Podcast: "Why must there be an eternal sacrifice?"
Alma 33-35
1. Read Alma 33:1-11. What questions did the Zoramites have for Alma following his instruction on experimenting upon the word? How did Alma answer their questions?
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2. Read Alma 33:12-23. List the prophets Alma referenced as witnesses of Christ. How can we better understand the doctrine of the Atonement?
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BONUS: In Alma 33:23, Alma again invites us to "plant this word" in our hearts. What is the word we should plant and nourish? What might we expect to grow if we do?
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3. Read Alma 34:1-16. What question did Amulek perceive was still in the minds of the poorer Zoramites? Of what did Amulek testify?
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BONUS: How can mercy satisfy the demands of justice?
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4. Read Alma 34:17-31. Amulek continued to answer the Zoramites' questions by listing ways to nourish God's word, so they would have their own witness of the reality of the Savior. What did he list in Alma 34:17-31, as means to this end?
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BONUS: What is the relationship between charity and faith?
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5. Read Alma 34:32-41. How do we give Satan the power to seal ourselves to him? List three more items of counsel Amulek gave the Zoramites.
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6. Read Alma 35:1-7. Where did the converted Zoramites go? Why were the more "popular" Zoramites angry?
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7. Read Alma 35:8-16. Why were the unconverted Zoramites angry with the people of Ammon (Anti-Nephi-Lehies)? What did the wicked Zoramites' chief ruler want the people of Ammon to do? What did they do instead? Why?
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BONUS: Why did Alma gather his sons together?