Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Choice #1: Paul's First Mission

1.    Antioch
-        - Salamis, Paphos, Antioch and Lycania
222. Here are some ideas on how to help a missionary who is discouraged:
**** Read about the hardships and successes of other missionaries in the scriptures.
**** Pray for help
**** Love everyone and lose yourself in the work.
333.  Barnabas was Paul's companion who also was a Levite. His story was a lot like Amulek in that they both were willing to give everything up for the gospel. 
Tt  The Lord has us go out in two's because it is better to have more than one witness to testify of truth. That and they can feed off each other and help each other. 

4.  4. After Paul and Barnabas had healed a cripple, people started to call them gods and brought them animal sacrifices. They handled it very well by just telling the people that the praise should be aimed toward God and that he is the one to worship and thank. 

5.  5. It was interesting to me that these two experiences happened to Paul so close together in the scriptures. God obviously was sending him trials to test his faith and so that God could bless him even more. Paul was first treated like a god, and then he was stoned and left for dead. God has an amazing way of teaching us lessons. Paul was strong enough to take it. 

Choice #3: Hebrews 13 Works of Righeousness

1. We should treat others with unconditional love. And we should obey the golden rule and do only unto others that what we would want done unto us.

2. In chapter 4 it states that marriage is something that is sacred and honorable. Therefore, if you don't take it seriously and defile the bonds of marriage, it is not taken lightly.

3. Covetousness is a dangerous feeling to have. It means that you want something that someone else has. It leads to impure thoughts that can lead to action. Just be happy with what you are given and make the best of it!

4. Our Savior, Jesus Christ is the same today, yesterday and forever.

5. We are sanctified through the great sacrifice, or the Atonement, of our Savior, Jesus Christ.

6. Those who rule over us are to be followed with obedience. We need to trust them to do the right thing. We need to make sure that we communicate with them and help them know that is what we expect of them.

7. We are asked to pray for everyone. We aren't supposed to pick and choose.

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Choice #5 Jesus Christ is Greater than the Angels

1. List of things Christ is superior to:
- Angels
- Moses
- High priests of the Law of Moses
- The law of the Aaronic Priesthood

2. Three truths Paul taught about the Savior:
- Jesus created the world
- He has laid the foundation of the world
- He is the only begotten son of our Heavenly Father

3. Jesus came to this earth to experience mortality for all of us. He had to experience mortality to know how to succor his people. Without the experience of what we are going through, he wouldn't be able to help us or console us. He need to get a body as well and then offer up that same body for all of us. He needed to be here to let people witness him and his power. And I bet he would have wanted to come down because he loves us. 

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Option #1 Find Solutions in the Scriptures to Everyday Problems

1. Within the Church we have a lot of petty arguments and problems. Here is a scripture that will help resolve that issue, if we choose to do it:


2Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same alove,being of bone caccord, of one mind.
 3Let nothing be done through astrife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each besteem other better than themselves.
The answer is love and respect. Do as Jesus Christ would. 
2. Many times kids will rely on their parent's testimony and not build their own. In the scriptures it says:
12Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, awork out your own bsalvation with fear and trembling.
 13For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do ofhis good pleasure.
So we need to be working out our OWN salvation through finding things out for ourselves. We have to have our own personal testimonies in order to be saved. 
3. When investigators join the Church, and their family will have nothing to do with them the scriptures teach us that:
7But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
Sacrificing for the Lord isn't really sacrificing because you get something better in return for your obedience to Him.
4. Just in writing this paper I am learning how to "feast upon the words of Christ." The entire verse goes like this:
3aAngels speak by the power of the Holy Ghost; wherefore, they speak the words of Christ. Wherefore, I said unto you, bfeast upon the cwords of Christ; for behold, the words of Christ will dtell you all things what ye should do
You search for the answer and God will give it to you.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Choice #1 Live as Saints Should Live

1. Salvations is nearer than we know. I think that it has two meanings. One, that we don't know when we will meet God. Two, I believe it means that our opportunity to get close to our Heavenly Father readily available if we let it.

2. Here is a list of what Paul taught would help lead to salvation:

- Present your body as a living sacrifice
- Be transformed by the healing powers of the Lord
- Cleave to what is good
- Give hospitality
- Be of one mind with the Saints
- Let your soul be subject to higher powers
- Do that which is good
- Keep the commandments

3. Paul was cautioned about judging because it will all come back around if you do it. He was told that we are all brothers and sisters, and we need to judge, and just leave that to our Heavenly Father. The most important thing to remember is that you should treat others like yourselves. 

4. Paul called members of the Church, saints.

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Choice #3 Baptism

1. We need to rid ourselves of all sin before we are baptized. That and we need to repent of all of them.
2. Baptism represents the birth and death of our Savior.
3. We need to be baptized by immersion because it is symbolic of Christ's body rising back to life.
4. We can maintain the newness of life by remembering why we were baptized and then keep our promises we made at our baptism.
5. According to Mosiah we learn that our natural man should be left in the water after baptism.

Freedom is weird to think about. It is sometimes hard to see that freedom comes from rules and commandments. We are all owned by our Heavenly Father, so we need to keep his commandments if we want to remain free from the consequences of sin.

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Choice #2 Forgiveness

1. He explained that if any did give grief they need to understand that first, he loves them. Then second, they need to forgive, so that they can know the love the Lord has for them.

2. If you forgive someone, God will forgive you as well. What great love our Savior has for us!

3. If we don't forgive then we won't be forgiven by God or others. We can't be blessed until we show mercy towards other and let God do the judging. Not to mention, you won't be able to feel God's love for you if you don't forgive. That is a big burden of anger to hold by yourself.