 Teachings and Doctrine of the Book of Mormon
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Lesson 18
Preparing for the Final Day of Judgement
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1. Cover page |
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Preparing for the Final Day of Judgement
Background and Student Reading
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 Dallin H Oaks
"Resurrection"
Ensign, May 2000, 14-16
 D Todd Christopherson
"The Resurrection of Jesus Christ"
Ensign or Liahona, May 2014, 111?-4.
 Brigham Young
"Understanding Death and Resurrection"
chapter 37 in Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Brigham Young (1997), 273-78.
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 2 Nephi 9:12-13; Mosiah 15:21-26; 16:6-11; Alma 5:15-21; 7:21-25; 11:40-45; 16:6-11; 34:32-34; 40:4-7, 11-14, 19-24; 41:2-6.
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Elevated Learning
As you go through this institute lesson make notes in your study journal of the things that impress on your mind and heart and expand your personal understanding. Take the time to review these notes and share with others after the lesson. This is an important part of your elevated learning experience and will help the gospel of Jesus Christ get down into your heart and contribute to your successful graduation of this institute course.
2. The purpose of mortal life |
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How might people who do not understand the purpose of their mortal lives and do not believe in life after death live differently from people who do understand these things?
3. Amulek teaches |
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Read Alma 34:32-34
What did Amulek teach the people of Ammonihah about the purpose of life?
Amulek
Alma 34:32-34
Questions
What important doctrine did Amulek teach?
How do these doctrines help us live our mortal lives?
4. Not how long but how well |
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We understand we have come to earth to learn, to live, to progress in our eternal journey toward perfection. Some remain on earth but for a moment, while others live long upon the land. The measure is not how long we live, but rather how well we live.
Thomas S Monson
"He Is Risen"
Ensign, Nov. 1981, 18
5. Someday |
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There is a danger in the word someday when what it means is not this day. Someday I will repent. Someday I will forgive him. Someday I will speak to my friend about the Church. Someday I will start to pay tithing. Someday I will return to the temple. Someday... The scriptures make the danger of delay clear [see Alma 34:33-34]. ...This day is a precious gift of God. The thought Someday I will can be a thief of the opportunities of time and the blessings of eternity.
Henry B Eyring
"This Day"
Ensign or Liahona, May 2007, 89
Questions
How can we live differently with these words in mind?
6. Teaching Corianton |
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Read Alma 40:6-7, 11-14
What did Alma teach his son Corianton about what happens to our spirits after we die?
Alma
Alma 40:6-7, 11-14
Questions
What is the difference between the state of the righteous and the state of the wicked after death?
7. Paradise or spirit prison |
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Abinadi
Mosiah 16:6-11
Questions
What doctrines did Abinadi teach about the spirit world?
8. The resurrection |
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What do we learn about the resurrection from these verses?
• 2 Nephi 9:12-13
• Mosiah 15:21-26
• Alma 11:40-45
• Alma 40:4-5, 19-24
Questions
How does the principle of the resurrection bless your life while in mortality?
9. Testimony of the resurrection |
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The Apostle Peter referred to the fact that God the Father, in His abundant mercy, 'hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead'. The lively hope we are given by the resurrection is our conviction that death is not the conclusion of our identity but merely a necessary step in the destined transition from mortality to immortality. This hope changes the whole perspective of mortal life. The assurance of resurrection gives us the strength and perspective to endure the mortal challenges faced by each of us and by those we love, such things as the physical, mental, or emotional deficiencies we bring with us at birth or acquire during mortal life.
Dallin H Oaks
"Resurrection"
Ensign, May 2000, 15-16
Questions
When has the assurance of the resurrection given you strength or motivated you in life?
10. Preparing for final judgement |
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Alma
Alma 5:15-21
Questions
Which of Alma's questions touches your heart the most?
What can we learn from Alma's testimony in verse 21?
11. Prove themselves faithful |
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I know of nothing that is more important or necessary at this time than to cry repentance, even among the Latter-day Saints, and I call upon them ... to heed these words of our Redeemer. Now he has stated definitely that no unclean thing can enter his presence. Only those who prove themselves faithful and have washed their garments in his blood through their faith and their repentance - none others shall find the kingdom of God.
Joseph Fielding Smith
Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Fielding Smith [2013], 91
Questions
How do we prove ourselves faithful?
12. Garments found spotless |
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"...And may the Lord bless you, and keep your garments spotless..."
• Read Alma 7:21-25
Alma
Alma 7:21-25
Questions
What do we need to be like to have our garments found spotless?
13. Summary |
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• After death, the righteous go to paradise and the wicked go to spirit prison
• Our spirits will be restored to our bodies in the resurrection
• Preparing for the final judgement
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