:11-14
What “miracles” is Moroni
ascribing to God?
How is all mankind redeemed?
What are the steps of the plan of
salvation that Moroni teaches?
READ Mormon 9:15-18
What is a miracle?
How does God perform His miracles
or works?
READ Mormon 9:19-21
If God is an unchangeable being,
can miracles cease?
If God is an unchangeable being,
why have miracles ceased?
Among what men and women does God
continue to perform miracles?
What is Moroni's logical argument to those who deny miracles,
spiritual gifts and revelation?
READ Mormon 9:22-25
What is the relationship between
belief and proof?
READ Mormon 9:26-29
Do the “despisers” of the works
(miracles) of Christ wonder now?
What will change?
What does it mean to “be believing
and come unto the Lord with all your heart and work out your own salvation with
fear and trembling before Him”?
What is the urgency behind
Moroni’s plea to “be wise in the days of your probation”?
What is implied in the phrase
“strip yourself of all uncleanness,” as if it is some article of clothing?
Can the Lord prevent us from
falling prey to temptation?
What does it mean to be baptized
or partake of the sacrament unworthily, as no one is perfect?
READ Mormon 9:35
Why do the Book of Mormon writers
have to write the book to “rid themselves” of the “blood” of those who have
dwindled in unbelief?
