There is a familiar refrain in King Benjamin’s address. It comes up like the chorus in a great hymn multiple times during this week’s Come, Follow Me lesson of Mosiah 4–6. He asks his people, and us, to believe. Believe on the name of Christ and all the things He can do. And hopefully, our reaction can mirror his people’s when they rejoiced and said, “Yea, we believe” (Mosiah 5:2).
Segment 1
Scriptures:
Mosiah 5:7 (Born again)
Segment 2
Scriptures:
Mosiah 4:1-3 (The people humbled by King Benjamin’s message)
Words of the General Authorities:
There is no middle way and we have always to ask ourselves where, exactly, we stand. Then we can, in an honest reflection, say: “Yes, I am a disciple of Christ, I’m willing to sacrifice my own will, my habits, attitudes, and selfish desires, and endure the hurt and the pain that such reflections cause, and bring to him as a sacrifice a broken heart and a meek spirit,” he will baptize us “with fire and with the Holy Ghost,” and we will not be deceived. (F. Enzio Busche, “Unleashing the Dormant Spirit”, BYU Speeches 14 May 1996)
Segment 3
Hebraism:
Mosiah 4:9-10 = Refrain ex. Aman = Believe or trust in Him (Hebrew)
Words of the General Authorities:
Do the spiritual work to seek miracles. Prayerfully ask God to help you exercise that kind of faith. I promise that you can experience for yourself that Jesus Christ “giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.” (Russell M. Nelson, “The Power of Spiritual Momentum”, April 2022 General Conference)
Segment 4
Scriptures:
Mosiah 4:5-10 (Truths about God)
Links:
Bridges: Ministering to Those Who Question by David Ostler
Segment 5
Scriptures:
Mosiah 4:11-16 (If you believe, then you can rejoice)
Segment 6
Scriptures:
Mosiah 5:1-2 (Yea we believe)
Mosiah 1:11 (King Benjamin gives them a name)
Mosiah 5:5-7 (The children of Christ)
Mosiah 4:30 (Watch yourself)
Words of the General Authorities:
Family members bear the family name; by it they are known and called and identified; it sets them apart from all those of a different lineage and ancestry. … And so it is that the children of Christ, those who are born again, those who are spiritually begotten by their new Father, take upon themselves the name of Christ. By it they are known; … it identifies and sets them apart from all others. They are now family members, Christians in the real and true sense of the word.
Those who take upon themselves the name of Christ, who thereafter hearken and hear when he continues to call them in the name which is both his and theirs, and who keep the standards of the Christian family, having enjoyed the fellowship of hosts of brothers and sisters in the Church, go on to eternal joy and felicity as members of the family of God in the celestial kingdom! (Bruce R. McConkie, “The Promised Messiah: The First Coming of Christ”, 363).
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