The Savior's Missionary Training Sermon in 3 Nephi

Title

The Savior's Missionary Training Sermon in 3 Nephi

Book Title

The Book of Mormon: 3 Nephi 9-30, This is My Gospel

Publication Type

Book Chapter

Chapter

8

Year of Publication

1993

Authors

Editors

Nyman, Monte S. (Secondary), and Tate, Charles D., Jr. (Secondary)

Pagination

119-136

Publisher

Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University

City

Provo, UT

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Abstract

The words of the Sermon on the Mount are among the most familiar and beloved in the Bible. The Book of Mormon counterpart, which I call the Sermon in Bountiful, blesses us with a second scriptural context for these holy words. Many Latter-day Saints have been uplifted and edified by the Savior’s teachings and have found applications for them in their lives. Not all interpret or apply the same, however, and some find parts of the sermon difficult to understand. On several occasions I have heard Church members remark that the sermon is perplexing because of its wide variety of topics. They find themselves groping for a thread to tie the diverse parts together. It is my hope in this paper to show that the scriptures reveal this thread. Once discovered, it ties the sermon together into a coherent and lucid whole, as seemingly unrelated topics take their proper places, and already familiar words reveal the fulness of their meaning.
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3 Nephi
Savior
Missionary Work
Jesus Christ

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