Gen Conf
Isaiah
Psalms, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes
Doctrinal Mastery & Acquiring Spiritual Knowledge
Random Ball Knowledge
100
What was the answer to Gerrit W. Gong's question: Why did the temple workers cross the road?
To help the people on the other side!
100
Fill in the blanks: Isaiah taught "woe unto them who call ____ _____ and _____ _____"
evil good, and good evil.
Bonus: What source did we study the day we talked about this in class to practice discerning what is actually good and true?
100
RACE:
Find any proverb you have marked and tell us why you marked it!
Good job :)
100
What is the truth taught in Proverbs 3:5? (fill in the blanks)
________in the _______ _____ all ____ ______ and ____ _____ ______ thy _____.
Trust in the Lord withall thine heart... and He shall direct they paths.
100
Who wrote most of the Psalms?
King David
200
Sister Runia said she used to think of the gospel as an _________, but now realizes it is more like a __________.
"The gospel felt like a big umbrella I could hold over my head to keep the rain from falling on me. But I've learned from experience that we're all going to get rained on. and sometimes we're going to get pelted!
The gospel isn't the umbrella, it's the solid rock we're standing on during the storm--- that 'sure foundation' whereon if men build they cannot fall."
200
RACE:
We watched a video with children and marshmallows the day we studied Isaiah 25. In 1-3 sentences, describe what truth we learned that day. Have a verse from Isaiah 25 to back you up.
The truth was: "waiting on the Lord" is an important part of discipleship. (verses 8-9)
200
The writer of ecclesiastes felt frustrated because he felt there was "no point" to life.(all was vanity and vexation of spirit)
What did he eventually discover was "the point?"
(Ecclesiastes 12)
To prepare to met God and live with Him again someday (Verses 7, 13-14)
200
What does Isaiah 1:18 teach? (we had an object lesson this day)
"Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be white as snow."
200
The writer of ecclesiastes is only ever called by what name?
The preacher
300
In the Sunday afternoon session, Elder Paul H. Sinclair taught that we should be "quick to _____, slow to _______"
"Being quick to help and slow to judge is a simple and deeply encouraging way for each of us to be more like our Savior."
300
RACE:
We helped each other using Isaiah 40-43 to answer one another's sources of fear/anxiety. Find a verse from one of those 3 chapters that might help comfort someone in a time of need.
Isaiah 40:9–11
Isaiah 40:28–31
Isaiah 41:17–20
Isaiah 42:5–7
Isaiah 43:1–2
Isaiah 43:25–26
etc.
300
RACE:
Which Psalm is quoted in a rap song? Find the verse!
Psalm 23:
"Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou are with me; thy rod and they staff they comfort me."
300
RACE:
Where is this truth taught? (find the verses) "surely [Jesus Christ] hath bourne our griefs, and carried our sorrows"
Isaiah 53:3-5
300
Which Old Testament prophet lived at the same time as Lehi? (Nephi's father in the Old Testament)
Jeremiah
1 Nephi 7:14 For behold, the Spirit of the Lord ceaseth soon to strive with them; for behold, they have rejected the prophets, and Jeremiah have they cast into prison. And they have sought to take away the life of my father, insomuch that they have driven him out of the land.
400
What truth was Elder Hutch U Fale teaching when he showed pictures of his children as babies?
"I told them there are no words to fully express the love we felt when they were born, including the day each picture was taken. I then asked, 'As of the date of this picture, what had you done to earn our love?' They lowered their eyes and said 'nothing'. I asked them to look up and said, 'you are right. You did nothing to earn our love. By that same token, there is nothing you can ever do that will unearn or remove that love from you. You did not earn it; you cannot lose it. It is yours forever."
400
What do these flowers have to do with Jesus Christ?
Hint: Isaiah 49:15-16
He cannot forget us! (they're forget-me-nots)
"Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet I will not forget thee.
Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me"
400
Where is the only doctrinal mastery from Psalms? What does it teach?
hint:
Psalm 24:3-4 "Who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands and a pure heart"
400
RACE!
What chapter in Isaiah contains 2 doctrinal mastery passages: one about the blessings of a proper fast and the other about keeping the sabbath day holy.
Isaiah 58!
(Blessings of a proper fast= verses 6-7)
("Turn away... from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight" verses 13-14)
400
What does Isaiah's name mean?
"The Lord is salvation"
500
RACE:
What did our prophet, Dallin H. Oaks, teach about in general conference?
How has he blessed your life as a modern prophet?
"The gospel of Jesus Christ is for all"
That he prays for what Heavenly Father wants: "for us to be active members of the Chruch of Jesus Christ... and proceed forward on the covenant path to eternity."
Whatever our questions or doubts are, "the way to overcome them is to get closer to Jesus Christ."
We are all a work in progess and need to be patient with one another
Trust in the Lords timing as well as His promises
etc.
500
EVERYONE DO:
Review and testify of the truth taught in Isaiah 53:3-5
(we used Moana and Elijah as examples in class this day. Review Elijah's story in 1 Kings 19)
"He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acqainted with grief...
Surely He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows...
But He was wouded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our prace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed."
500
Everyone do:
Find any Psalm you have marked or remember being meaningful to you. Share with a partner why it was meaninful/why you marked it.
Good job :)
500
EVERYONE DO:
What are the three principles for aquiring spiritual knowledge? Explain what they mean in your own words.
1. Act in Faith
2. Examine concepts and questions with an eternal perspective
3. Seek further understanding through Divinely appointed sources
500
What is Isaiah talking about when he teaches about "A marvelous work and a wonder"?
DOC MASTERY: Isaiah 29:13-14
The restoration of the gospel is "a marvelous work and a wonder"