Miscellaneous
RANDOM QUESTION **OPEN TO ALL**: (100 pts per answer)
The requirements to receive credit in seminary (2 of them).
Additional requirement to graduate.
What is attending at least 75% of class with no unexcused absences?
What is passing the assessment?
What is reading/reporting 75% of semester calendar days?
BONUS: How might each of those help you Come to Christ?
After seeing the Lord and receiving the Abrahamic Covenant, what truth/principle did Abraham realize from his experience (Abraham 2:12-13)?
"If we...
"then...
What is the If we earnestly seek for the Lord, we will find Him?
BONUS:
In what ways have you seen Abraham earnestly seek for the Lord so far (review Abraham 1-2).
BONUS 2:
How have YOU seen that principle to be true in your life?
3 Things Abraham does for the 3 Holy Messengers that come to his tent? (Genesis 18:2-5)
*Don't have to answer in form of question*
Abraham ran to meet them, humbled himself before them, gave them rest, washed their feet, gave them bread and referred to himself as "your servant."
Bonus:
What does that teach us about how WE should treat the Lord's messengers today?
How is Abraham a type/shadow of Christ in this experience?
OPEN TO ANYONE
How do you spell the greater priesthood? (HINT: not the "Aaronic")
First one to write it correctly on the board gets the points.
Melchizedek Priesthood.
***OPEN TO ANYONE***
1) What was causing conflict between Abram & Lot (his nephew)? (Genesis 13:1-7)
2) What do Abram's actions teach us about being a peacemaker? (Genesis 13:8-9)
1) What is fighting over who would get the best land?
2) Abram is more concerned about familial harmony than "winning" or getting the best land. Being a peacemaker may require us to place others’ interests above our own.
BONUS:
Who do you know that is a peacemaker like Abram?
How Do Lot's people in Sodom treat the 3 Holy Messengers? (Genesis 19:1,4-5,9) What sinful attitudes/behaviors might be part of why they were destroyed?
*Don't have to answer in form of question*
Disrespect, abuse and rebellion against God and His servants. Also: Sexual sins, including homosexual behavior (Jude 1:7).
BONUS:
Though hopefully not to the same degree or in the same way, how might we be guilty of disrespecting or persecuting the Lord's messengers in our day? How do we avoid that?
The Abrahamic Covenant is...
What is "a 2-way promise between Jehovah and Abraham (and, by extension, all of Abraham's descendants)."
BONUS:
What are Abraham's seed supposed to Share with all the world? Why? (Abr. 2:9-11)
***OPEN TO ANYONE***
1) Lot pitched his tents toward the city called ________ (Genesis 13:12) which we know was a [wicked or righteous] city.
2) Abraham went far from there to land of Canaan and built an _____ unto the Lord.
1) What is Sodom? A wicked city.
2) What is the plain of Mamre? What is an altar unto the Lord?
BONUS:
1) What do these actions teach us about where their hearts were at?
2) What might be a modern Sodom? A modern Altar?
By helping them have a child (Isaac) in their old age, what truth did the Lord teach them about Himself? (Genesis 18:13-14)
TRUTH: Nothing is too hard for the Lord. He is able to do ALL things.
NOTE: Even though the Lord is able to do all things, He blesses us “in his own time, and in his own way, and according to his own will” (D&C 88:68).
BONUS:
When have you seen evidence of this truth in your life or the life of someone you know?
Abraham 2:9-11
What is We must gather Israel too? or Abraham's seed to "bear this ministry and Priesthood until all nations."
BONUS:
What is 1 way that you will try to Gather Israel this weekend?
CONTEXT:
Four local kings united their forces and attacked several cities (including Sodom and Gomorrah), near where Lot and his family chose to live.
When Abram learned of Lot’s capture, he gathered and armed his servants and pursued the armies. He caught up with them, and during the ensuing battle, Abram and his allies freed the captives.
Study Genesis 14:17–21 & be ready to answer three questions (200 pts per question)
1) Who came out to meet Abram upon his return? (v. 17-18)
2) What did each person offer him? (v. 19, 21)
3) How did Abram respond to each? (v. 20, 23)
1) Who are the Kings of Sodom (no name) and Salem (Melchizedek)?
2) What is Plunder; A blessing, bread and wine.
3) What is not taking even a shoelatchet; gave tithes to him.
BONUS:
What does Abram's response teach us about resisting evil influences?
While fleeing the imminent destruction of Sodom, Lot's wife is described as having turned into a pillar of salt. Why? (Genesis 19:17,24-26)
What is Looking back?
ELDER JEFFREY R. HOLLAND: “Apparently what was wrong with Lot’s wife was that she wasn’t just looking back; in her heart she wanted to go back. … It is possible that Lot’s wife looked back with resentment toward the Lord for what He was asking her to leave behind.”
BONUS:Which OT DM scripture would you share with a husband who says, "I hold the Priesthood so I'm in charge. My wife is to be my servant. So get in the kitchen and make me some eggs, woman."
What is Genesis 2:24?
BONUS:
How is this couple a great example of 'cleaving to one another' and 'being one'? What could you do to prepare NOW for such a marriage in the future?
According to modern revelation, what did Abram receive from the King of Salem? (Genesis 14:19 - not just what it says in this verse)
Joseph Smith taught in 1843:
“Abraham says to Melchizedek, I believe all that thou has taught me concerning the priesthood and the coming of the Son of Man; so Melchizedek ordained Abraham and sent him away. Abraham rejoiced, saying, Now I have a priesthood.”
In reference to this priesthood, the Lord told the Prophet Joseph Smith: “And Esaias received it under the hand of God. Esaias also lived in the days of Abraham, and was blessed of him—which Abraham received the priesthood from Melchizedek” (D&C 84:14)
RANDOM ONE:
True or False: Because the Savior loves you, He wants you to stay as you are.
What is FALSE?
Extra 200 points for the first person to find a good quote from Elder Christofferson that supports this answer.
What day of the week do the Prophet & Apostles meet together in the Temple to partake of the sacrament & discuss important issues?
Thursdays