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Teach
a friend, roommate, or family member for 15–30 minutes about Jesus Christ
by doing the following:
1.
Read
each of the seven quotes together and discuss at least two of the questions.
2.
As you talk,
take notes
of the answers you come up with.
3.
Write
those notes in the Text Entry tab for each question along with a verification of the amount of time
you spent discussing the quotes and questions.
Quotes and Questions to discuss:
1.
The Lectures on Faith teaches the following:
Let us here observe, that three things are necessary in order that any rational and intelligent being may
exercise faith in God unto life and salvation.
First, the idea that
he actually exists
.
Secondly,
a correct idea of his character
, perfections, and attributes.
Thirdly, an actual
knowledge that the course of life which he is pursuing is according to his will
. For
without an acquaintance with these three important facts, the faith of every rational being must be
imperfect and unproductive.
Question 1 to discuss together: How does understanding the character, perfections, and attributes of God
help you exercise faith in Him unto life and salvation?
2.
Elder Neal A. Maxwell once made the following statement after having endured chemotherapy for
leukemia:
Finally, my humble praise today flows not only to God the Father for His loving plan of salvation and to
Jesus, the Lord of the universe, for His marvelous and remarkable Atonement, but also to the Holy Ghost, about
whom we speak less. Among His many roles, I express my particular and personal gratitude today for the
recent ways in which He has been the precious Comforter, including in the midnight moments! (Elder Neal A.
Maxwell, CR, April 1977. Given after being treated for leukemia)
Question 2 to discuss together: When have you had an experience that has deepened your knowledge or
testimony of one of the members of the Godhead?
What a breathtaking quote, I can’t imagine how grateful he felt in that occasion, I have had experiences
like this on the past, maybe not as monumental as beating cancer, but to beat my past, to beat pain,
loneliness and sorrow, what Jesus Christ did for us is the greatest act of love the world will ever see,
thanks to Him we can live again, we can trust that we will be exalted, thanks to Him I can be certain I can
be with my family, thanks to Him I don’t need to feel sorrow for things I’ve done, I love what He did and
for that I’ll be grateful eternally. I hope this is just the start and I can live long enough to understand
Him better and know Him better and help others come to Him.
3.
Elder Boyd K. Packer once stated the following:
No idea has been more destructive of happiness, no philosophy has produced more sorrow, more heartbreak
and mischief; no idea has done more to destroy the family than the idea that we are not the offspring of God.
(Elder Boyd K. Packer, CR, April 1992)
Question 3 to discuss together: How does truly internalizing the knowledge that God is your literal father
give you courage, orientation, and confidence?
4.
Elder Tad R. Callister taught about our unique position among the creations of God:
There is a sentiment among many in the world that we are the spirit creations of God, just as a building is the
creation of its architect or a painting the creation of its painter or an invention the creation of its inventor. The
scriptures teach, however, a much different doctrine. They teach that we are more than creations of God; they
teach that we are the literal spirit offspring or children of God our Father. What difference does this doctrinal
distinction make? The difference is monumental in its consequence because our identity determines in large
measure our destiny. For example, can a mere creation ever become like its creator? Can a building ever
become an architect? A painting a painter? Or an invention an inventor? If not, then those who believe we are
creations of God, rather than His spirit offspring, reach the inevitable conclusion that we do not have the
capacity to become like our creator, God. In essence, their doctrine of identity has defined and dictated a
diminished destiny. (Elder Tad R. Callister,
Our Identity and Destiny,
BYU Speeches, Aug. 14, 2012)
Question 4 to discuss together: What is unique about us compared to all the other creations of God? And
why is it so important for you to understand the difference?
5.
Speaking of how we can come to know the Father, Elder Quentin L. Cook and President Dallin H. Oaks
made the following observations:
When we seek to know the Father through patterns of righteous family life, we begin to understand the depth of
love He has for us and begin to feel a deeper love for Him. Efforts to distort and destroy the family are designed
to keep the Father’s children from feeling His love drawing them back home to Him. (Elder Quentin L. Cook,
Ensign, February 2012)
In contrast to the belief that God is an incomprehensible and unknowable mystery is the truth that the nature
of God and our relationship to Him is knowable and is the key to everything else in our doctrine. (Elder Dallin
H. Oaks, CR April 2017)
Question 5 to discuss together: How does thinking about yourself as a son or daughter of God help you
understand the Father?
I can’t even start, I know how hard it was for my parents to make us feel safe in an environment in which thing
could have gone wrong pretty easily, so many things could have destroyed us, and the separations of my parents
was the perfect occasion for it, and even though my parents weren’t perfect I can thank them enough to give me
a good example and retain themselves of destroying the family we fiercely fight to keep together.
Belonging to a family will deepen our knowledge on how God wants us to be together, stick together through
the hardships of life. There is nothing that will make you feel closer to Him than being raised and become good
parents.
6.
Pick a member of the Godhead. Consider each of the following questions for that member:
1.
What reasons are there for uniquely loving this particular member of the Godhead?
2.
What facts should we remember as we consider this member of the Godhead?
3.
How can we more fully appreciate and use the help of this member of the Godhead?
4.
What goal would you suggest for us to work on concerning this member of the Godhead?
Question 6 to discuss together: What insights do you gain as you think of a specific member of the
Godhead in this way?
7.
Once, when some members of the Church were focusing inordinately on having a personal relationship with
Jesus Christ, Elder Bruce R. McConkie taught:
Our relationship with the Father is supreme, paramount, and preeminent over all others. He is the God we
worship. It is his gospel that saves and exalts. He ordained and established the plan of salvation. He is the one
who was once as we are now. The life he lives is eternal life, and if we are to gain this greatest of all the gifts of
God, it will be because we become like him.
Our relationship with the Father is one of parent and child. He is the one who gave us our agency. It was his
plan that provided for a fall and an atonement. And it is to him that we must be reconciled if we are to gain
salvation. He is the one to whom we have direct access by prayer, and if there were some need—which there is
not!—to single out one member of the Godhead for a special relationship, the Father, not the Son, would be the
one to choose. (Our Relationship with the Lord, Elder Bruce R. McConkie, 1982)
The relationship between the three members of the Godhead was explained by the Church in the following
manner:
The Latter-Day Saints view of the members of the Godhead corresponds in a number of ways with the views of
others in the Christian world, but with significant differences. Latter-day Saints pray to God the Father in the
name of Jesus Christ. They acknowledge the Father as the ultimate object of their worship, the Son as Lord and
Redeemer, and the Holy Spirit as the messenger and revealer of the Father and the Son. But where Latter-day
Saints differ from other Christian religions is in their belief that God and Jesus Christ are glorified, physical
beings and that each member of the Godhead is a separate being. (
churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-
topics/godhead
)
Finally, President Gordon B. Hinckley stressed the unique claim that God the Father has on our devotions:
This is the Almighty of whom I stand in awe and reverence. It is He to whom I look in fear and trembling. It is
He whom I worship and unto whom I give honor and praise and glory. He is my Heavenly Father, who has
invited me to come unto Him in prayer, to speak with Him, with the promised assurance that He will hear and
respond. (President Gordon B. Hinckley, Ensign, March 1998)
Question 7 to discuss together: How can you deepen your love and relationship with your Heavenly
Father?
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