Preach My Gospel
What is the first lesson taught in chapter 3?
The message of the Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
The Book of Mormon is the ________ of our religion.
Keystone. "I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book." Introduction to the Book of Mormon.
What is the purpose of all Gospel teaching?
To deepen our conversion to Jesus Christ.
"When ye are in the service of your fellow being..."
Ye are only in the service of your God
Mosiah 2:17
In April 1959, David O McKay famously coined the phrase...
Every member a missionary.
What is your missionary purpose?
Invite others to come unto Christ by helping them receive the restored Gospel through faith in Jesus Christ and His Atonement, Repentance, Baptism, Receiving the Gift of the Holy Ghost and Enduring to the End.
What do Lehi and Nephi testify of in 1 Nephi 10-11?
The Savior
The first law of Heaven is obedience. We challenged you to be what kind of obedient?
We asked you to be quickly obedient to the promptings of the Spirit.
For behold, this is my work and my glory...
To bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.
Moses 1:39
Who has the responsibility to find people for the full time missionaries to teach?
Members
Faith in Jesus Christ, Hope, Charity, Love, Virtue, Patience, Diligence.
Your own _________________________________ can lead to a deep and abiding faith in its power to help others become converted.
Testimony of the Book of Mormon
Early on, we asked you to make time to _____________ and ______________ on your scriptures.
search - meditate
By small and simple things...
are great things brought to pass.
Alma 37:6
These three things are necessary to be a successful missionary (PMG Ch. 1)
What are faith, love for people, and obedience?
Learning the Gospel is much more than a process of gaining what?
Information. It is a spiritual process of applying Eternal Truth under the guidance of the Spirit.
The Book of Mormon was translated by the ________ and _______ of God.
gift and power
Is it better to commit each lesson to memory, wing it, or be guided by the Spirit?
Be guided by the Spirit. Why?
Wherefore, ye must press forward with a __________ in Christ, having a perfect ____________ of hope, and a love of God and of all _______.
steadfastness, brightness, men
2 Nephi 31:20
In Alma 17, the sons of Mosiah prepared for their missions by doing this for many days before preaching among the Lamanites.
What is fasting and praying?
It is especially important to work with what people in the finding process?
Members
Name one of the three ways in which President Ezra Taft Benson said that the Book of Mormon is a keystone of our religion.
It is a witness of Christ.
It possess a fulness of doctrine.
It is a foundation of testimony.
In a talk about relying on Spiritual promptings sent by Dan on June 8, promptings are referred to as what?
3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
4 Surely he has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows; yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
Mosiah 14:3-5
What did Gordon B. Hinckley famously say every new member needs?
A friend in the Gospel, a responsibility, and nourishing by the good word of God.