WEEK 10 SHARE AND REPORT

Using the principles found in Peter chapters 1-4, write a response to the cry, “It isn’t fair, why do I have so many trials? I’m tired of being ridiculed bu those who do not keep the commandments.”

Rejoice for your trails, because you are partakers of Christ’s suffering, that when he comes again you to may be glad! Look unto Christ as the perfect example of trials. He has endured all and, with his help, so can we. Going through so many trails can only strengthen you faith in the Savior. It’s only for a little time, trials don’t commonly last forever.

You will be polished through the refiners fire and have a gift more precious then gold that dwindles away, being an example to others. Giving testimony to all those around you through your example. Don’t worry about those others people poking fun at you, their judgements mean nothing, put your faith and judgements in the Lord Jesus Christ. You will no longer be a man in ignorance, for you have gone through such trails as to come closer to the understanding of the saving power of the Savior.

WEEK 9: SHARE AND REPORT

Choice #3

Paul concluded his epistle to the Hebrews with some brief teachings and statements of counsel. Read Hebrews 13 and find statements about the following questions.

How should we treat strangers and those “in bonds”?

Hebrews 13:2 “Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.”

How is marriage looked upon?

Hebrews 13:4 “Marriage is honorable in all. and the bed undefiled: ubt whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.”

What warnings are given about covetousness?

Hebrews 13:5 “Let your conversations be without covetousness; and be content with such thins as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.”

What is “the same yesterday , and today, and for ever?”

Hebrews 13:8 “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday. and to day , and for ever.”

How are we sanctified?

Hebrews 13:12 “Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.”

How do we respond to those who rule over us?

Hebrews 13:17 “Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.”

Who did Pail ask the people to pray for?

Hebrews 12:18 “Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all thins willing to live honestly .”

WEEK 8: SHARE AND REPORT

Choice 5: Hebrews 1–2. Jesus Christ Is Greater than Angels

1. Refer to “Epistle to the Hebrews” in the Bible Dictionary (pp. 746–47). Read the first paragraph and the “Analysis of Hebrews,” number 1–5. Make a list of what Jesus Christ is superior to. 

-Jesus Christ is greater then the angels, he has a more excellent name and inheritance, and a higher calling. He is greater then Moses. His words are more superior, and more superior to the high priest of the law of Moses.

1. Read Hebrews 1. Make a list of three truths Paul taught about the Savior Jesus Christ.

Paul taught that Jesus made the worlds, he has purged our sins, and that he now sits at the right hand of God.

1. Read Hebrews 2:7–18; 4:13–16; Alma 7:11–15; Doctrine and Covenants 122:8. In writing describe how these scriptures explain reasons the Son of God came to earth to experience mortality.

Jesus Christ came to the earth to experience mortality to loose the bands of death, to succor those that stood in need of succor, deliver us from the fear of death, suffer the pains and afflictions of the world, taken upon him the our sicknesses and our infirmities, descending below us all.

WEEK 7: SHARE AND REPORT

CHOICE ONE: Philippians 1-4. Find solutions to Life’s Challenges; For each of the following common challenges, write the counsel from Philippians that you would use to resolve it:

-People sometimes argue and complain over petty matters in church meetings of throughout the week.

We must all be of one accord, one mind. We should do nothing in strife and vainglory, let each esteem others better then themselves. Do all things without murmurings and disputes.

-Many youth feel that their parents’ testimony is sufficient for them. Since they have good parents they rely on them for all their spiritual strength.

Some day those parents, or those children will no longer be in the same house as us. We must work out our own salvation with fear and trembling...not relying on our parents’ testimonies.

-An investigator is considering joining the Church, but his family will no longer associate with him if he does.

One must forget those things which are behind, and reach for what is ahead. Nothing bad can possibly happen for joining Christ’s church. Considering losing the potential knowledge of the Savior if you didn’t join...

-How is this writing assignment an example of the principle taught in 2 Nephi 32:3?

We can learn all things from Christ, even these modern day questions. It’s amazing how the words of Christ are always applicable.

WEEK 5: SHARE AND REPORT

1.From Romans 3:1-13 answer the following:

What must be done with sin before baptism can occur?

One must understand the atonement and the repentance process must take place before on can be baptized.

What events from Christs life are symbolized in baptism?

Christ’s birth and burial are symbolized in baptism.

Considering this symbolism, why couldn’t someone be baptized by sprinkling?

We must put to death this old life and rise with a newness of life like Christ did. Sprinkling with water would not have the same meaning and symbolism.

What do these verses teach us about how we can maintain the “newness of life”?

 We read that we must to “Let no sin therefore reign in your mortal body...” We are asked to avoid sin and live in Christ.

According to Mosiah 3:19, what part of us would ideally die at baptism?

We must put off the natural man, and become a saint.

WEEK 4: SHARE AND REPORT

REVIEW 2 CORINTHIANS 6:11-18. THEN WRITE A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF THE MEANING OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING PHRASES AS WELL AS AN EXAMPLE FOR EACH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS:

“Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers.” 

“...for what  fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness?...” Paul is telling the people of Corinth to not be yoked with those of other faiths. This isn’t to say that we can’t be friends with non members, that’s missionary work at it’s best. It’s to say that we aren’t to be held back or moved forward by those of unbelievers, they will usually move you off the path. I see this a lot in the high school years with students. You might be on the football team with nonmembers but it doesn’t mean you need to go to all the parties and crazy stuff.

“Come out from among them, and be ye separate.”

I feel like this passage of scripture is giving reference to us being a strange and peculiar people. We will stand out of the world with our values and principles, making us completely separate from the worlds principles and values. One can stand up for your beliefs and principles when encountered with conflicting principles, walking out on a inappropriate movie, saying no to an alcoholic drink when everyone else is drinking...etc.

“Touch not the unclean thing”

Pretty simple, don’t touch the unclean thing. Avoid contact with sin, avoid the appearance of sin. DON’T TOUCH IT! I remember as a kid, there was a penny candy store, and they sold gum cigarettes. A cylinder of gum with a piece of paper wrapped around it, with powered sugar in between them both. Before you chewed the gum you would pretend to smoke, or puff the cigarette blowing the powered sugar out from your mouth. Well, others saw me do this, and my mother got calls about me smoking. Big misunderstanding but it was the appearance of evil that got me in potential trouble.

WEEK 3: CLASS DISCUSSION

1. Read Luke 22:19  and identify the important word Luke used in describing the sacrament that Nephi also used but Paul did not.

REMEMBRANCE

2. What is the difference between what is taught in 1 Corinthians 11:27-29 and 3 Nephi 18:28-29 with regard to the counsel about when to not partake of the sacrament?

In Corinthians, Paul says to allow the person eat and drink of the sacrament unworthily, and in 3 Nephi, Nephi suggest that we forbid him from partaking.

3. What did Paul teach that explains why we don’t want to partake of the sacrament unworthily?

Paul gives a warning that if we are to partake of the sacrament unworthily, we are “...guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.”

1. What can you do to make the sacrament a more meaningful experience in your life both on Sundays and during the week?

During the sacrament on Sunday, I like to think of the sacrament as a funeral. The funeral is for Christ, and at any funeral we commemorate the deceased, the deceased being Christ. Thinking of the sacrament table as the body and blood of Christ covered up with a white cloth. By doing that I am more focused on the Atonement of Christ.