Lesson 7 Review: 2 Personal and 2 Scriptural Patterns
1. Pattern of a Prophet: Self Reflection and Prayer
2. Pattern of Happiness: Read Scriptures, Ponder, Pray, Keep the Commandments,
Hard Work, Trust in the Lord, Temple Service
1 Pattern of Scattering and Gathering or Exile and Return
2 Pattern of Separation ( Nephi from Lamanites, Abraham from Lot, etc.)
Lesson 8 Review: Jacob’s 2 day Sermon--the Handbook of Heaven
1. Christ says: “I am your God, You are my people, AWAKE and put on your strength (priesthood)
and dress in your beautiful garments (temple work) (2 Nephi 8)
2. Jacob says that after this life: “the righteous will be righteous still and the filthy will be filthy
still. (2 Nephi 9)
3. “To be carnally minded is death and to be spiritually minded is life eternal!” (2 Nephi 9)
4. Remember--God has a plan for us, but Satan does too! (2 Nephi 9)
Book of Mormon Lesson #9: 2 Nephi 11-25
Tools: Layering, Birds Eye View, Insert, Likening
Layer 1: Storyline Nephi introduces the words of Isaiah (ch.11) and then reads from the
brass plates what is found in our Old Testament Isaiah chapters 2-14. This reading
comprises chapters 12-24 of Second Nephi. In Chapter 25, Nephi gives us his
commentary of Isaiah.
Layer 2: Character/Setting Analysis:
Why did Nephi Quote Isaiah?
1Nephi 19:23 To “more fully persuade them to believe
in the Lord
2 Nephi 11: 2-4 To provide another witness of Christ
2 Nephi 11: 5-6,8 To help us ____________!
2 Nephi 25: 3
To reveal God’s judgements
2 Nephi: A Bird’s Eye View
Ch. 1-3 Lehi
Ch. 4-5 Nephi
Ch. 6-10 Jacob’s Witness of Christ
Ch. 11
Nephi’s intro to Isaiah
Ch. 12-24 Isaiah’s Witness of Christ
Ch. 25-32 Nephi’s Witness of Christ
What Keys Did Nephi Give us to Aid our Study of Isaiah?
1. Learn the Manner of Prophesying among the Jews (2 Nephi 25: 1)
2. Have the Spirit of Prophecy (2 Nephi 25:4)
3. Know the regions round about (the geography)
4. Live in the last days (2 Nephi 25: 1-8)
5. Liken the scriptures unto us (1 Nephi 19:23, 2 Nephi 11:2)
Layer 3: Doctrine
1. Nephi explains the law of Witnesses. (2 Nephi 11:2-3)
2. Isaiah sees the latter-day temple and the gathering of Israel (2 Nephi 12: 1-12)
a. 2 Nephi 14:6 Isaiah describes temples as a __________________.
b. 2 Nephi 12:5 Isaiah sends _______ a specific message: Walk in the LIGHT.
3. Isaiah prophesies that the Lord will raise an ensign and gather Israel.(2 Nephi 15:26)
Layer 4: Personal Application
1. 2 Nephi 25: Verse 23 and 26 explains that they did “labor diligently...to persuade our
children... to believe in Christ.” How can we follow Nephi’s example?
Nephi and Isaiah testify of the “Excellence” of Christ
Sing unto the Lord; for he hath done excellent things; this is known in all
the earth. (2 Nephi 22:5)
1. The Lord will wash away sin. “he will wash away the filth of the daughters of
Zion.” (2 Nephi 14:4)
2. He will restore his gospel. “lift up an ensign to the nations.” (2 Nephi 15:26)
3. He gives us light–the light of the life and mission of Christ: “The people that
walked in darkness have seen a great light” (2 Nephi 19:2)
4. He gives us joy. “Thou hast multiplied the nation, and increased the joy they
joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they
divide the spoil.” (2 Nephi 19:3)
5. He will lift our burdens, and give us relief from the rod and the staff: “For
thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of
his oppressor.” (2 Nephi 19:4)
6. He will judge us righteously. “he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes,
neither reprove after the hearing of his ears. But with righteousness shall he
judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek . . .” (2 Nephi 21:3,4)
7. He will gather his people. “And it shall come to pass in that day that the
Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his
people . . .” (2 Nephi 21:11)
8. He will be our strength, our salvation, a shadow, a refuge, a “covert from
storm and from rain.” (2 Nephi 22:2; 14:6)
9. He will give us living water. “. . . with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells
of salvation.” (2 Nephi 22:3)
10. He will put an end to the influence of the wicked. “The Lord hath broken
the staff of the wicked, the scepters of the rulers.” (2 Nephi 24:5)
11. He will give the earth a time to rest and heal. “The whole earth is at rest,
and is quiet; they break forth into singing.” (2 Nephi 24:7)