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Lesson 38: Peace among the Nephites
Purpose
• To encourage each child to seek the peace and
happiness that come from living the gospel of
Jesus Christ.
I Feel My Savior’s Love
1. I feel my Savior’s love In all the world around me. His Spirit warms my soul Through ev’rything I see.
2. I feel my Savior’s love; Its gentleness enfolds me, And when I kneel to pray, My heart is filled with peace.
3. I feel my Savior’s love And know that he will bless me. I offer him my heart; My shepherd he will be.
4. I’ll share my Savior’s love By serving others freely. In serving I am blessed. In giving I receive. Chorus He knows I will follow him, Give all my life to him. I feel my Savior’s love, The love he freely gives me. Words: Ralph Rodgers Jr., 1936–1996; K. Newell Dayley, b. 1939; and Laurie Huffman, b. 1948 Music: K. Newell Dayley, b. 1939 © 1978, 1979 by K. Newell Dayley.
Our Opening Prayer will be given by
(Enter Name Here)
• Try to imagine what it would be like to have
the Savior live with your family for a week
• What do you think it
would be like to be in
that home for that week?
• Let’s read 4 Nephi 1:15–16.
• 15 And it came to pass that there was no acontention in the land, because of the blove of God which did dwell in the hearts of the people.
• 16 And there were no aenvyings, nor bstrifes, nor ctumults, nor whoredoms, nor lyings, nor murders, nor any manner of dlasciviousness; and surely there could not be a ehappier people among all the people who had been created by the hand of God.
• These verses describe how the people in America treated each other after Jesus Christ’s visit.
• What do you think it would be like to live
under these conditions?
• How would our lives
be different if everyone
obeyed the
commandments?
• (We would have no
need for locks, keys,
police officers, and so
on.)
• One of the most important keys to happiness is
how we treat other people.
• By living the teachings of Jesus Christ, we will
treat our families and friends with more
kindness and less selfishness, and we will find
greater peace and happiness.
Lesson 38: Peace among the Nephites
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• One day when the disciples were
together fasting and praying, Jesus
Christ came to them.
• The disciples asked him what they
should name the Church.
• Jesus said it should be named after
him because it was his Church.
Jesus
explained to
his disciples
that Heavenly
Father had
sent him to
earth to give
his life for all
people.
• He said everyone who repents, is
baptized in his name, and obeys his
commandments will be held guiltless
before Heavenly Father.
• The Savior told his disciples to do the
things they had seen him do.
• He had set the example for them.
He also told
them to write
down what
they had seen
and heard so
that others
could know
about it.
• Jesus asked his disciples what they
would like from him.
• Nine of them wanted to be with him
after their lives on earth had ended.
• Jesus promised them that when they
were 72 years old, they would go to
him in heaven.
• The other three disciples did not dare
ask for what they wanted, but Jesus
knew.
• They wanted
to stay on
the earth
and teach
the gospel
until Jesus
came again.
The Savior promised them that they would
not suffer pain or sorrow and would not die.
They would
teach people
the gospel
until he
returned.
• Jesus touched each disciple except
the three who would stay on the earth.
• Then he left.
• The three disciples were taken to
heaven, where they saw and heard
many wonderful things.
• They were better able to understand
the things of God.
• Their bodies were changed so they would not die.
• The three disciples returned to earth
and began preaching and baptizing.
• Wicked Nephites threw the three
disciples into prison and into deep pits,
but God’s power helped them
escape.
• When they were pushed into furnaces and
into dens with wild animals, they were also
protected by the power of God.
The three disciples continued to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ to the
Nephites.
They are still preaching his gospel.
• After Jesus returned to heaven, his disciples set up his Church throughout the land.
The people who repented
of their sins were baptized and received
the Holy Ghost.
• Soon all the Nephites and Lamanites
were converted.
• They did not argue and everyone was
honest.
• No one was rich or poor.
• The people shared everything, and
they all had what they needed.
The disciples
performed
many miracles
in the name
of Jesus Christ.
• They healed the sick and brought the
dead back to life.
The people built new cities where others
had been destroyed.
They obeyed
God’s
commandments
.
They fasted and prayed and met together
often to hear the word of God.
The people were happy.
