Alma 36,37 To Enlarge Your Memory

Poem of Alma: Alma 36 (f) he surely did DELIVER them (2) (f) he surely did DELIVER them (2) (g) TRUST in God (3) (g) TRUST in God (3) (h) supported in their TRIALS, and TROUBLES, and AFFLICTIONS (3) (h) supported in their TRIALS, and TROUBLES, and AFFLICTIONS (3) (i) shall be lifted up at the LAST DAY (3) (i) shall be lifted up at the LAST DAY (3) (j) I KNOW this not of myself but of GOD (4) (j) I KNOW this not of myself but of GOD (4) (k) BORN OF GOD (5) (k) BORN OF GOD (5) (l) I sought to destroy the church of God (6-9) (l) I sought to destroy the church of God (6-9) (m) MY LIMBS were paralyzed (10) (m) MY LIMBS were paralyzed (10) (n) Fear of being in the PRESENCE OF GOD (14-15) (n) Fear of being in the PRESENCE OF GOD (14-15) (o) PAINS of a damned soul (16) (o) PAINS of a damned soul (16) (p) HARROWED UP BY THE MEMORY OF SINS (17) (p) HARROWED UP BY THE MEMORY OF SINS (17) (q) I remembered JESUS CHRIST, SON OF GOD (17) (q) I remembered JESUS CHRIST, SON OF GOD (17) (q') I cried, JESUS, SON OF GOD (18) (q') I cried, JESUS, SON OF GOD (18) (p') HARROWED UP BY THE MEMORY OF SINS no more (19) (p') HARROWED UP BY THE MEMORY OF SINS no more (19) (o') Joy as exceeding as was the PAIN (20) (o') Joy as exceeding as was the PAIN (20) (n') Long to be in the PRESENCE OF GOD (22) (n') Long to be in the PRESENCE OF GOD (22) (m') My LIMBS received their strength again (23) (m') My LIMBS received their strength again (23) (l') I labored to bring souls to repentance (24) (l') I labored to bring souls to repentance (24) (k') BORN OF GOD (26) (k') BORN OF GOD (26) (j') Therefore MY KNOWLEDGE IS OF GOD (26) (j') Therefore MY KNOWLEDGE IS OF GOD (26) (h') Supported under TRIALS, TROUBLES, and AFFLICTIONS (27) (h') Supported under TRIALS, TROUBLES, and AFFLICTIONS (27) (g') TRUST in him (27) (g') TRUST in him (27) (f') He will deliver me (27) (f') He will deliver me (27)

Alma 37 3 And these plates of brass, 8 … they have enlarged the memory of this people, Yea, and convinced many of the error of their ways Instructions to Helaman

How would the Brass Plates “enlarge” their memory (and ours)? First- Unlocks our pre-existent knowledge Second- Reminds us “what great things the Lord hath done for our fathers” Third Essential to repentance (convinced many of the errors of their ways)

What does Repentance and Remembering have to do with each other?

Steps of Repentance First: Remember! Second: Sorrow and resolve Third: Forget! For I, the Lord, will remember them NO MORE! (D&C 58:42)

The Promise Alma 37:13 O remember, remember, my son Helaman, how strict are the commandments of God. And he said: If ye will keep my commandments ye shall prosper in the land—but if ye keep not his commandments ye shall be cut off from his presence.

Under this law, the wicked shouldn’t prosper- should they?

In the richest country in the world, how are the wicked doing? Gambling $586.5 billion Alcoholism 6% of GNP Drunk driving $9 Billion Illegal drugs $160 Billion Pornography $1 billion Abortions $4 Billion Over 2 million in prisons and jails $38 Billion 45 Million have Herpes Cigarettes 484 Billion sold

Psalms 37 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men. they have more than heart could wish. They are corrupt, They set their mouth against the heavens, And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High? Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches. When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end. Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins. So foolish was I

Alma 37:28 For behold, there is a curse upon all this land, that destruction shall come upon all those workers of darkness…, when they are fully ripe;

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Alma 37:37 Counsel with the Lord in all thy doings, and he will direct thee for good; yea, when thou liest down at night lie down unto the Lord, that he may watch over you in your sleep; and when thou risest in the morning let thy heart be full of thanks unto God; and if ye do these things, ye shall be lifted up at the last day.

Elder Marion D. Hanks If from your references you then could turn to Alma 37:37…and in turn you read each of those verses, and cross-referenced them, your book would become to you not a dead volume that duty binds you to believe in, Alma 37:37 Alma 37:37 but a living testimony that people, real people, are the heart of this story and that the experiences, the revelations, the great lessons of life that are to be found here are real also. Then you will believe and be convinced.