I'm wanting to highlight my BOM in the areas where spiritual truths are being taught, so I can more easily find the spiritual bits, and skip over the historical bits.
I know it's asking a lot for a list of the "highlights" but just a few to start with will help.
Please include links for ease of reference.
Thank you.
2007-12-01 05:46:04 · 14 answers · asked by MumOf5 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Maureen S... I feel the same way. Thank you.
2007-12-01 06:59:54 · update #1
By "spiritual highlights" I mean just that... words that are very powerfully uplifting. Thanks for the references everyone. So far I've read Helaman 5, this morning. It brings tears to my eyes and makes me feel more able to pray. Thanks.
2007-12-01 07:01:16 · update #2
Thank you everyone. I will certainly go through and read (and highlight) your recommendations... once I get my hands on another copy of the BoM. My current scriptures are so thoroughly coloured in that, at times, the non-highlighted sections seems to stand out more than the coloured bits. I just want to narrow it down a bit, to the MOST powerful parts of the BoM.
I have limited time (and such a hugely broad curiosity)... so my request for the spiritual highlights of the BoM is for that reason.
2007-12-02 10:53:17 · update #3
Here is a "Scripture Mastery" type List that I just made. These seem to be the ones I hear in Church repeated a lot. There are SO many good scriptures though!
1Ne.3:7http://scriptures.lds.org/en/1_ne/3
1Ne.4:6 http://scriptures.lds.org/en/1_ne/4
2Ne.1:20 http://scriptures.lds.org/en/2_ne/1
2Ne.2:25 http://scriptures.lds.org/en/2_ne/2
2Ne.25:26 http://scriptures.lds.org/en/2_ne/25
2Ne.28:24 http://scriptures.lds.org/en/2_ne/28
2Ne.31:20 http://scriptures.lds.org/en/2_ne/31
2Ne.32:5 http://scriptures.lds.org/en/2_ne/32
Jacob 6:12 http://scriptures.lds.org/en/jacob/6
Enos 1:4 http://scriptures.lds.org/en/enos/1
Mosiah 2:17 http://scriptures.lds.org/en/mosiah/2
Mosiah 3:19 http://scriptures.lds.org/en/mosiah/3
Alma 24:30 http://scriptures.lds.org/en/alma/24
Alma 30:40 http://scriptures.lds.org/en/alma/30
Alma 32:21 http://scriptures.lds.org/en/alma/32
Alma 34:14 http://scriptures.lds.org/en/alma/34
Alma 37:6 http://scriptures.lds.org/en/alma/37
Alma 42:25 http://scriptures.lds.org/en/alma/42
Hel. 4:24 http://scriptures.lds.org/en/hel/4
Hel. 5:12 http://scriptures.lds.org/en/hel/5
Hel. 12:3 http://scriptures.lds.org/en/hel/12
Hel. 13:14 http://scriptures.lds.org/en/hel/13
3Ne.11:29 http://scriptures.lds.org/en/3_ne/11
3.Ne. 18:20 http://scriptures.lds.org/en/3_ne/18
3Ne. 23:1 http://scriptures.lds.org/en/3_ne/23
Mormon 6:17 http://scriptures.lds.org/en/morm/6
Mormon 9:20 http://scriptures.lds.org/en/morm/9
Ether 12:6, 27 http://scriptures.lds.org/en/ether/12
Moroni 7:16 http://scriptures.lds.org/en/moro/7
Moroni 8:14 http://scriptures.lds.org/en/moro/8
Moroni 10:4 http://scriptures.lds.org/en/moro/10
Also many teachings require comparing scriptures one to another though. (What one person or group did compared with another person or group).
Also the depth of the teachings seems to happen also when we apply any of the scriptures to our own life. And also when we examine the symbolism of things in the Book of Mormon that don't "seem" to be spiritual...like all the war for example...they could represent or symbolize spiritual war.
2007-12-01 08:19:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Well 2 Nephi 2, Mosiah 2-4, alma 5, alma 17- (well about 48), but for now maybe through 22. And then chapter 32-41 are really good. 3 Nephi from 13 on is great, and I also love the last few chapter of Mormon and Moroni. I would just read through them and highlight what you like. But there are also a lot of other great parts that are not just historical bits.
2007-12-01 07:38:33 · answer #2 · answered by moonman 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Before you start skipping over the 'historicial bits'... let me remind you that the Book of Mormon was already abridged by the prophet Mormon for us in the last days. Those 'historical bits' contain a tremendous amount of guidance regarding the situation in the world and nation today. It is there for a purpose.
I can understand using the index to study and ponder topics, but I caution you against skipping the stories of Moroni, Helaman, Mormon, etc. If you're having a hard time understanding and relating the to those sections, I would recommend a study of President Benson -- I took a BoM class from his son, Reed, at BYU a couple decades ago and it really opened my eyes. There is a Christian Constitutional Republic hidden in the history of the Book of Mormon. How a righteous government works and how it becomes corrupted.