There were
no robbers,
no liars, no
murderers.
The people were no longer divided into
Nephites and Lamanites but were all one,
the children of Christ.
The Lord blessed the people in
everything they did.
• They lived in peace for 200 years.
• The people became very rich.
Discussion Time
• What did Jesus
Christ’s disciples
desire of him?
(3 Nephi 28:2, 4–7.)
• What changes were made in their bodies that
made it possible for them to do this? (3 Nephi 28:38–39.)
• Why were the three disciples allowed to
remain on earth until its end?
(3 Nephi 28:6, 9.)
• How were the three disciples protected as
they taught the people? (3 Nephi 28:18–22.)
• What did Mormon record about these three
disciples? (3 Nephi 28:24–26. )
• Mormon lived about 350 years after Jesus
Christ.
• What did the disciples do after the Savior left them?
(3 Nephi 28:18.)
What did the
people do when
they heard the
disciples’
words?
(4 Nephi 1:1–2.)
How many of the people were converted?
The people
were no
longer divided
into Nephites
and
Lamanites but
were united.
• What do
contention and
disputation
mean?
(4 Nephi 1:2.)
o Quarreling or
arguing.
• How have you and your family been blessed
when you have had no contention?
• How can you be a peacemaker and help
your family avoid contention?
• What does it mean that the people had “all things
common among them”? (4 Nephi 1:3.)
• What would you like about living in this way?
• Why do you
think it might
be hard?
• What miracles did Jesus Christ’s disciples
perform? (4 Nephi 1:5.)
How were the people blessed?
• Why was there no contention in the land?
(4 Nephi 1:15.)
• What does it mean to have the “love of God”
in our hearts?
• When have you felt the love of God in your
life?
• How can we share this love with others?
• What caused a change in this
happy society?
(4 Nephi 1:23–29.)
• How did the people treat the
disciples? (4 Nephi 1:30–34.)
• What is pride?
• How can we overcome pride in
our lives?
• What does it mean to “wilfully rebel against the gospel of Christ” as these people did? (4 Nephi 1:38.)
• What was the condition of the people three
hundred years after Christ’s visit?
(4 Nephi 1:45–46.)
These Phrases from 4 Nephi explain why the people
were living in peace and hapiness
“Every man did deal justly
one with another”
“The love of God . . . Did
dwell in the hearts of the
people”
“There were
no . . . Tumults
(Roitings)”
President Ezra Taft Benson, the thirteenth
President of the Church, said the following:
“The Lord warns us in the Doctrine and Covenants, ‘Beware of pride, lest ye become as the Nephites of old’ (D&C 38:39)” (in Conference Report, Apr. 1989, p. 3; or Ensign, May 1989, p. 4).
President Benson taught us that we can overcome
pride in our lives and be humble, meek, and
submissive by—
• Loving Heavenly Father and putting him first in our
lives.
• Not worrying about what others think of us but only
what Heavenly Father thinks of us.
• Not gossiping or criticizing.
• Not envying or living beyond our means.
• Not arguing or fighting in our families.
• Helping others feel good about themselves.
• Accepting counsel from our leaders.
• Forgiving those who have offended us.
• Being unselfish.
• Serving others.
• Let’s review these statements again.
• Tell how the principle can help us overcome pride
in our families.
• Loving Heavenly Father and putting him first in our
lives.
• Not worrying about what others think of us but only
what Heavenly Father thinks of us.
• Not gossiping or criticizing.
• Not envying or living beyond our means.
• Not arguing or fighting in our families.
• Helping others feel good about themselves.
• Accepting counsel from our leaders.
• Forgiving those who have offended us.
• Being unselfish.
• Serving others.
• Let’s try role playing.
• Imagine you are living like the Nephite society we
just learned about with “no contentions”
• Can we have two volunteers? o Let’s imagine that you both want to be the first person on line to a
concert here in town. How would you handle the situation?
• Can we have two more volunteers?
o Let’s imagine that you both want to play with the same toy. How would
you handle the situation?
Let’s read and discuss the following statement from Elder Marvin J. Ashton: “‘How can you tell if someone is converted to Jesus Christ?’ … ‘The best and most clear indicator that we are progressing spiritually and coming unto Christ is the way we treat other people’” (in Conference Report, Apr. 1992, p. 25; or Ensign, May 1992, p. 20).
