Alma 22 - Missionary Template

This is an instructive chapter as it pertains to teaching someone the gospel from the ground up.  Let’s see if I can follow the pattern.

1.     Aaron asks King Lamoni if he believes in God.  A good place to start!

2.     Aaron tells the king that this God created all things (John 1:3)

3.     Aaron tells the king of the creation of Adam and Eve

4.     Aaron taught the Fall of man.  AKA the breaking of the commandment not to eat the fruit.

5.     Aaron taught about the Plan of Redemption which was prepared from the foundation of the world, through Christ, for all whoever would believe on his name. 

a.     There are sub parts to this one.  The pre-existence would need to be covered, because isn’t that the foundation of the world? 

b.     The war in heaven

c.     Satan and his role in this war

d.     The continuation of that war upon the earth. 

e.     Jesus Christ and his role in this “war”.

f.      Jesus Christ’s redemptive powers

g.     While we’re at it, the law of obedience would be a good one to cover.

h.     The need for the Savior’s redemption.

6.     At this point, it would become prudent for the person listening to be challenged to accept Jesus Christ as his Savior.

a.     Admitting error in ones ways would be the next step

b.     Exercising faith to pray for forgiveness for those sins.

It is really a rather simple formula.  Even though one has been raised in the gospel and should know these things, it is critical that these steps be used even still.  Once we have been removed from the Spirit, we forget.  Somehow there is a very dark veil that covers our eyes of remembrance.  Our feelings of unworthiness somehow creates that situation.  At least that was my experience.  I’m so grateful there were missionaries I worked with who saw my need to be reminded of the things I was taught as a child.  For me, it was a line-upon-line experience, and as teachers and missionaries we need to remember that.