I believe the different examples given to us in Alma of teaching various different people in different stages of gospel belief/learning is there in order to guide us on what to emphasize when teaching people in similar circumstances. The entire book of Alma is full of these little case study examples. For example:
Alma 5 - group of recently departed from the church; have had strong testimonies in the recent past
Alma 7 - fairly righteous group of people; needs to emphasize a few things to remind them
Alma 9-12 - very wicked group of people that were former members; burn the righteous
Alma 18 - Ammon with King Lamoni; people that never knew about Christ and had some bad habits
Alma 22 - Aaron with King Lamoni's dad; similar to the above
Alma 31-34 - teaching group of humble people and very wicked former members of the church
Alma 36-42 - teaching multiple sons with differing assignments/sins/abilities
War stories - great lessons on preparedness, acting in faith, God caring about those serving in different capacities than spiritual only
I want to learn from these stories in order to apply the lessons God's given depending on the circumstance of the person being taught.
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