Monthly topic 5 · original study companion
Walk in God's light
Lehi sees an iron rod along the river leading to the tree. Nephi later explains the rod as the word of God, while Benjamin teaches love and service in the ways of truth.
Read and consider
Chapter 4, The Tree of Life, includes 1 Nephi 8 and 15, together with the selected vision passages listed in its scripture span. Chapter 21 includes Benjamin’s instruction to parents in Mosiah 4:15.
Quoted Book of Mormon
And I beheld a rod of iron, and it extended along the bank of the river, and led to the tree by which I stood.
1 Nephi 8:19
And I said unto them that it was the word of God; and whoso would hearken unto the word of God, and would hold fast unto it, they would never perish; neither could the temptations and the fiery darts of the adversary overpower them unto blindness, to lead them away to destruction.
1 Nephi 15:24
But ye will teach them to walk in the ways of truth and soberness; ye will teach them to love one another, and to serve one another.
Mosiah 4:15
Where this appears in Go and Do
- Chapter 4: The Tree of Life 1 Nephi 8, 11:1-25, 12:16-18, 15 · related account: A related passage within the chapter span shown here.
- Chapter 21: King Benjamin's Covenant Mosiah 1-6 · same passage: Mosiah 4:15 is inside Mosiah 1–6.
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About these passages
- The scripture connections here are the iron rod and Benjamin’s counsel. Other passages discussed by the official guide remain part of that guide’s own treatment.
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