2 Nephi 5

2 NEPHI 5            Anger of Laman & Lemuel increases, & Lord commands Nephi’s followers to separate from followers of Laman.

Why were Laman and Lemuel angry toward Nephi?                                                       2 Nephi 4:13 

What did Laman and Lemuel seek to do?                                                                     2 Nephi 5:2, 4

Compare with Nephi’s efforts to control his anger,                                                          2 Nephi 4:27–29. 

What are some dangers of increasing anger?
What can we do to be peacemakers in the home, community, Church?
Because of the anger of his brothers, Nephi prayed for help                                      2 Nephi 5:1.
How did the Lord answer his prayers?                                                                    2 Nephi 5:5.

When Nephi and his people had departed, they “lived after the manner of happiness”              2 Nephi 5:27
What did they do that contributed to their happiness?                                                          2 Nephi 5:10-17

•  kept the commandments,
•  preserved the records that were on the plates of brass,
• built a temple
•  worked together.

How can the Nephites’ example help us live “after the manner of happiness”? President Howard W. Hunter taught:

“We need a more peaceful world, growing out of more peaceful families and neighborhoods and communities. To secure and cultivate such peace, ‘we must love others, even our enemies as well as our friends.’ … We need to extend the hand of friendship. We need to be kinder, more gentle, more forgiving, and slower to anger. We need to love one another with the pure love of Christ. May this be our course and our desire” (Ensign, May 1992, 63).