The Message of The Restoration
What scripture(s) could you share?
James 1:5 "If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God."
Moroni 10:4-5 "Ask God with real intent."
You're teaching a family and the Dad asks if EVERYONE will be resurrected. Their six year old daughter interrupts and s is real. Separately they want to know if they'll get their hair back. What scriptures could you share?
1 Corinthains 15:20-22 "As in Adam die...in Christ shall all be made alive."
Alma 40:23 "even a hair of the head shall not be lost"
Someone stops you in the street and tells you that baptism isn't essential to go to Heaven. What scripture(s) could you share?
John 3:5 "Except a man be born of water"
Matthew 3:13-17 Jesus was baptized to fulfill all righteousness
2 Nephi 31:4-10 Further detail on why Christ was baptized
You have a friend that is going through a really challenging time in his life. What are some scriptures you could share to help him know God will take care of him through his challenges?
D&C 121:7-8 "My son, peace be unto they soul...thine afflictions shall be but a small moment."
2 Kings 6:15-17 Eyes opened and there were more with them than against them.
D&C 64:33-34 "Be not weary in welldoing"
Alma 38:5 "Put trust in God...ye shall be delivered out of your trials."
1 Corinthians 10:13 "Not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able."
Someone you are teaching says "Authority doesn't matter. So long as I believe in Jesus I'm good." What scripture could you share that authority matters?
Hebrews 5:4 "No man taketh this honor unto himself, but he that is called of God."
You're meeting with someone that isn't convinced we lived before we came to earth. What are some scriptures you could share?
Jeremiah 1:5 "Before I formed thee...I knew thee."
John 9:1-2 "who did sin, this man or his parents that he was born blind?"
Ephesians 1:4 "chosen us before the foundation of of the word"
Job 38:4-7 "Before the foundation of the earth...the sons of God shouted for joy"
Ecclesiastes 12:7 "Spirit shall RETURN to God"
Alma 36:17-21 originally "racked with torment" and then will with "joy as exceeding as was my pain."
Moroni 8:25-26 Remission of sins brings "meekness and lowliness of heart."
D&C 58:42-43 if a man is forgiven of his sins he will "confess them and forsake them."
You have a friend that's wanting to know if what you're teaching is true. They keep expecting a BIG manifestation of the spirit. What scripture could you share to help them know the spirit doesn't always answer in loud voice but maybe...a still small voice?
1 Kings 19:11-12 "Not in the wind...not in the earthquake...not in the fire...but in a still small voice."
Helaman 5:30 "still voice of perfect mildness...did pierce them to the very soul."
You're teaching someone that heard we do baptisms for the dead. That seems really odd to them and they ask if there's any biblical presidence for that practice?
1 Corinthians 15:29
"Why then are they baptized for the dead?"
Paul asks it in such a way that makes it seem like it was a common practice.
1 Peter 4:6 "gospel preached to them that are dead"
Someone says "God doesn't call prophets anymore. We have the Bible and that's enough." What scripture could you share?
Amos 3:7 "Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets."
What scriptures could you share?
2 Nephi 2:11 "There must needs be opposition in all things."
Someone wants to know how prophets in scriptures explain what faith is. What would you say?
Alma 32:21 If ye have faith you hope for things which are not seen which are true.
Hebrews 11:1 The substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
D&C 69:3 "faith cometh not by signs, but signs follow those that believe."
You're talking with someone that doesn't currently believe in God. They want to know if God is real what signs do we have that He is real? What scriptures would you share.
Psalms 19:1 "The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork."
The same person that asked about baptisms for the dead also heard we believe in more than one heaven. They say that actually feels right to them but would feel more comfortable if there was something that backed up that possibility. What scriptures could you share?
1 Corinthians 15:40-41 "Bodies celestial"
2 Corinthians 12:2 "caught up to the third heaven"
John 14:2 "In my Father's house are many mansions"
D&C 76 Section on Kingdoms of Glory
A friend of a different faith wants to know what the organization of Christ's church looked like and how that compares to your church. What would you say and what scriptures would you use?
Luke 6:13
John 15:16
Ephesians 4:11-14
You're teaching about The Spirit World and someone says "There's no such thing as Spirit Prison or Spirit Paradise." What scriptures could you share?
Luke 23:43 "Today shalt thou be with me Paradise."
Alma 40:12 Righteous spirits received into a state of happiness which is called Paradise.
Someone understands the need to be baptized but doesn't understand why you'd want to have the gift of the Holy Ghost. What scriptures would you share?
John 14:26 "...teach you all things and bring all things to your remembrance."
Acts 1:8 "Ye shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you"
Galatians 5:22-23 "Fruits of the Spirit are love, joy, peace..."
3 Nephi 27:20 "ye may be sanctified by the Holy Ghost."
You have a friend that's wanting to know if what you're teaching is true. They keep expecting a BIG manifestation of the spirit. What scripture could you share to help them know the spirit doesn't always answer in loud voice but maybe...a still small voice?
1 Kings 19:11-12 "Not in the wind...not in the earthquake...not in the fire...but in a still small voice."
Helaman 5:30 "still voice of perfect mildness...did pierce them to the very soul."
Someone approaches you on the street and says "If your prophets talk with God then why have I heard they've made mistakes? If they speak with God shouldn't they be perfect and never get anything wrong?"
What would you say and what scriptures would you share?
Deuteronomy 18:18-22
You're teaching a friend who is a devout Catholic and she says they have the authority. It has been passed down from Peter to Pope Leo XIV. What scripture could you share?
Amos 8:11-12 "famine in the land...of hearing the words of the Lord."
Thessalonians 2:3 "there come a falling away first"
You're meeting with someone that's just lost their Mom, is currently going through cancer treatments and is struggling to quit an addiction. He wants to know how Jesus can possibly know what he's going through. What scripture and testimony would you share?
At the end of your lesson someone your teaching asks "So, why exactly would I want to live the gospel? It just seems like a lot of rules that restrict my freedom."
What would you say and what scriptures would you share?
Mosiah 2:41 "blessed and happy state of those that keep the commandments of God."
2 Nephi 31:20 "if ye press forward...and endure to the end...thus saith the Father: Ye shall have eternal life."
A Preacher stops you and says you're wrong because we teach we can be God's. He says we can't become like a God or like Christ and that would diminish Christ's role. What are some scriptures you could share?
Romans 8:16-17 "joint-heirs with Christ"
2 Peter 1:4 "Partakers of the divine nature"
1 John 3:2
Psalm 82:6 "Ye are God's"
John 10:34-36 Jesus confirms "Ye are God's"
Hebrews 12:9 "Father of spirits"
Someone shares Matthew 22:30-31 where Jesus says "For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven." He explains Jesus Himself said celestial marriage is not a thing. What are some scriptures you could share to show that's not exactly how it is?
Matthew 22:24-28
Matthew 16:19
Genesis 2:24
D&C 132