Moses 6:35-68

Moses 6:35-68 Study Guide – to be discussed November 5
Day 1: Read Moses 6:35-36; John 9:1-15; Bible Dictionary entry, “Seer”
1. Read John 9:1-15 with Moses 6:35. Why do you think Enoch was instructed to anoint his eyes with clay? Was he blind?



2. List what Enoch was able to see after he had cleansed his eyes.




3. Read the Bible Dictionary entry, “Seer.” What is a seer? How does having a seer among a people help them live more righteously?



Day 2: Read Moses 6:37-39; Review Moses 5:45
4. Why do you think “all men were offended” because of Enoch’s declarations? Why did they keep coming to hear him?




5. Review Moses 5:45. From whom were the tent-keepers descended?



6. How was Enoch protected from harm?



Day 3: Read Moses 6:40-47
7. Why was Enoch compelled to speak plainly with the people? What questions did he ask in Moses 6:43?




8. List what Enoch bore witness of.




9. Why do you think the people trembled at hearing Enoch’s testimony?


Day 4: Read Moses 6:48-52; Articles of Faith #2 and #4
10. In preparing his listeners to understand the principle of repentance, Enoch described two distinct “Falls.” What are the two “Falls”? (See also Article of Faith #2.)



11. Compare Moses 6:52 with Article of Faith #4. List similarities.


12. What additional principle did Enoch include at the end of Moses 6:52?



Day 5: Read Moses 6:53-58; D&C 93:38; Mosiah 3:16-17; Moroni 8:8
13. What question did Adam ask of the Lord?



14. Read D&C 93:38, Mosiah 3:16-17, Moroni 8:8. How can little children be “whole from the foundation of the world” (Moses 6:54) and also “conceived in sin” (Moses 6:55)? What do you think the phrase, “when they begin to grow up” means?




15. Why did the Lord command all men to teach their children the principle of repentance?



Day 6: Read Moses 6:59-62
16. List the three elements by which we are born physically, or born into mortality. Now list their spiritual counterparts.




17. According to Moses 6:60, why is each of these elements important?



18. From Moses 6:61, list three different roles of the Holy Ghost.



Day 7: Read Moses 6:63-68; 2 Nephi 11:4; Alma 30:44; D&C 88:45-46
19. Give one example of how a temporal thing bears record of the Savior (See also 2 Nephi 11:4, D&C 88:45-46.)




20. What did Adam do after he had been taught the first principles of the gospel?



21. According to the footnote for Moses 6:67, what “order” was Adam a part of?



BONUS: What do you think it means to be “quickened in the inner man”? (See also Mosiah 27:25, Alma 5:14.)