Short Attention Span Sunday School: Primary 4 Lesson 42: Moroni and His Writings

LESSON 42: MORONI AND HIS WRITINGS

CLASSROOM PREP

• GIVE THANKS SIGN

OPENING ACTIVITY

• Thanksgiving crossword

LESSON

Mormon 8:2-6

Moroni 1, 7, 8

1/discussion

2/figure out how long he was alone

3/matching game about charity

4/matching game about moroni and charity too

THANKFUL CARD FOR THE BISHOP

→ Thanksgiving cards for him, then deliver after

THANKSGIVING PIE FEAST with mini pies for each kid

NOW DELIVER PIE AND CARDS TO THE BISHOP AND TAKE A PHOTO

LESSON

First let’s figure out how long Moroni was alone for:
- find the year of the final Nephite battle on the bottom of the page in Mormon 6
- subtract that date from the year listed on the bottom of the last page of Moroni 10 (421-385=36 years)

Mormon 8:2-6 Mormon gave part of the sacred records to Moroni to protect from the Lamanites and have him complete the account

My father was killed, sad tale of my people being destroyed, 400 years AD

Moroni 1

Planned to do the abridging of Jared but I haven’t died yet so I’m writing more

I’m hiding from the Lamanites

They hate all the Nephites that won’t deny Christ

I’m writing more so future Lamanites will benefit

Moroni 7 - he’s speaking to us / Moroni lived through many difficulties to complete the gold plates so they could be preserved for future generations as scripture.
5/the word of God says ye shall know people by what they do, if what they do and what they produce is good then they are good
6/if your evil, you can’t do good...offer gifts and pray with real intent
8/if you serve unwillingly then it’s almost as if you didn’t serve
9/if you don’t pray with real intent then it’s as if you didn’t pray at all
11/a bitter fountain cannot bring forth good water
12/all things which are good cometh of God
15/you need to judge good from evil
- how?
19/search in the light of christ that ye may know good from evil

40/hope and faith - you need hope to have faith
41/what do you hope for? Hope for eternal life and in christ
42/have hope to have faith / cannot be one without the other
44/have real sincere faith and hope and be meek and lowly, and have charity...pure love of christ

When have you witnessed examples of charity?

MATCH MORONI DESCRIPTIONS WITH EXPLANATIONS

• Suffereth long: Is patient
• Kind: Not cruel or mean, loving
• Envieth not: Is not jealous
• Not puffed up: Humble, not proud
• Seeketh not her own: Is unselfish
• Not easily provoked: Slow to anger, quick to forgive
• Thinketh no evil: Is trusting, looks for the good
• Rejoiceth in truth: Is honest
• Beareth all things: Is obedient
• Believeth all things: Is faithful
• Hopeth all things: Is optimistic, trusting
• Endureth all things: Is patient, persistent

MORONI’S LIFE MATCHING GAME

• Suffereth long:
  Moroni lived alone for over thirty-six years patiently keeping the records. (Mormon 8:5.)
• Kind:
  Moroni prayed for us, and he loved his brethren. (Ether 12:36, 38.)
• Envieth not:
  Moroni saw our day and counseled us to not be envious or proud. (Mormon 8:35–37.)
• Not puffed up:
  Moroni was humble because of his weakness in writing. (Ether 12:23–25.)
• Seeketh not her own
  Moroni unselfishly worked and prayed for us that we would have a knowledge of Jesus Christ. (Mormon 9:36; Ether 12:41.)
• Not easily provoked
  Moroni forgave his enemies and worked hard to write things that he hoped would be of worth to them. (Moroni 1:4.)
• Thinketh no evil
  Moroni exhorted us to hold to good and touch not evil. (Moroni 10:30.)
• Rejoiceth in truth
  Moroni was honest. (Moroni 10:27.)
• Beareth all things
  Because Moroni would not deny Jesus Christ, he had to wander alone for his safety. (Moroni 1:2–3.)
• Believeth all things
  Moroni encouraged us to believe in Jesus Christ. (Mormon 9:21.) So great was Moroni’s faith that he was able to see Christ face to face. (Ether 12:39.)
• Hopeth all things
  Moroni understood the importance of hope. (Ether 12:32.)
• Endureth all things
  Moroni was faithful to the end. (Moroni 10:34.)