Lesson 22 – Alma Teaches about
Faith
 Purpose
 To teach the children that the word of God, when nourished by faith,
will grow in our hearts into a testimony of Jesus Christ.
Opening
Opening Prayer
Attention Activity
What can a seed become?
(A plant or tree, depending
on the type of seed.)
Attention Activity
What must happen before
a seed can begin to grow?
Attention Activity
What must happen before
a seed can begin to grow?
Attention Activity
 What does a tree look
like when it is young?
 What does it look like
when it is mature?
Attention Activity
 What does it look like when it is
mature? ·
 What nourishment does a seed
need to help it grow into a plant
or tree?
 Nourishment means
something that helps things
grow or keeps them alive and
well, such as water, fertilizer,
sunshine, and soil.
Attention Activity
Just as a good seed with proper care and
nourishment will eventually become a
fruit-bearing tree, the word of God,
planted in our hearts and properly
nourished, will develop into a strong
testimony.
In todays lesson you will learn how
to you can gain a strong testimony.
Scripture Activity
 Show the video
Discussion Questions
In the last lesson, we learned about the
rich and proud Zoramites.
Discussion Questions
 Why were the poor Zoramites humble? (Alma 32:2–3.)
 What are some afflictions that may make people humble enough
to listen to the gospel?
Discussion Questions
What does it mean to be “poor in heart”?
(Humble, teachable, truly repentant, and
free from pride.)
Discussion Questions
How was being poor a blessing for these
people? (Alma 32:12–13)
 People can be humble
even if they don’t suffer
afflictions or poverty,
but sometimes people
with riches become
proud.
 Why is it necessary for
us to be humble when
we are taught the
gospel?
Discussion Questions
 What is faith?
(Alma 32:21.)
 Why must we have faith
to develop a testimony
of the gospel?
(Alma 32:26.)
Explain that it takes time to gain a testimony.
Keeping the commandments can help us
gain a testimony that they are true.
Discussion Questions
 What did Alma tell us to do to
develop faith? (Alma 32:27.)
 What can we do to increase
our desire to believe?
Discussion Questions
 How is obeying the commandments an “experiment” on the word
of God?
 When we experiment, it means to try something we are not sure
about.
 When we experiment, or keep commandments, such as the
Word of Wisdom, we receive blessings for our obedience and
our testimonies become stronger.
 How has your faith increased through your obedience to the
commandments?
Discussion Questions
 How can we plant the word of God in our
hearts so our testimonies will grow?
By regularly studying the scriptures; listening in
Primary, sacrament meeting, and family home
evening; praying; and consistently applying the
principles of the gospel in our lives
Discussion Questions
 How will we know when the
good seed, or a testimony of the
gospel, is be-ginning to grow
inside us? (Alma 32:28, 34.)
 Invite class members to share
their testimonies and describe
how they gained them.
 Encourage the children to gain
and strengthen their testimonies.
 Assure them that if they have
faith they can gain strong
testimonies of the gospel.
Discussion Questions
 What does it mean to nourish a seed?
 Nourish means feed or take care of.
 What qualities did Alma tell us we must have to nourish our
testimonies of the gospel? (Alma 32:41 –42.)
 Why do you think patience and diligence are necessary in
developing faith and a testimony?
Discussion Questions
 How can studying
the scriptures
strengthen our
faith and
testimony?
(Alma 33:14.)
 What important
teaching should
be part of our
testimony?
(Alma 33:22.)
Discussion Questions
 How is a strong
testimony like a tree?
(Alma 33:23.)
 How will having a
testimony help you
gain eternal life?
 You may wish to tell
how your testimony
has made your
problems easier to deal
with and brought you
joy.
Enrichment Activity
In Alma 32, the word of God is
compared to a seed.
Enrichment Activity
 The “Word of God” means
the gospel, or the teaching
of Jesus Christ
 Just as a seed will grow into
a tree, if we learn and obey
the word of God, we will
gain a strong testimony of
the gospel
Enrichment Activity
Testimony of Jesus Christ
Just as a seed requires care an
nourishment to grow into a tree
Enrichment Activity
 Our testimony of the
gospel requires faith and
care to grow strong.
 What can you do to
strengthen your
testimony.
 Pray
 Study the Scriptures
 Obey the commandments
 Give Service
Testimony
 If you will learn the word of God and obey the
commandments while you are young, you will
gain strong testimonies of the truthfulness of the
gospel of Jesus Christ.
