Bulletin
“The Lord told His leaders of the Restoration, and He tells us, that when we stand with faith upon His rock, doubt and fear are diminished; the desire to do good increases. As we accept President Monson’s invitation to plant in our hearts a testimony of Jesus Christ, we gain the power, the desire, and the courage to go to the rescue of others without concern for our own needs.” (President Henry B. Eyring, “Fear Not to Do Good”, October 2017 General conference)
Sacrament Service
One brother talked about how he and his wife work as tour guides at the conference center.
Another sister talked about how she worked in the conference center for five years. She said it is one of the best callings and you can call yourself to it.
Sunday School
3 pillars of Salvation: creation, fall, atonement
Moses 3:17
17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it, nevertheless, thou mayest choose for thyself, for it is given unto thee; but, remember that I forbid it, for in the day thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
When in doubt one must choose the welfare of others.
Opposition is important for our earthly experience. Satan was allowed in the garden. Laman and Lemuel were taken with the rest of Levi’s family.
Results of the fall:
-Mortality
-the ability to have children
-spiritual death - separation from God
-sickness
-misery and woe
-work to get the ground to produce
-sorrow and joy
“The plan of redemption must start with the account of the fall of Adam. In the words of Moroni, ‘By Adam came the fall of man. And because of the fall of man came Jesus Christ, … and because of Jesus Christ came the redemption of man’ (Mormon 9:12). Just as a man does not really desire food until he is hungry, so he does not desire the salvation of Christ until he knows why he needs Christ. No one adequately and properly knows why he needs Christ until he understands and accepts the doctrine of the Fall and its effect upon all mankind” (in Conference Report, Apr. 1987, 106; or Ensign, May 1987, 85).
“This suggested contrast between a sin and a transgression reminds us of the careful wording in the second article of faith: ‘We believe that men will be punished for their own sins, and not for Adam’s transgression’ (emphasis added). It also echoes a familiar distinction in the law. Some acts, like murder, are crimes because they are inherently wrong. Other acts, like operating without a license, are crimes only because they are legally prohibited. Under these distinctions, the act that produced the Fall was not a sin—inherently wrong—but a transgression—wrong because it was formally prohibited. These words are not always used to denote something different, but this distinction seems meaningful in the circumstances of the Fall.
“Modern revelation shows that our first parents understood the necessity of the Fall. Adam declared, ‘Blessed be the name of God, for because of my transgression my eyes are opened, and in this life I shall have joy, and again in the flesh I shall see God’ (Moses 5:10).
“Note the different perspective and the special wisdom of Eve, who focused on the purpose and effect of the great plan of happiness: ‘Were it not for our transgression we never should have had seed, and never should have known good and evil, and the joy of our redemption, and the eternal life which God giveth unto all the obedient’ (v. 11)” (“The Great Plan Of Happiness,” Ensign, Nov. 1993, 73).
Elders Quorum
Matthew 24
3 ¶ And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
We don't know what is going on in other people's lives, but Father does. Before you judge, ask Him why they are hurting and what you can do.
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