Verse 4: Moroni intended to end the Book of Mormon with his abridgment of Ether. Why do you
\nthink he intended that? What would have made Ether an appropriate end to the record that
\nMoroni is making? <\/p>\n

Verses 1-3: Why weren’t these words part of the public record of Christ’s visit? Why does
\nMoroni include them in the Book of Mormon? These verses suggest that the authority to give the
\ngift of the Holy Ghost was the most important aspect of the disciples’ ordination. Why might that
\nbe? <\/p>\n

Verses 1-3: Was the ordination of priests and teachers among the Nephites accomplished by
\nmeans of a set prayer that we find here? If so, what does it mean to us that we no longer use a set
\nprayer for those ordinations? If not, what makes you think that it wasn’t? <\/p>\n

Verse 3: What does “the endurance of faith” mean? Does it mean that faith produces endurance?
\nIf so, how might that be so? (Ether 12 may be relevant.) <\/p>\n

Verse 3: What does it mean to say that the bread will be blessed and sanctified (made holy) to the
\nsouls<\/i> of those who eat it? Why must we remember Christ’s body, and then his blood? What does
\nthe word “may” suggest in the places where it appears in the prayer? To whom does “his Spirit,”
\nmeaning “Christ’s Spirit” refer? If the Holy Ghost, how is that a proper name for him? If it is not
\nthe Holy Ghost, what does that phrase mean? <\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n
O God, the Eternal Father, <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
we ask<\/span> thee in the name of thy Son, Jesus Christ, <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
<\/p>\n<\/td>\n
\n
to bless and sanctify<\/span> this bread to the souls of all those who partake of it; <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
<\/p>\n<\/td>\n
\n
that they may eat in remembrance<\/span> of the body of thy Son, <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
<\/p>\n<\/td>\n
\n
and witness<\/span> unto thee, O God, the Eternal Father,<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
<\/p>\n<\/td>\n
\n
that they are willing to take upon them the
\nname<\/span> of thy Son, <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
<\/p>\n<\/td>\n
\n
and always remember him<\/span>,<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
<\/p>\n<\/td>\n
\n
and keep his commandments<\/span> which he hath
\ngiven them,<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
<\/p>\n<\/td>\n
\n
that they may always have his Spirit<\/span> to be with them.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
According to this diagram, the priest asks the Father to bless and sanctify the bread for three
\nreasons: so that those who eat may eat in remembrance, so that those who eat may become
\nwitnesses, and so that those who eat may have “his Spirit” to be with them. Those who partake
\nbecome witnesses of three things: that they are willing to take the name of the Son on
\nthemselves, that they are willing to remember him, and that they are willing to keep his
\ncommandments. <\/p>\n
Are there other ways to diagram the prayer, ways that yield different understandings of the
\nprayer? For example, is there another way to understand how the last clause fits with the rest of
\nthe prayer? In the diagram, it is one of the things that the priest prays for, but it might also be
\nunderstood as being the result of keeping the commandments. In other words, in the last clause,
\ndoes “that they may always have his Spirit” mean “we ask thee to bless and sanctify this bread so
\nthat they may always have his Spirit” (as this diagram assumes) or does it mean “they keep his
\ncommandments so that they may always have his Spirit”? How do you decide between these two
\npossibilities? <\/p>\n
Chapter 5<\/i><\/p>\n
At the end of the prayer over the bread, the priest prays that those who drink the wine\/water “do<\/i>
\nalways remember him.” In the prayer over the bread, he prays that they may<\/i> remember. Is this
\ndifference significant? If so, what does it signify? If not, why is the wording different? <\/p>\n
Chapter 6<\/i><\/p>\n
Verse 1: What fruits show that one is worthy of baptism? <\/p>\n
Verse 2: Does this verse answer the question about verse one, or does it add additional
\nqualifications? Does the word “neither” at the beginning of the verse suggest an answer to that
\nquestion? <\/p>\n
Verse 3: Are taking the name of Christ on oneself and having a determination to serve him to the
\nend the same thing or two different things? What does it mean, literally, to take Christ’s name on
\noneself? <\/p>\n
Verse 4: Is this wording significant: “received unto baptism”? Why does Moroni say that to be
\nnumbered among the members of the church, one must have been “wrought upon and cleansed
\nby the power of the Holy Ghost”? Has everyone who has been given the gift of the Holy Ghost
\nbeen so wrought upon and cleansed? Why does Moroni think it was it important to keep the
\nnames of those who joined the people of the church? How do we nourish members “by the good
\nword of God”? How do we keep each other “in the right way”? What does it mean to be
\ncontinually watchful unto prayer”? How do we keep each other “continually watchful unto
\nprayer”? The last part of this verse sounds very Protestant: “relying only on the merits of Christ,
\nwho was the author and the finisher of their faith.” What does it mean to rely only<\/i> on the merits