 Don’t just take my word for this, try it yourself so
you can build a stronger testament and know the
truth for yourself.
Closing
 Closing prayer
THE END
Alma 32:2-3
 2 And it came to pass that after much labor among
them, they began to have success among the apoor class
of people; for behold, they were cast out of the
synagogues because of the coarseness of their apparel—
 3 Therefore they were not permitted to enter into their
synagogues to worship God, being esteemed as
filthiness; therefore they were poor; yea, they were
esteemed by their brethren as adross; therefore they
were bpoor as to things of the world; and also they were
poor in heart.
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Alma 32:12–13
 12 I say unto you, it is well that ye are cast out of your
synagogues, that ye may be humble, and that ye may
learn awisdom; for it is necessary that ye should learn
wisdom; for it is because that ye are cast out, that ye
are despised of your brethren because of your exceeding
bpoverty, that ye are brought to a lowliness of heart; for
ye are necessarily brought to be humble.
 13 And now, because ye are compelled to be humble
blessed are ye; for a man sometimes, if he is compelled
to be humble, seeketh arepentance; and now surely,
whosoever repenteth shall find mercy; and he that
findeth mercy and bendureth to the end the same shall
be saved.
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Alma 32:21
 21 And now as I said concerning faith—afaith is not to
have a perfect knowledge of things; therefore if ye have
faith ye bhope for things which are cnot seen, which are
true.
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Alma 32:26
 26 Now, as I said concerning faith—that it was not a
perfect knowledge—even so it is with my words. Ye
cannot know of their surety at first, unto perfection, any
more than faith is a perfect knowledge.
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Alma 32:27
 27 But behold, if ye will awake and arouse your
faculties, even to an experiment upon my words, and
exercise a particle of faith, yea, even if ye can no more
than adesire to believe, let this desire work in you, even
until ye believe in a manner that ye can give place for a
portion of my words.
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Alma 32:28,34
 28 Now, we will compare the word unto a aseed. Now, if ye
give place, that a bseed may be planted in your cheart,
behold, if it be a true seed, or a good seed, if ye do not cast
it out by your dunbelief, that ye will resist the Spirit of the
Lord, behold, it will begin to swell within your breasts; and
when you feel these swelling motions, ye will begin to say
within yourselves—It must needs be that this is a good
seed, or that the word is good, for it beginneth to enlarge
my soul; yea, it beginneth to eenlighten my funderstanding,
yea, it beginneth to be delicious to me.
 34 And now, behold, is your aknowledge bperfect? Yea, your
knowledge is perfect in that thing, and your cfaith is
dormant; and this because you know, for ye know that the
word hath swelled your souls, and ye also know that it hath
sprouted up, that your understanding doth begin to be
enlightened, and your dmind doth begin to expand.
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Alma 32:41 –42
 41 But if ye will nourish the word, yea, nourish the tree
as it beginneth to grow, by your faith with great
diligence, and with apatience, looking forward to the fruit
thereof, it shall take root; and behold it shall be a tree
bspringing up unto everlasting life.
 42 And because of your adiligence and your faith and
your patience with the word in nourishing it, that it may
take root in you, behold, by and by ye shall pluck the
bfruit thereof, which is most precious, which is sweet
above all that is sweet, and which is white above all that
is white, yea, and pure above all that is pure; and ye
shall feast upon this fruit even until ye are filled, that ye
hunger not, neither shall ye thirst.
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Alma 33:14
 14 Now behold, my brethren, I would ask if ye have read
the scriptures? If ye have, how can ye adisbelieve on
the Son of God?
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Alma 33:22
 22 If so, wo shall come upon you; but if not so, then
cast about your eyes and abegin to believe in the Son of
God, that he will come to redeem his people, and that
he shall suffer and die to batone for their sins; and that
he shall crise again from the dead, which shall bring to
pass the dresurrection, that all men shall stand before
him, to be ejudged at the last and judgment day,
according to their fworks.
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Alma 33:23
 23 And now, my brethren, I desire that ye shall aplant
this word in your hearts, and as it beginneth to swell
even so nourish it by your faith. And behold, it will
become a tree, bspringing up in you unto ceverlasting
life. And then may God grant unto you that your
dburdens may be light, through the joy of his Son. And
even all this can ye do if ye ewill. Amen.
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