Think Before You Text: The Tragic Consequences of Distracted Driving

1. 2 Nephi 1

2. 2 Nephi 1 Alexander Heit, a 22-year-old student, drifted across the road while exchanging texts with a friend, realized suddenly and over-corrected with the steering wheel, sending his car rolling off the road. He was pronounced dead at North Colorado Medical Center on April 3 after the late afternoon crash -- and his family have agreed with police to issue a photograph of his last text exchange. The text shows two messages from a friend, who says: "Hey man I had to run out for like an hour," to which Heit was replying: "Sounds good my man, seeya soon, ill tw .." before abruptly stopping.

3. 2 Nephi 1 His mother Sharon Heit said: "I can't bear the thought of anyone else having to go through something like this. Please, vow to never, NEVER text and drive. In a split second you could ruin your future, injure or kill others, and tear a hole in the heart of everyone who loves you," she added, cited by the police statement.Police chief Jerry Garner added: "Unfortunately, when we think to ourselves, 'I'll just do it this one time,' we are fooling ourselves. "This 'one time' may be the only time. The Heits are sharing their tragedy and loss, in hope that through Alex's story, others may realize and recognize just how dangerous texting and driving is."

4. 2 Nephi 1 • If you knew you were going to pass away, what would you say to your family? (2 Ne 1:13-15) • Read 2 Nephi 1:1–5. • What “great things the Lord had done” for Lehi’s family. • •What is an example of a great thing the Lord has done for you or your family? • Let’s read 2 Nephi 1:17–19, 23 and look at Lehi’s final wishes

5. 2 Nephi 1 • 2 Nephi 1:25–28: Reasons Lehi gave for the people to follow Nephi. • 2 Nephi 1:31–32: Promises Lehi gave to Zoram.

6. Book of Mormon Evidences 2  Nephi 1:12 Hebraisms

7. Book of Mormon Evidences One of the most distinct characteristics of the language in the Book of Mormon is the somewhat literal translation of what is now obvious are Hebraisms. As Professor Donald W. Parry asserts, “Because some form of Hebrew was used among the Nephites, the Book of Mormon reads like an ancient Hebrew book—even in its English translation.”Parry gives us just one of many examples with what is termed plural amplification. He explains that “in order to amplify or emphasize an idea, biblical Hebrew sometimes uses a noun in the plural when a singular is expected.” Here are some examples there shall be bloodsheds (2 Nephi 1:12) the understandings of the children of men (Mosiah 8:20) great condescensions unto the children of men (Jacob 4:7) labor with their mights (Jacob 5:72) great slaughters with the sword (1 Nephi 12:2)

8. Book of Mormon Evidences 2  Nephi 1:14 Shakespear

9. Book of Mormon Evidences This line has attracted criticism from a number of writers, who claim this passage plagiarizes Shakespeare’s play Hamlet. “But that the dread of something after death,—The undiscover'd country, from whose bourn / No traveller returns” (Hamlet3.1). One of Joseph Smith’s earliest critics, Alexander Campbell, sarcastically mused that “Shakespeare was read by Nephi 2200 years before he was born.” Latter-day Saint scholars have responded to this criticism by pointing out that the imagery and language found in 2 Nephi 1 appears, for example, in the Bible: “Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little, Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death” (Job 10:20–21; cf. Job 7:9–10; 16:22)

10. Book of Mormon Evidences We find language similar to Lehi’s in such places as one of the Egyptian Pyramid Texts (“May you not go on the roads of the western ones [the dead]; They who go on them [travelers] do not return”) and the Sumerian Descent of Inanna (“Why, pray, have you come to the ‘Land of No Return,’ / On the road whose traveler returns never, / How has your heart led you?”) (Smith, “Evaluating the Sources of 2 Nephi 1:13–15,” 100–101. See also E. A. Speiser, “Descent of Ishtar to the Netherworld,” in The Ancient Near East: An Anthology of Texts and Pictures, ed. James B. Pritchard, rev. ed. (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2011), 77.)

11. 2 Nephi 1:30 • Fill in the blanks: True friends are like _______________, because they always ____________________________. Read 2 Nephi 1:30 • Do your friends’ parents thank God for you? • Do your friends thank God for you? • What is some advice you can give on how to be a good friend?

12. 2 Nephi 1:30 Everyone needs good and true friends. They will be a great strength and blessing to you. They will influence how you think and act, and even help determine the person you will become. They will help you be a better person and will make it easier for you to live the gospel of Jesus Christ. Choose friends who share your values so you can strengthen and encourage each other in living high standards.

13. 2 Nephi 1:30 To have good friends, be a good friend. Show genuine interest in others; smile and let them know you care about them. Treat everyone with kindness and respect, and refrain from judging and criticizing those around you. Do not participate in any form of bullying. Make a special effort to be a friend to those who are shy or lonely, have special needs, or do not feel included.

14. 2 Nephi 1:30 As you seek to be a friend to others, do not compromise your standards. If your friends urge you to do things that are wrong, be the one to stand for the right, even if you stand alone. You may need to find other friends who will support you in keeping the commandments. Seek the guidance of the Holy Ghost as you make these choices.

15. 2 Nephi 1:30 A True Friend Bullied No More

16. The objective of seminary is to help youth understand and rely on the teachings and Atonement of Jesus Christ. What principles from today’s scriptures point you the teachings of Christ? What part of the lesson can help you rely on the Atonement?

17. 2 Nephi 1