Chapter 38: Helaman 13–16

Title

Chapter 38: Helaman 13–16

Manual Title

Book of Mormon Student Manual

Publication Type

Manual Lesson

Lesson

38

Year of Publication

2009

Authors

Pagination

281-287

Publisher

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Place Published

Salt Lake City

Abstract

The gospel of Jesus Christ offers all people the opportunity to change. Throughout much of the Book of Mormon, the Lamanites’ “deeds [had] been evil”; however, “the preaching of the Nephites” (Helaman 15:4) led “the more part of them” to receive the gospel (Helaman 6:1) and experience a mighty change of heart. Here in the book of Helaman is an obvious reversal of roles—a people who had once been taught became the teachers. Many Nephites, on the other hand, had become prideful and ignored their own prophets, so the Lord sent a Lamanite prophet to warn them to repent and prepare for the coming of the Lord. Look for the Nephites’ collective and individual response to the Lord’s Lamanite messenger. Samuel’s words were important enough to the Savior that He endorsed them during His personal ministry in the Americas and testified they had all been fulfilled (see 3 Nephi 23:9–13).

Subject Keywords

Prophecy
Prophet
Atonement
Jesus Christ
Repentance
Samuel the Lamanite

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