DOCTRINE #1
The first person to stand in the presence of God and talk with God on this earth...in the Garden of Eden.
Who is Adam?
What is "this thing is a similitude of the sacrifice of the Only Begotten of the Father, which is full of grace and truth;"?
He wrote the Lectures on Faith.
Who is Joseph Smith?
What is Faith?
We can learn about God and grow in faith as we study these books.
What are the scriptures?
The person who murdered his brother, could not see God but continued to hear God's voice.
Who is Cain?
Who is Adam?
The number of lectures in this series on Faith.
What is 7?
Name someone in the scriptures who had faith and why.
Who is....David? Alma/Amulek? Nephi/Lehi
Adam's posterity learned about the knowledge of God because he taught them. The knowledge of the existence of a God continued from father to son during that time, as a matter of tradition. This person/people teach you about the existence of God.
Who are your parents? Father and Mother?
What is the object upon which it rests?
After Adam had been driven out of the garden, the voice of the Lord gave Adam and Eve 2 commandments. What were they?
What are (1) worship the Lord their God and (2) offer the firstlings of their flocks for an offering unto the Lord?
The Lectures on Faith were delivered to this group during 1834-1835.
Who is the School of the Elders in Kirtland, Ohio.
The definition of faith as stated in Hebrews 11:1
What is "faith is the substance (assurance) of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen?"
We need to strengthen our faith in God until we are able to do what?
What is "See God ourselves?"
The testimony which these men had of the existence of a God.
What is the testimony of man?
In Genesis 10:25, we have the account given that the earth was divided in the days of....
Who is Peleg?
The man who helped Joseph Smith write down the Lectures.
Who is Sidney Rigdon?
The principle of action in spiritual things as well as in temporal.
What is Faith?
The extent of your knowledge respecting God's character and glory depends upon this.
What is your diligence and faithfulness?
There is a being who has faith in himself, independently. Prove this.
What is "because he is omnipotent, omnipresent, and omniscient"?
Man was driven out of the Garden of Eden but still retained 2 important items.
What are (1) intelligence and understanding, and (2) a knowledge of the existence and glory of God.
The Lectures on Faith were taken out of the Doctrine and Covenants book of scriptures during this year.
The presentation of the subject of faith in these lectures observe the following order...
What is (1) First, faith itself - what it is, (2) Secondly, the object on which it rests, (3) the effects which flow from it?
Men obtain a knowledge of the glory of God, his perfections, and attributes by doing this.
What is "DEVOTING THEMSELVES to his service through PRAYER and SUPPLICATION, incessantly strengthening their faith in him, until, like Enoch, they obtain a manifestation of God to themselves?