• Let’s try to Memorize the thriteenth Article of
Faith.
• 13 aWe believe in being bhonest, true, cchaste, dbenevolent, virtuous, and in doing egood to all men; indeed, we may say that
we follow the admonition of Paul—We
believe all things, we fhope all things, we
have endured many things, and hope to be
able to gendure all things. If there is
anything hvirtuous, ilovely, or of good report
or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.
• Read and discuss Doctrine and
Covenants 19:23.
• 23 aLearn of me, and listen to my
words; bwalk in the cmeekness of my
Spirit, and you shall have dpeace in
me.
• Testimony
I want to bear my testimony that we can
experience peace and happiness if
we humbly live as the Savior has
taught us to.
Our Closing Prayer will be given by
(Enter Name Here)
THE END
3 Nephi 28:2, 4–7 • 2 And they all spake, save it were three,
saying: We desire that after we have lived
unto the age of man, that our ministry,
wherein thou hast called us, may have an
end, that we may speedily come unto thee
in thy kingdom.
• 4 And when he had spoken unto them, he
turned himself unto the three, and said unto
them: What will ye that I should do unto you,
when I am gone unto the Father?
3 Nephi 28:2, 4–7 • 5 And they sorrowed in their hearts, for they
durst not speak unto him the thing which they desired.
• 6 And he said unto them: Behold, I aknow your thoughts, and ye have desired the thing which bJohn, my beloved, who was with me in my ministry, before that I was lifted up by the Jews, desired of me.
• 7 Therefore, more blessed are ye, for ye shall anever taste of bdeath; but ye shall live to behold all the doings of the Father unto the children of men, even until all things shall be fulfilled according to the will of the Father, when I shall come in my glory with the cpowers of heaven.
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3 Nephi 28:6, 9 • 6 And he said unto them: Behold, I aknow your
thoughts, and ye have desired the thing which bJohn, my beloved, who was with me in my ministry,
before that I was lifted up by the Jews, desired of
me.
• 9 And again, ye shall not have pain while ye shall
dwell in the flesh, neither sorrow save it be for the asins of the world; and all this will I do because of
the thing which ye have desired of me, for ye have
desired that ye might bbring the souls of men unto
me, while the world shall stand.
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3 Nephi 28:38–39 • 38 Therefore, that they might not taste of death
there was a achange wrought upon their bodies,
that they might not bsuffer pain nor sorrow save it
were for the sins of the world.
• 39 Now this change was not equal to that which
shall take place at the last day; but there was a
change wrought upon them, insomuch that Satan
could have no power over them, that he could not atempt them; and they were bsanctified in the flesh,
that they were choly, and that the powers of the
earth could not hold them.
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3 Nephi 28:18–22 • 18 But this much I know, according to the
record which hath been given—they did go
forth upon the face of the land, and did
minister unto all the people, uniting as many to
the church as would believe in their preaching;
baptizing them, and as many as were baptized
did receive the Holy Ghost.
• 19 And they were cast into prison by them who
did not belong to the church. And the aprisons
could not hold them, for they were rent in
twain. Return
3 Nephi 28:24–26 • 24 And now I, aMormon, make an end of
speaking concerning these things for a time.
• 25 Behold, I was about to write the anames
of those who were never to taste of death,
but the Lord forbade; therefore I write them
not, for they are hid from the world.
• 26 But behold, aI have seen them, and they
have ministered unto me.
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3 Nephi 28:18 • 18 But this much I know, according to the record
which hath been given—they did go forth upon the
face of the land, and did minister unto all the
people, uniting as many to the church as would
believe in their preaching; baptizing them, and as
many as were baptized did receive the Holy Ghost.
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4 Nephi 1:1–2 • 1 AND it came to pass that the thirty and fourth
year passed away, and also the thirty and fifth, and behold the disciples of Jesus had formed a church of Christ in all the lands round about. And as many as did come unto them, and did truly repent of their sins, were abaptized in the name of Jesus; and they did also receive the Holy Ghost.
• 2 And it came to pass in the thirty and sixth year, the people were all converted unto the Lord, upon all the face of the land, both Nephites and Lamanites, and there were no contentions and disputations among them, and every man did deal justly one with another.
