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What must Israel do to be the Lord’s “peculiar treasure”? Review Pres. Nelson’s article, “The Everlasting Covenant,” or view this one minute clip
. What does it mean to be “a peculiar treasure
[Hebrew sĕgullâ
]”?
Valued property or treasure made or selected by god Possession and or obtaining Highly valued possession 2.
What kind of kingdom and nation does the Lord want Israel to be? A kingdom of priests and holy nation 3.
According to Deuteronomy 29, who all do Moses and the Lord invite to make, or renew, the covenant that was originally made at Horeb (another name for Mount Sinai)?
All israel Children 4.
The covenant contains several elements or aspects that are important, and numerous blessings come from the covenant. There is one aspect or blessing, however, that is most important—all other aspects of the covenant hinge on this one and flow from it. What element or aspect of the covenant is the most foundational? (p.47)
God will be a god to abraham and his seed 5.
God revealed to Joseph Smith that “the power of godliness is manifest” through priesthood ordinances (Doctrine & Covenants 84:20). What is the primary purpose of priesthood ordinances and how do they bring God’s power into our lives? (p.48)
Establish and renew our covenants through the priesthood 6.
As modern covenant-keepers, we can relate to ancient promises like priesthood or posterity, but sometimes the scriptural emphasis on having a land of inheritance
is hard for us to understand. For the Israelites and others who lived earlier in history, why was the promise of land so important? (p.51)
Offered physical protection and prosperity 7.
All who keep the covenant will receive in the hereafter “their exaltation” (Doctrine and Covenants 132:19). In the revelations in the Doctrine and Covenants, how has God explained what that means? (p.59)
They shall become gods and their seeds shall continue forever and ever
8.
The most important obligation of covenant keepers has to do with their relationship with God. Prophets have taught that covenant keepers should love God above anything or anyone else, let God prevail in their lives, and not worship any other gods. In the ancient world, worshipping other gods primarily took the form of idol worship. In the modern world, what are some other ways people might be lured into idolatry? (p.63)
Putting the values and ideas of the world in place of or alongside the values and ideas of God. Believing what the world says about the value of money, power, fame, or fun.
9.
Loving God and obeying Him are obviously crucial for covenant keepers, but in the Old Testament, God repeatedly taught that having a proper relationship with our fellow humans is also extremely important. In the version of the covenant revealed at Sinai (the “law of Moses”), what were the Israelites instructed to do for the poor, orphans, widows, foreigners, and anyone else in society who was struggling or marginalized? (p.66)
To take care of the poor, widows, orphans, and foreigners
10. God told Abraham and Sarah that through their descendants, Israel, “shall all the families of the earth be blessed, even with the blessings of the Gospel, which are the blessings of salvation, even
of life eternal” (Abraham 2:11). Hence, one of our clear obligations is to bring the gospel and its saving ordinances, which administer covenants, to all the world. This is known as “__________ Israel” and “__________ everyone to
Israel.” (p.69)
Gathering 11. The terms of the covenant have built within them a mechanism to help covenant breakers return to being covenant keepers. That mechanism is the covenantal penalties. These penalties do not suggest that God “punishes” covenant keepers, at least in the sense of punishment simply for the sake of punishment. Explain how allowing these natural consequences for bad choices fits into God’s purposes for His covenant children. (p.70)
Having consequences help us to turn to god, if we had none we wouldn’t understand why we should stop breaking being covenant keepers, we would continue to break covenants. Consequences prompt us to repent and make those covenants again and growing close to god.
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