Mormon 3
The Lord spared the Nephites from Lamanite destruction in order to grant them a chance for what?
Repentance
Why were the Nephites unsuccessful?
Contrary to God’s command, they went on the offensive against the Lamanites.
What word does Mormon use three times to describe the feelings we would have about the fallen Nephites?
SORROW
Where did Mormon gather his people for what would be their final battle?
Cumorah
How did the Nephites respond to the Lord’s invitation to repent and be spared?
They hardened their hearts against the Lord.
No one can escape the judgments of God. But HOW are the wicked punished?
The wicked are punished by the wicked. They no longer have God’s help and protection.
If the Nephites had repented, what does verse 11 say would have happened to them?
They would have been “clasped in the arms of Jesus.”
What did Mormon do with all the records he had?
He gave the Book of Mormon to his son, Moroni; the rest he hid up in the hill Cumorah.
Mormon refused to lead the Nephites because they swore to do what?
They swore vengeance against the Lamanites. No longer on the defensive, but on the offensive.
The Nephites are being destroyed, so what do they do?
They do NOT repent, but persist in wickedness.
What is one reason the Book of Mormon will go forth in the latter days?
To persuade people that Jesus is the Christ; to help fulfill God’s covenant with the house of Israel; or to help descendants of the Lamanites believe the gospel more fully.
Is death something to be feared?
No. But the wicked fear death.
Who can render vengeance in righteousness?
Only the LORD.
What is the state of the Nephites and Lamanites at this time?
More wicked than all.
What did the Nephites and Lamanites lose because they would not turn to the Lord?
They lost the Spirit. Also, they were “without God and Christ in the world.”
In this final battle all the Nephites were slaughtered except for how many?
24 :(
230,000 were killed
Mormon is writing to us for what reason?
So that we may know that we will all stand before the Lord to be judged of our works.
Because the Nephites refuse to repent, what begins to happen to them?
They no longer prosper against the Lamanites, and they begin to be swept off completely from the land.
If we do not anchor ourselves to Christ, who will end up leading us?
Satan
Mormon bemoans the fate of his people and proclaims that they would not have fallen if they only had done what?
Not rejected ”that Jesus, who stood with open arms to receive” them.