Proclamation
Year the “The Restoration of the Fulness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ: A Bicentennial Proclamation to the World” was announced.
What is 2020?
Delivered the talk “Are You Sleeping Through the Restoration?”
Who is Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf?
Scriptural event that inspired the “Hear Him” emphasis.
What is the First Vision?
The Proclamation declares this as the source of all truth and light.
Who is "Jesus Christ"?
The Lord has promised there will not be another general apostasy from the truth, but there is another type of apostasy that can still occur.
What is " personal apostasy"?
The Proclamation describes this as the pivotal moment to the Restoration.
What is "the First Vision"?
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. used this story as an illustration for his speech "Don't Sleep Through the Revolution."
What is the story of Rip Van Winkle.
Unambitious man who slept for 20 years - woke up after the American Revolution was over (one of the most exciting periods in the history of his country).
This is crucial to spiritual survival.
What is "daily immersion in the Word of God"?
As we feast on the words of Christ daily, the words of Christ will tell us how to respond to difficulties we never thought we would face.
Covenant that is central to the work of gathering all nations.
What is "the Abrahamic covenant"?
DAILY DOUBLE: The ultimate purpose of the Restoration.
What is "to bring God’s children back to Him"?
Blessings promised to those who embrace the Restoration.
What is "peace in this life and eternal life in the world to come"?
According to Elder Uchtdorf, the answers to avoid sleeping through the Restoration come from this.
What are the Words of Christ?
We have these to witness what Nephi saw.
What are front row seats?
We have front-row seats to witness live what the prophet Nephi saw only in vision, that “the power of the Lamb of God” would descend “upon the covenant people of the Lord, who were scattered upon all the face of the earth; and they were armed with righteousness and with the power of God in great glory.”
Per Elder Gong, God's Love encompasses these three things.
What are the Abrahamic covenant, gathering His scattered children, and His plan of happiness in our lives?
President Nelson described receiving revelation as a skill that requires ______ & ______.
What is "effort and practice"?
DAILY DOUBLE:
Historic event commemorated with this Proclamation.
What is the 200th anniversary of the First Vision?
Three things that Elder Uchtdorf said can cause us to be drowsy during the Restoration, and their associated remedies.
What are:
Selfishness (give of ourselves)
Addictions (listen to the loving warning of trusted family and friends, our beloved prophet, and always the Savior. The best defense against addiction is never to start. Remember the Lord will not give up on you)
Competing Priorities (love God & love neighbors - everything else secondary)
Definition to the first word in the Doctrine and Covenants.
What is "hearken"?
It means “to listen with the intent to obey.”
In the Old Testament, the word hearken is translated from the Hebrew shama, which is a strong verb that means to “listen with the intent to obey.” Hearken is a scriptural word that occurs in 40 sections of the Doctrine and Covenants.
President Nelson: God gives us the pattern for success, happiness, and joy in this life. We are to hear the words of the Lord, hearken to them, and heed what He has told us!
In the household of faith there are to be no _____, no ______, no ____ and _____, no ______ ______. As “fellow citizens with the saints,” we are invited to change the world for the better from the inside out, one person, one family, one neighborhood at a time.
What are: no strangers, no foreigners, no rich and poor, no outside “others.”
Hymn written by Parley P. Pratt that uses the phrase "Zion's light is bursting forth to bring her ransomed children home" to describe the Restoration.
What is "The Morning Breaks", Hymn #1.
The phrase and reference from 2 Corinthians that guided the First Presidency in commemorating the First Vision.
"not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart." [2 Corinthians 3:3]
The number of unique questions Elder Uchtdorf asks in the body of his talk Are you Sleeping Through the Restoration?.
What are nine unique questions?
1. Are you sleeping through the Restoration?
2. When our time in mortality is complete, what experiences will we be able to share about our own contribution to this significant period of our lives and to the furthering of the Lord’s work?
3,4. Will we be able to say that we rolled up our sleeves and labored with all our heart, might, mind, and strength? Or will we have to admit that our role was mostly that of an observer?
5. The central question for the selfish person is “What’s in it for me?”
6. Is it any coincidence that the Oxford Dictionary recently proclaimed “selfie” as the word of the year?
7. But what of those who find themselves in the grip of addiction?
8. All these things may be good and honorable, but are they leaving us time and energy for what should be our highest priorities?
9. What is the remedy? (x3)
President Nelson pleads for us to do this.
What is "do whatever it takes to increase your spiritual capacity to receive personal revelation."
Elder Gong demonstrated that the church is world-wide with these numbers:
The three countries that have more than one million members of the church.
Number of languages General Conference is available in.
Number of Books of Mormon that have been published in _____ languages.
What are the United States, Mexico, and Brazil?
What are 100 languages for General Conference?
What are 192 million copies of the Book of Mormon in 112 languages?
List at least five features of Christ's New Testament Church that were restored to His Latter-Day church through Joseph Smith.
What are:
1. Christ as the head of the church
2. Prophets & Apostles/Callings & Organization
3. Priesthood keys and sealing power
4. Call to preach the gospel to every creature
5. Healing
6. Law of Consecration/Caring for poor & needy
7. Baptism for the dead