Sunday School Lesson from The Book of Mormon 🌎 Helaman Chapters 1-6

The Rock of Our Redeemer

Lesson - The Rock

The book of Helaman records both triumphs and tragedies among the Nephites and Lamanites.

It begins with “a serious difficulty among the people of the Nephites” (Helaman 1:1), and the difficulties keep coming throughout the record.

Here we read about political intrigue, bands of robbers, rejection of the prophets, and pride and disbelief throughout the land. But we also find examples like Nephi and Lehi and “the more humble part of the people,” who not only survived but thrived spiritually (Helaman 3:34).

How did they do it?

How did they stay strong while their civilization began to decline and fall apart?

The same way any of us stay strong in the “mighty storm” the devil sends to “beat upon [us]”—by building our lives “upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, … a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall” (Helaman 5:12).

Even in prison, Nephi and Lehi were protected by the power of God.

© The Book of Mormon for Young Readers, Nephi and Lehi Encircled by a Pillar of Fire, by Briana Shawcroft