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4 Nephi 1:2 • 2 And it came to pass in the thirty and sixth year, the
people were all converted unto the Lord, upon all
the face of the land, both Nephites and Lamanites,
and there were no contentions and disputations
among them, and every man did deal justly one
with another.
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4 Nephi 1:3 • 3 And they had aall things common among them;
therefore there were not rich and poor, bond and
free, but they were all made free, and partakers of
the heavenly bgift.
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4 Nephi 1:5 • 5 And there were great and marvelous
works wrought by the disciples of Jesus, insomuch that they did aheal the sick, and braise the dead, and cause the lame to walk, and the blind to receive their sight, and the deaf to hear; and all manner of cmiracles did they work among the children of men; and in nothing did they work miracles save it were in the name of Jesus.
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4 Nephi 1:15 • 15 And it came to pass that there was
no acontention in the land, because of
the blove of God which did dwell in the
hearts of the people.
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4 Nephi 1:23–29 • 23 And now I, Mormon, would that ye should
know that the people had multiplied,
insomuch that they were spread upon all
the face of the land, and that they had
become exceedingly arich, because of their
prosperity in Christ.
• 24 And now, in this *two hundred and first
year there began to be among them those
who were lifted up in apride, such as the
wearing of costly apparel, and all manner of
fine pearls, and of the fine things of the
world.
4 Nephi 1:23–29 • 25 And from that time forth they did have
their goods and their substance no more acommon among them.
• 26 And they began to be divided into
classes; and they began to build up achurches unto themselves to get bgain,
and began to deny the true church of
Christ.
4 Nephi 1:23–29 • 27 And it came to pass that when *two
hundred and ten years had passed away
there were many churches in the land; yea,
there were many churches which professed
to know the Christ, and yet they did adeny
the more parts of his gospel, insomuch that
they did receive all manner of wickedness,
and did administer that which was sacred
unto him to whom it had been bforbidden
because of unworthiness.
4 Nephi 1:23–29 • 28 And this church did multiply exceedingly
because of iniquity, and because of the power of aSatan who did get hold upon their bhearts.
• 29 And again, there was another church which
denied the Christ; and they did apersecute the true
church of Christ, because of their humility and their
belief in Christ; and they did despise them because
of the many miracles which were wrought among
them.
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4 Nephi 1:30–34 • 30 Therefore they did exercise power and
authority over the disciples of Jesus who did
tarry with them, and they did cast them into aprison; but by the power of the word of
God, which was in them, the prisons were
rent in twain, and they went forth doing
mighty miracles among them.
• 31 Nevertheless, and notwithstanding all
these miracles, the people did harden their
hearts, and did seek to kill them, even as the
Jews at Jerusalem sought to kill Jesus,
according to his word.
4 Nephi 1:30–34 • 32 And they did cast them into afurnaces of bfire, and they came forth receiving no
harm.
• 33 And they also cast them into adens of
wild beasts, and they did play with the wild
beasts even as a child with a lamb; and
they did come forth from among them,
receiving no harm.
4 Nephi 1:30–34 • 34 Nevertheless, the people did harden their
hearts, for they were led by many priests
and afalse prophets to build up many
churches, and to do all manner of iniquity.
And they did bsmite upon the people of
Jesus; but the people of Jesus did not smite
again. And thus they did dwindle in unbelief
and wickedness, from year to year, even
until two hundred and thirty years had
passed away. Return
4 Nephi 1:38 • 38 And it came to pass that they who
rejected the gospel were called Lamanites, and Lemuelites, and Ishmaelites; and they did not dwindle in unbelief, but they did wilfully rebel against the gospel of Christ; and they did teach their children that they should not believe, even as their fathers, from the beginning, did dwindle.
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4 Nephi 1:45–46 • 45 And it came to pass that when three hundred
years had passed away, both the people of Nephi
and the Lamanites had become exceedingly
wicked one like unto another.
• 46 And it came to pass that the robbers of aGadianton did spread over all the face of the
land; and there were none that were righteous save
it were the disciples of Jesus. And gold and silver
did they lay up in store in abundance, and did btraffic in all manner of traffic.
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