Conference 2023
In conference, who said that Anger never persuades?
President Nelson
His body was placed in a ________, where it remained, separated from His spirit, until His Resurrection.
sepulchre
What does 3 Nephi Chapter 11 tell us about what happened when Jesus left the Eastern Hemisphere and visited the people in the Americas (or Western Hemisphere?)
He visited, healed their sick, came to the Nephites among their destruction and taught them similar things that he’d taught the people in Jerusalem.
Which disciple cut off the ear of the high priest’s servant in an attempt to protect Jesus from being taken as a prisoner?
Peter
“He is risen! He is risen! He hath opened heaven’s _____.”
hymn 199
Gate
“Seek not the things of this world.” And “Seek to buildup the kingdom of God.“ were 2 of many quotes of christ‘s words that this counselor shared in conference.
Dallin H. Oaks.
Latter-day Saints conduct Easter Sunday services but do not follow the religious observances of Ash Wednesday, Lent, or Holy Week.
TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE
Latter-day Saint Easter services traditionally review New Testament and Book of Mormon accounts of Christ’s crucifixion, His Resurrection, and surrounding events. For these services, chapels are often decorated with white lilies and other symbols of life.
55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy _______?
Victory
1 Corinthians 15:55
In repentance Judas returned the money to the priests that he was given as the price of betrayal of the Lord and then did what?
Hanged himself.
When the resurrected Lord appeared to His Apostles, He helped them understand that He had a body of flesh and bones. How?
He said, “Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have” (Luke 24:39).
This April Conference was number what?
Hint….One hundred and ________?
193rd.
Members of the church are discouraged from Easter bunnies and eggs, etc. in their family festivities.
TRUE OR FALSE?
FALSE
Such traditions are not officially discouraged, though they have no religious significance to Latter-day Saints. The focus of the holiday is religious. For Latter-day Saints, Easter is a celebration of the promise of eternal life through Christ.
John 20:
1 The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.
2 Then she runneth, and (What happened next?)
“…..cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him.”
Christ was crucified at:
9:00 A.M.
12:00 P.M.
2:00 P.M.
9:00 A.M.
We can find comfort in the assurance that the Savior lives and that through His Atonement, “he breaketh the bands of _____, that the _____ shall have no victory, and that the sting of death should be swallowed up in the hopes of glory” (Alma 22:14).
Death, grave
Elder Craig C. Christensen said that Repentance brings joy because it prepares our hearts to receive the influence of the ______ ________.
Holy Ghost.
Easter is a celebration not only of the Resurrection of Christ but also of the universal Resurrection. Because of the Atonement of Jesus Christ, ___ people will be resurrected. Their bodies and spirits will be reunited, never to be separated again.
Wicked, Righteous, or All?
All
Matthew 28
8 And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word.
9 ¶ And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.
Who are these verses speaking about?
…..In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.
(Other Mary: Mary of Cleopas and Salome)
Mary - the most common name for Jewish women of the period.
What was the Jewish feast which was being celebrated the week Christ was crucified?
Passover
What actually happens through resurrection?
It is the reuniting of the spirit with the body in an immortal state, no longer subject to disease or death.
Was was Elder Uchdorf’s talk about this conference?
Hint: Just as Jesus Christ is the strength of youth, Jesus Christ is also the strength of ________.
Lives again our glorious King, Alleluia!
Where, O death, is now thy sting? Alleluia!
Once he died our souls to save, Alleluia!
Where thy victory, O grave? Alleluia!
What song?
Christ the Lord is Risen Today
According to the scriptures where did Jesus go right after his spirit left his body?
Jesus Christ opened the doors for the preaching of the gospel in the spirit world.
18 For Christ also hath once asuffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the spirit:
19 By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;
Can you quote 3 of the 7 statements recorded in the Bible that Christ said from the cross?
“Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.” (Luke 23:34)
“Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise.” (Luke 23:43)
“…he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother!” (John 19:26, 27)
“Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” (Matthew 27:46; Mark 15:34)
“I thirst.” (John 19:28)
“It is finished:” (John 19:30)
“Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit:” (Luke 23:46)
Following His Resurrection, Jesus appeared first to ? And then to ?
Mary Magdalene and then to other disciples.