My own BoM has a mix of highlights and various color inks to help me with my personal indexing of topics and insights.
Best recommendation -- don't worry if your book is bare -- it's an invitation for you to dive in and discover it for yourself. After so many years, mine becomes too cluttered with markings and I will put it away and buy a new one to begin anew. I remember a story about one of the brethern who bought a new set of scriptures every year, marked them, loved them and gave them away to. Every year. How blessed must the recipients have been.
Lean not upon the testimonies and experiences of others -- search out your own.
All that having been said; you can get a plastic book marker with all the 'scripture mastery' from each of the standard works from distribution, deseret book, or your nearest seminary/institute.
2007-12-01 09:24:11 · answer #3 · answered by strplng warrior mom 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Yoda's Duck gave you some great sections.
A few more I like are
2 Nephi 2-5, 9, 28-32
Jacob 1-2
Mosiah 2-5, 18
Alma 5, 36-42
Helaman 5 (My favorite chapter)
Almost all of 3 Nephi
Ether 12
and
Almost all of Moroni as well
But I have found that the "historical bits" often can have great spiritual significance. My favorite of these is in Alma 47 when Amalackiah tricks Lehonti into coming out of the fortifications and off the mountain and then kills him. I used it all the time as a missionary to show that we shouldn't lower our standards even just a little bit.
2007-12-01 06:39:39 · answer #4 · answered by Senator John McClain 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Believe it or not, there is much spiritual learning from all the stories, even if you don't think so at first. That being said...My favorite obvious ones are:
2 Nehpi 2
3 Nephi (of course)
Mosiah 2-6 (King Benjamin Speeches although all of Mosiah is pretty good for this because you have Alma the Elder, Abinadi, Alma the Younger conversion etc...)
Those would be my choices. But don't discount the histories...these are there for a reason to show us eternal truths...but they aren't spelled out the way they are in the above...you have to think more with the histories.
2007-12-01 07:59:44 · answer #5 · answered by LDS~Tenshi~ 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Pretty much the whole thing is a spiritual highlight. I can't say one part is better then another. Yes, there is a lot of historic stuff, but a lot of the spiritual stuff is mixed with the historic.
What you could try is looking in the bible dictionary and then highlight all the passages that link to the BoM.
2007-12-01 05:57:02 · answer #6 · answered by odd duck 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I am not a Mormon, but I have read the Book of Mormon. I believe that there is truth in this book, just like there is truth in the Bible, the Koran. I believe that Jesus did visit other continents and that he tried to teach the same lessons that he taught as mentioned in the Bible.
It was a "spiritual highlight" for me in the Book of Mormon, when Jesus spoke to the masses in South America, and I got the same "spiritual highlight" when I read Jesus teachings to the masses in Jerusalem I also get a "spiritual highlight" from Buddha's words.
Isn't this an interesting world?
2007-12-01 05:55:06 · answer #7 · answered by Maureen S 7 · 7⤊ 0⤋
Yes, such a huge question. You can start on page one at 1 Nephi chapter one and go to Moroni chapter 10. However, I think the high point of the book is in 3 Nephi 17 where Jesus blesses the little ones. Jesus is about to leave and He senses that the crowd wants Him to stay so He calls up the children and blesses them one at a time and then declares, "Behold, your little ones" As they look, they see their children encircled as if by fire and angels amongst them conversing and blessing. That brings tears every time I even think about it.
Individually, for testimony building, it has to be Moroni 10:3-5 where Moroni challenges the reader to pray in faith for spiritual confirmation of the truth of the Book.
Best wishes.
2007-12-01 06:51:29 · answer #8 · answered by rac 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
It's probably better if you read through it and mark what is special to you at the time and make notes for yourself.
It might also help to keep in mind that while Mormon and Moroni were abridging the book they put things like all those "war chapters" in for a spiritual reason. You can find spiritual parallels in these chapters if you compare it to the spiritual battles that still rage on the earth today.
Best wishes
BTW - Alma 32 is probably one of my favorite chapters for spiritual lessons.
2007-12-01 06:01:04 · answer #9 · answered by daisyk 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
1 Nephi 11-15- Nephi's version of his father's dream- this includes the correct interpretation of what Lehi saw.
Jacob 5- full text of the alegory of the Olive Tree- History of the earth in one chapter... if you know how to interpret it ;)
Mosiah 3-5- King Benjamin's discourse to his people before his death. There's stuff about gratitude, charity, the saving sacrifice of the Savior...
Alma 32- great discourse on faith- what it is, how to gain it
3 Nephi 11-28- great truths from the horse's mouth. Nothing better!
These are just a few, and they're probably bigger than you were intending, but they each have a LOT of great info in them.
2007-12-01 06:08:23 · answer #10 · answered by Yoda's Duck 6 · 6⤊ 0⤋