The people of King Benjamin gathered, with tents pointed to the temple, to hear the words in this week’s reading of Mosiah 1–3. It was a time to give offerings, crown a new king, and hear the word of God from his mouthpiece. And that message starts with the Plan of Salvation, centered on the Atonement of Christ.
Segment 1
Scriptures:
Mosiah 2:11,20,21,36 (The Lord preserves)
CR: Preserving the Heart’s Mighty Change, Dale G. Renlund, October 2009 General Conference
Mosiah 2:30 (King Benjamin shook while speaking)
Omni 1:12,15-17,24 (Lineage of Benjamin and Mosiah)
CR: 2 Kings 24-25
CR: 1 Nephi 1:4
Segment 2
Scriptures:
Mosiah 1:1-3 (Children of understanding)
Mosiah 1:10 (Mosiah will be the new king)
Segment 3
Scriptures:
Mosiah 1:3-4 (The scriptures help us remember)
Omni 1:17 (The people of Zarahemla lost their language)
Mosiah 10:10-18 (The Lamanites lost the doctrine)
Mosiah 1:7 (Search the scriptures diligently)
Alma 37:8 (Scriptures enlarge the memory)
Words of the General Authorities:
The holy scriptures represent mankind’s spiritual memory. And when man’s connection with scripture is severed, mortals are tragically deprived of an awareness of spiritual history, blinding the eyes of faith…
Without this precious, spiritual perspective, the human family is seldom more than one generation away from deep doubt and even disbelief. Laman and Lemuel doubted and murmured because, wrote Nephi, “they knew not the dealings of that God who had created them” (1 Ne. 2:12); they were provincial, just like forgetful Israel: “and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the Lord, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel” (Neal A. Maxwell, “God Will Yet Reveal”, October 1986 General Conference)
Segment 4
Scriptures:
Mosiah 1:18, Mosiah 2:1 (Go up to the temple)
Mosiah 2:3 (Sacrifice)
Mosiah 2:5-6 (In tents according to their families)
Mosiah 3:11 (Atonement of Christ)
CR: Exodus 24:8
Mosiah 4:2-3 (Music and joy in the meeting)
Mosiah 1:10, Mosiah 2:29-31, Mosiah 6:3 (Coronation of the new king Mosiah)
Segment 5
Scriptures:
Mosiah 2:9 (The mysteries of God may be unfolded)
CR: The Plan of Salvation and the Rising Generation, Kim B. Clark, Seminaries and Institutes of Religion Annual Training Broadcast, June 12, 2018
Mosiah 3:9 (Saved by the name of Christ)
Mosiah 2:21:24 (We are indebted to Christ)
Mosiah 3:17 (No other name)
Segment 6
Scriptures:
Mosiah 3:4 (Rejoice and be full of joy)
Mosiah 3:5 (The Lord will work miracles here)
Mosiah 3:17,20-21 (Christ is the name and the way)
Hebraism:
Mosiah 3:18-19 = Chiasmus
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