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Lesson 20 1 Nephi 19
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1 Nephi 19:1–21
Nephi records prophecies about Jesus Christ to help the people remember their Redeemer
What thoughts or feelings would you have for this person or group of people if you saw others mocking or trying to harm them? Why?
1 Nephi 19: 7
7 For the things which some men esteem to be of great worth, both to the body and soul, others set at naught and trample under their feet. Yea, even the very God of Israel do men trample under their feet; I say, trample under their feet but I would speak in other words—they set him at naught, and hearken not to the voice of his counsels.
According to 1 Nephi 19:7, how do some people trample the Savior under their feet, or “set him at naught”?
How is refusing to hearken to the Lord’s counsel like setting Him at naught or trampling Him under one’s feet?
1 Nephi 19:8–10
8 And behold he cometh, according to the words of the angel, in six hundred years from the time my father left Jerusalem.
9 And the world, because of their iniquity, shall judge him to be a thing of naught; wherefore they scourge him, and he suffereth it; and they smite him, and he suffereth it. Yea, they spit upon him, and he suffereth it, because of his loving kindness and his long-suffering towards the children of men.
10 And the God of our fathers, who were led out of Egypt, out of bondage, and also were preserved in the wilderness by him, yea, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, yieldeth himself, according to the words of the angel, as a man, into the hands of wicked men, to be lifted up, according to the words of Zenock, and to be crucified, according to the words of Neum, and to be buried in a sepulchre, according to the words of Zenos, which he spake concerning the three days of darkness, which should be a sign given of his death unto those who should inhabit the isles of the sea, more especially given unto those who are of the house of Israel.
In what ways would people treat the Savior
as a thing of naught during His mortal ministry?
What truth do these verses teach us about
what Jesus Christ did and why He did it?
How did the Savior’s willingness to suffer and
be crucified demonstrate His love for us?
What feelings do you have for the Savior as you
consider what He has suffered and done for us?
1 Nephi 19:18–19
18 And I, Nephi, have written these things unto my people, that perhaps I might persuade them that they would remember the Lord their Redeemer.
19 Wherefore, I speak unto all the house of Israel, if it so be that they should obtain these things.
What is a truth that these verses teach us about one of the purposes of the Book of Mormon?
How has the Book of Mormon persuaded and helped you to remember the Lord?
1 Nephi 19:22–24
Nephi explains why he used the scriptures from the brass plates to teach his people
Prepare to identify a principle in 1 Nephi 19:22–24. Divide into pairs. Take the handouts on each pair so that each of you in the pair has one of the two handouts, and follow the instructions.
What can we do to better find and understand the messages and lessons that God would like us to receive from the Book of Mormon and other scriptures?
Please, read 1 Nephi 19:22–23 silently, looking for Nephi’s description of how he helped his brethren apply scriptural messages and lessons to themselves.
What do you think it means to liken
scriptures to ourselves?
What is a principle we can learn from these verses about the blessings of likening the scriptures to ourselves?
1 Nephi 19:24
24 Wherefore I spake unto them, saying: Hear ye the words of the prophet, ye who are a remnant of the house of Israel, a branch who have been broken off; hear ye the words of the prophet, which were written unto all the house of Israel, and liken them unto yourselves, that ye may have hope as well as your brethren from whom ye have been broken off; for after this manner has the prophet written.
How could Nephi’s brethren profit from
likening the scriptures to themselves?
In what ways can likening the scriptures
to ourselves give us hope?
In addition to receiving hope, what are other ways we can profit from likening the scriptures to ourselves?