Alma 36,37Alma 36,37

To Enlarge Your To Enlarge Your MemoryMemory

Poem of Poem of Alma:Alma:

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            (f) he surely did DELIVER them (2)(f) he surely did DELIVER them (2)

              (g) TRUST in God (3)(g) TRUST in God (3)

                (h) supported in their TRIALS, and TROUBLES, and AFFLICTIONS (3)(h) supported in their TRIALS, and TROUBLES, and AFFLICTIONS (3)

                  (i) shall be lifted up at the LAST DAY (3)(i) shall be lifted up at the LAST DAY (3)

                    (j) I KNOW this not of myself but of GOD (4)(j) I KNOW this not of myself but of GOD (4)

                      (k) BORN OF GOD (5)(k) BORN OF GOD (5)

                        (l) I sought to destroy the church of God (6-9)(l) I sought to destroy the church of God (6-9)

                          (m) MY LIMBS were paralyzed (10)(m) MY LIMBS were paralyzed (10)

                            (n) Fear of being in the PRESENCE OF GOD (14-15)(n) Fear of being in the PRESENCE OF GOD (14-15)

                              (o) PAINS of a damned soul (16)(o) PAINS of a damned soul (16)

                                (p) HARROWED UP BY THE MEMORY OF SINS (17)(p) HARROWED UP BY THE MEMORY OF SINS (17)

                                  (q) I remembered JESUS CHRIST, SON OF GOD (17)(q) I remembered JESUS CHRIST, SON OF GOD (17)

                        (q') I cried, JESUS, SON OF GOD (18)(q') I cried, JESUS, SON OF GOD (18)

                                (p') HARROWED UP BY THE MEMORY OF SINS no more (19)(p') HARROWED UP BY THE MEMORY OF SINS no more (19)

                              (o')  Joy as exceeding as was the PAIN (20)(o')  Joy as exceeding as was the PAIN (20)

                            (n') Long to be in the PRESENCE OF GOD (22)(n') Long to be in the PRESENCE OF GOD (22)

                          (m') My LIMBS received their strength again (23)(m') My LIMBS received their strength again (23)

                        (l') I labored to bring souls to repentance (24)(l') I labored to bring souls to repentance (24)

                      (k') BORN OF GOD (26)(k') BORN OF GOD (26)

                    (j') Therefore MY KNOWLEDGE IS OF GOD (26)(j') Therefore MY KNOWLEDGE IS OF GOD (26)

                  (h') Supported under TRIALS, TROUBLES, and AFFLICTIONS (27)(h') Supported under TRIALS, TROUBLES, and AFFLICTIONS (27)

                (g') TRUST in him (27)(g') TRUST in him (27)

              (f') He will deliver me (27)(f') He will deliver me (27)

Alma 37Alma 37

3 And these plates of 3 And these plates of brass,brass,

8 … they have enlarged the memory 8 … they have enlarged the memory of this people, of this people,

Yea, and convinced many of the Yea, and convinced many of the error of their wayserror of their ways

Instructions to HelamanInstructions to Helaman

How would the Brass Plates How would the Brass Plates “enlarge” their memory (and ours)?“enlarge” their memory (and ours)?

First-First-Unlocks our pre-existent knowledgeUnlocks our pre-existent knowledge

Second-Second-Reminds us “what great things the Lord Reminds us “what great things the Lord hath done for our fathers”hath done for our fathers”

ThirdThird Essential to repentance Essential to repentance

(convinced many of the errors of their (convinced many of the errors of their ways)ways)

What does What does RepentanceRepentance and and RememberingRemembering have to do with have to do with

each other?each other?

Steps of RepentanceSteps of Repentance

First:First: Remember! Remember!

Second:Second: Sorrow and resolve Sorrow and resolve

Third:Third: Forget! Forget!

For I, the Lord, will remember them NO For I, the Lord, will remember them NO MORE! (D&C 58:42)MORE! (D&C 58:42)

The PromiseThe Promise

Alma 37:13Alma 37:13 O remember, remember, my son O remember, remember, my son

Helaman, how strict are the Helaman, how strict are the commandments of God. commandments of God.

And he said: If ye will keep my And he said: If ye will keep my commandments ye shall prosper in commandments ye shall prosper in the land—but if ye keep not his the land—but if ye keep not his commandments ye shall be cut off commandments ye shall be cut off from his presence.from his presence.

Under this law, the wicked Under this law, the wicked shouldn’t prosper- should shouldn’t prosper- should

they?they?

In the richest country in the world, In the richest country in the world, how are the wicked doing?how are the wicked doing?

Gambling Gambling $586.5 billion $586.5 billion

Alcoholism Alcoholism 6% of GNP6% of GNP

Drunk drivingDrunk driving$9 Billion $9 Billion

Illegal drugs Illegal drugs $160 Billion $160 Billion

PornographyPornography$1 billion$1 billion

AbortionsAbortions$4 Billion$4 Billion

Over 2 million in prisons and jails Over 2 million in prisons and jails $38 Billion$38 Billion

45 Million have Herpes45 Million have HerpesCigarettes Cigarettes

484 Billion sold484 Billion sold

Psalms 37Psalms 37For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.

they have more than heart could wish. They are corrupt,

They set their mouth against the heavens,

And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?

Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.

When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;

Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.

Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.

So foolish was I

Alma 37:28Alma 37:28 For For behold, there is behold, there is a curse upon a curse upon all this land, all this land,

that destruction that destruction shall come shall come upon all those upon all those workers of workers of darkness…, darkness…,

when they are when they are fully ripe; fully ripe;

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Alma 37:37 Counsel with the Lord in all Alma 37:37 Counsel with the Lord in all thy doings, and he will direct thee for thy doings, and he will direct thee for good; yea, when thou liest down at good; yea, when thou liest down at night lie down unto the Lord, that he night lie down unto the Lord, that he may watch over you in your sleep; may watch over you in your sleep; and when thou risest in the morning and when thou risest in the morning let thy heart be full of thanks unto let thy heart be full of thanks unto God; and if ye do these things, ye God; and if ye do these things, ye shall be lifted up at the last day.shall be lifted up at the last day.

Elder Marion D. HanksElder Marion D. Hanks

If from your references you then could turn to If from your references you then could turn to Alma 37Alma 37:37:37…and in turn you read each of those …and in turn you read each of those verses, and cross-referenced them, your book verses, and cross-referenced them, your book would become to you not a dead volume that would become to you not a dead volume that duty binds you to believe in, duty binds you to believe in,

but a living testimony that people, real people, are but a living testimony that people, real people, are the heart of this story and that the experiences, the heart of this story and that the experiences, the revelations, the great lessons of life that are the revelations, the great lessons of life that are to be found here are real also. Then you will to be found here are real also. Then you will believe and be convinced. believe and be convinced.