This week we were to study Helaman 10 through 16.
We are encouraged to share what we learned each week. Well I
have chosen to share with you all the following scripture from the Book of
Mormon, which reads:
· Alma 17:9
9 And it came to pass that they journeyed many days in
the wilderness, and they fasted much and prayed much that the Lord would grant
unto them a portion of his Spirit to go with them, and abide with them, that
they might be an instrument in the hands of God to bring, if it were possible,
their brethren, the Lamanites, to the knowledge of the truth, to the knowledge of the baseness of the traditions of
their fathers, which were not correct.
This
verse is not from the chapters we were assigned to study. For those of you not
in the Pathways Program through the church which I belong to. If you are new to
my blog, I will give you a littler background here. As a student in the program
we are required to teach others what we are learning because part of the BYU-I
learning model it is believed that we will learn and understand a point of
study or skill more if we are able to teach another. If we are able to teach
another, we must be able to understand it before we can teach it to someone
else. I for one believe this theory to be true. I have seen it work and have
been a part of it now for 1 ½ semesters.
Now
back to the scripture I want to talk about. See when we are studying a
scriptural block we are not just reading the scripture as it is written. We are
encouraged to study it out and ponder it for ourselves. This is how I ended up
with this verse. I am trying to gain a Christ-like attribute of “Knowledge”. So
I searched the term “Knowledge” on the lds.org website and searched within the
Book of Mormon.
The
term or word “knowledge is used twice in this verse. The first time it is used
it is referring to the knowledge of the truth that what they were trying to
teach to the brethren the Lamanites was true. The second time “knowledge” is
mentioned it is referring to the fact that they knew that some of the things
that their fathers were teaching or “traditions” were false or not correct.
I
have found that to be one of the most point of issue one may find hard to try
to teach another. Telling someone that what they may have been doing since they
were old enough to be taught is wrong or incorrect. Let me write about one such
point here. It is taught by many churches that God, Jesus Christ and The Holy
Ghost is one person or unity. In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints it is taught that God, Jesus Christ and The Holy Ghost are 3 separate
Personages that work as one to bring about the salvation of man.
Ok
remember these are my thoughts on this verse and my opinions only. I want to state
again I do not speak for the Church and hope I am teaching others what I
believe to be true. My The Holy Ghost testify to you the truthfulness of the
scriptures as you read and ponder them for yourselves.
Any
additional thoughts from my classmates or anyone who has been invited to view
this blog? I would love to hear others takeaways from this verse.
*Footnote: Scriptures posted here are copied and pasted from
lds.org
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