Acquiring Spiritual Knowledge
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart…and he shall direct they paths.
Proverbs 3:5-6
This is my work and my glory - to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.
Moses 1:39
Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow.
Isaiah 1:18
The Lord called his people Zion, because they were of one heart and one mind.
Moses 7:18
Before I formed thee in the belly…I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
Ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people…an holy nation.
Exodus 19:5-6
God created man in his own image.
Genesis 1:26-27
The Ten Commandments
Exodus 20:3-17
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil.
Isaiah 5:20
As spirits we “were organized before the world was.”
Abraham 3:22-23
Surely [Jesus Christ] hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows.
Isaiah 53:3-5
The Restoration of the gospel is “a marvelous work and a wonder.”
Isaiah 29:13-14
The prophet is “a watchman unto the house of Israel.”
Ezekiel 3:16-17
Who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart.
Psalm 24:3-4
A man…shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one.
Genesis 2:24
The Blessings of a proper fast.
Isaiah 58:6-7
Where does faith come from?
Romans 10:17 - From hearing the gospel taught by legal administrators sent from God
God created man in his own image.
Genesis 1:26-27
Are we saved by Christ or by the atonement of Christ?
We are saved by Christ! Christ did the atonement so that He could save us. "For it is I that taketh upon me the sins of the world; for it is I that hath created them; and it is I that granteth unto him that believeth unto the end a place at my right hand." (Mosiah 26:23)
The Bible and the Book of Mormon “shall become one in thine hand.”
Ezekiel 37:15-17
The Lord God…revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
Amos 3:7
First Ordinances and Covenants of Gospel
Baptism and Confirmation...followed by the Sacrament each week at Church
How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
Genesis 39:9
Turn away…from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight.
Isaiah 58:13-14
What is my role as the learner?
To be present physically and spiritually (D&C 88:15) and exercise faith so I can receive intelligence from God (D&C 50:21-24)
Choose you this day whom ye will serve.
Joshua 24:15
No - we all must repent daily to improve and progress. "Walking the covenant path, coupled with daily repentance, fuels positive spiritual momentum." President Russell M. Nelson
God shall “set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed.”
Daniel 2:44-45
Whose word should we receive, as if from God's own mouth, in all patience and faith? With the following promise:For by doing these things the gates of hell shall not prevail against you; yea, and the Lord God will disperse the powers of darkness from before you, and cause the heavens to shake for your good, and his name’s glory.
The Prophets word (D&C 21:5-6)
The Highest ordinance of the Holy Temple
Sealing Ordinance by which families can be together forever
Elijah “shall turn…the heart of the children to their fathers.”
Malachi 4:5-6
The blessings of paying tithing
Malachi 3:8-10
What is intelligence?
That which seeks to maximize future freedom of action - Alex Wissner-Gross
What is eternal life?
To live forever as families in God's presence (D&C 132:19-20, 24, 55). Eternal life is God's greatest gift to man.
Why does the Savior have a perfect right to command us?
Because He purchased us from death and hell by virtue of His perfect atonement. 1 Corinthians 7:23
The pure in heart, and the wise, and the noble, and the virtuous, shall seek counsel, and authority, and blessings constantly from under whose hand?
Joseph Smith - The Prophet of the Restoration (D&C 122:2)
Do we worship Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ or Prophets?
Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ.
What do we covenant to do through our baptism?
come into the fold of God, and to be called his people, and are willing to bear one another’s burdens, that they may be light; Yea, and are willing to mourn with those that mourn; yea, and comfort those that stand in need of comfort, and to stand as witnesses of God at all times and in all things, and in all places that ye may be in, even until death, that ye may be redeemed of God, and be numbered with those of the first resurrection, that ye may have eternal life— (Mosiah 18:8-9)
In what document can I find this powerful prophetic statement on marriage and family: "We, the First Presidency and the Council of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, solemnly proclaim that marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God and that the family is central to the Creator’s plan for the eternal destiny of His children."
The Family -- A Proclamation to the World
How do I show the Lord I love Him?
By keeping His commandments! John 14:15