\nof Christ (and, therefore, not on our own merits)? What does it mean to say that Christ is the
\nauthor—the creator—of our faith? What does it mean to say that he is its finisher? <\/p>\n
Verses 5-6, 9: How does it appear that the meetings of the Nephite Saints might have been
\ndifferent than ours? How similar? <\/p>\n
Verses 7-8: Why does Moroni insert this remark about how to deal with transgressors in the
\nmiddle of his description of how the Nephites of his time worshipped? <\/p>\n
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\n O God, the Eternal Father, <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n we ask<\/span> thee in the name of thy Son, Jesus Christ, <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n <\/p>\n<\/td>\n	\n to bless and sanctify<\/span> this bread to the souls of all those who partake of it; <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n <\/p>\n<\/td>\n	\n that they may eat in remembrance<\/span> of the body of thy Son, <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n <\/p>\n<\/td>\n	\n and witness<\/span> unto thee, O God, the Eternal Father,<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n <\/p>\n<\/td>\n	\n that they are willing to take upon them the \nname<\/span> of thy Son, <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n <\/p>\n<\/td>\n	\n and always remember him<\/span>,<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n <\/p>\n<\/td>\n	\n and keep his commandments<\/span> which he hath \ngiven them,<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n <\/p>\n<\/td>\n	\n that they may always have his Spirit<\/span> to be with them.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n According to this diagram, the priest asks the Father to bless and sanctify the bread for three \nreasons: so that those who eat may eat in remembrance, so that those who eat may become \nwitnesses, and so that those who eat may have “his Spirit” to be with them. Those who partake \nbecome witnesses of three things: that they are willing to take the name of the Son on \nthemselves, that they are willing to remember him, and that they are willing to keep his \ncommandments. <\/p>\n Are there other ways to diagram the prayer, ways that yield different understandings of the \nprayer? For example, is there another way to understand how the last clause fits with the rest of \nthe prayer? In the diagram, it is one of the things that the priest prays for, but it might also be \nunderstood as being the result of keeping the commandments. In other words, in the last clause, \ndoes “that they may always have his Spirit” mean “we ask thee to bless and sanctify this bread so \nthat they may always have his Spirit” (as this diagram assumes) or does it mean “they keep his \ncommandments so that they may always have his Spirit”? How do you decide between these two \npossibilities? <\/p>\n Chapter 5<\/i><\/p>\n At the end of the prayer over the bread, the priest prays that those who drink the wine\/water “do<\/i> \nalways remember him.” In the prayer over the bread, he prays that they may<\/i> remember. Is this \ndifference significant? If so, what does it signify? If not, why is the wording different? <\/p>\n Chapter 6<\/i><\/p>\n Verse 1: What fruits show that one is worthy of baptism? <\/p>\n Verse 2: Does this verse answer the question about verse one, or does it add additional \nqualifications? Does the word “neither” at the beginning of the verse suggest an answer to that \nquestion? <\/p>\n Verse 3: Are taking the name of Christ on oneself and having a determination to serve him to the \nend the same thing or two different things? What does it mean, literally, to take Christ’s name on \noneself? <\/p>\n Verse 4: Is this wording significant: “received unto baptism”? Why does Moroni say that to be \nnumbered among the members of the church, one must have been “wrought upon and cleansed \nby the power of the Holy Ghost”? Has everyone who has been given the gift of the Holy Ghost \nbeen so wrought upon and cleansed? Why does Moroni think it was it important to keep the \nnames of those who joined the people of the church? How do we nourish members “by the good \nword of God”? How do we keep each other “in the right way”? What does it mean to be \ncontinually watchful unto prayer”? How do we keep each other “continually watchful unto \nprayer”? The last part of this verse sounds very Protestant: “relying only on the merits of Christ, \nwho was the author and the finisher of their faith.” What does it mean to rely only<\/i> on the merits \nof Christ (and, therefore, not on our own merits)? What does it mean to say that Christ is the \nauthor—the creator—of our faith? What does it mean to say that he is its finisher? <\/p>\n Verses 5-6, 9: How does it appear that the meetings of the Nephite Saints might have been \ndifferent than ours? How similar? <\/p>\n Verses 7-8: Why does Moroni insert this remark about how to deal with transgressors in the \nmiddle of his description of how the Nephites of his time worshipped? <\/p>\n <\/body><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lesson 47: Moroni 1-6<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lessons-all","category-sunday-school-lesson-book-of-mormon"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1674"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5571,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1674\/revisions\/5571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}