Sacrament Service
What is the Godhead. Three separate beings. Father, Son, and Holy Ghost all are God, but each has different role to perform.
God the Father presides over and directs the other two.
God the son is the creator and authority over this earth and things pertaining to it. He is the Redeemer of this earth. He give immortality to all through resurrection. He gives eternal life to all those that repent and accept him daily.
God the Holy Ghost testifies of the father and the son. He testifies of all truth. He comforts. He teaches. He is differentiated as ghost or spirit because he is the only member of the Godhead who does not have a physical body.
“Spiritual truth cannot be ignored—especially divine commandments. Keeping divine commandments brings blessings, every time! Breaking divine commandments brings a loss of blessings, every time!”(Elder Russell M Nelson, Let Your Faith Show, April 2014 General Conference)
Sunday School
My lesson on What is the role of agency in learning the gospel?
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What have you learned this week in your gospel studies?
What interesting gospel discussions have you had with friends or family this week?
Do you have any questions that you have been wondering about or wanting to ask someone about the church stuff?
We talked last week about immortality and eternal life. What is the difference? Look up Moses 1:39.
What is the role of agency in learning the gospel? How do we use our agency to learn the gospel?
What is the role of agency in learning the gospel? How do we use our agency to learn the gospel?
Is it possible to be made to come to church by our parents or by someone else’s choice other than our own, but never really learn much because we have not used our agency to choose to learn?
When we act for ourselves and choose to do what we are taught then we understand what we are taught better.
Again think about as we talk, what is the role of agency in learning the gospel?
John 7:17
17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
Is there a difference between being taught how powerful water can be and choosing to pick up a hose and spray it at something or to watch a waterfall or massive river or the ocean?
The same is true of the gospel. We talk about how good it is, but until you choose to act upon the things we read about discuss, then you really don’t understand the power of what we are learning.
James 1:22
22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
If we choose to do what we are taught we learn more than if we just hear people’s words. What do you think about that?
What does it mean to be hearers of the word only, deceiving our own selves?
What is the role of agency in learning the gospel?
Doctrine and Covenants 50:23
24 That which is of God is light; and he that receiveth light, and continueth in God, receiveth more light; and that light groweth brighter and brighter until the perfect day.
When we receive truth and act on it, we receive more truth.
2 Nephi 2:26
26 And the Messiah cometh in the fulness of time, that he may redeem the children of men from the fall. And because that they are redeemed from the fall they have become free forever, knowing good from evil; to act for themselves and not to be acted upon, save it be by the punishment of the law at the great and last day, according to the commandments which God hath given.
What does it mean to act and not be acted upon?
Who are some people in your life or that you know of that have used their agency to increase what they know about the gospel?
"A teacher can explain, demonstrate, persuade, and testify, and do so with great spiritual power and effectiveness. Ultimately, however, the content of a message and the witness of the Holy Ghost penetrate into the heart only if a receiver allows them to enter. Learning by faith opens the pathway into the heart."-bednar
No sooner, therefore, did I get possession of myself, so as to be able to speak, than I asked the Personages who stood above me in the light, which of all the sects was right … and which I should join” (Joseph Smith—History 1:10, 18).
Notice that Joseph’s questions focused not just on what he needed to know but also on what he needed to do.
What did you hear in Sacrament meeting about people using their agency?
What did you hear in Sacrament meeting about people learning?
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Elders Quorum
“The Challenge to Become”, Elder Dallin H Oaks, October 2000 General Conference
Parable about the father and son.
“All that I have I desire to give you—not only my wealth, but also my position and standing among men. That which I have I can easily give you, but that which I am you must obtain for yourself. You will qualify for your inheritance by learning what I have learned and by living as I have lived. I will give you the laws and principles by which I have acquired my wisdom and stature. Follow my example, mastering as I have mastered, and you will become as I am, and all that I have will be yours.”
“We qualify for eternal life through a process of conversion. As used here, this word of many meanings signifies not just a convincing but a profound change of nature. Jesus used this meaning when He taught His chief Apostle the difference between a testimony and a conversion.”
Charity must be a change in our character and not something we do occasionally. We need to start with checking our behavior in our home. How charitable a person are we in our private life?
The Parable of the workers. All got paid the same, but worked different hours. We should show the same love for those that take longer to figure out things in life or to gain a testimony of Christ's doctrines.
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