tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14879099695732508472024-03-20T08:37:49.141-07:00MV Sunday School 12 13 14 BlogJOLLY ROGERShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00400778501066719932noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1487909969573250847.post-57131969276726456032017-03-05T14:33:00.000-08:002017-03-05T14:33:04.742-08:00COMPARISONS / ATONEMENT (MARCH 5)<br />
<b>Using comparisons to teach others about the Atonement</b><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Elder D. Todd Christofferson:<br /><br />"In colonial times, labor was in great demand in America. During the 18th and early 19th centuries, potential immigrant laborers were recruited in Great Britain, Germany, and other European countries, but many who were willing to go could not afford the cost of travel. It was not uncommon for these to travel under an indenture or contract, promising to work after their arrival for a certain period of time without wages as payment for their passage. Others came with the promise that family members already in America would pay their fare upon arrival, but if that didn’t happen, the newcomers were obliged to pay their own costs through indentured service. The term used to describe these indentured immigrants was “redemptioners.” They had to redeem the cost of their passage—in a sense, purchase their freedom—by their labor.<br /><br />Among the most significant of Jesus Christ’s descriptive titles is Redeemer. As indicated in my brief account of immigrant “redemptioners,” the word redeem means to pay off an obligation or a debt. Redeem can also mean to rescue or set free as by paying a ransom. If someone commits a mistake and then corrects it or makes amends, we say he has redeemed himself. Each of these meanings suggests different facets of the great Redemption accomplished by Jesus Christ through His Atonement, which includes, in the words of the dictionary, “to deliver from sin and its penalties, as by a sacrifice made for the sinner.”</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />The Savior’s Redemption has two parts. First, it atones for Adam’s transgression and the consequent Fall of man by overcoming what could be called the direct effects of the Fall—physical death and spiritual death. Physical death is well understood; spiritual death is the separation of man from God. In the words of Paul, “For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive” (<a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/1-cor/15.22?lang=eng#21">1 Corinthians 15:22</a>). This redemption from physical and spiritual death is both universal and without condition.3<br /><br />The second aspect of the Savior’s Atonement is redemption from what might be termed the indirect consequences of the Fall—our own sins as opposed to Adam’s transgression. By virtue of the Fall, we are born into a mortal world where sin—that is, disobedience to divinely instituted law—is pervasive. Speaking of all of us, the Lord says:<br /><br />“Even so when they begin to grow up, sin conceiveth in their hearts, and they taste the bitter, that they may know to prize the good.<br /><br />“And it is given unto them to know good from evil; wherefore they are agents unto themselves” (<a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/pgp/moses/6.55-56?lang=eng#54">Moses 6:55–56</a>).<br /><br />Because we are accountable and we make the choices, the redemption from our own sins is conditional—conditioned on confessing and abandoning sin and turning to a godly life, or in other words, conditioned on repentance (see <a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/58.43?lang=eng#42">D&C 58:43</a>). “Wherefore,” commands the Lord, “teach it unto your children, that all men, everywhere, must repent, or they can in nowise inherit the kingdom of God, for no unclean thing can dwell there, or dwell in his presence” (<a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/pgp/moses/6.57?lang=eng#56">Moses 6:57</a>).<br /><br />The Savior’s suffering in Gethsemane and His agony on the cross redeem us from sin by satisfying the demands that justice has upon us. He extends mercy and pardons those who repent. The Atonement also satisfies the debt justice owes to us by healing and compensating us for any suffering we innocently endure. “For behold, he suffereth the pains of all men, yea, the pains of every living creature, both men, women, and children, who belong to the family of Adam” (<a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/2-ne/9.21?lang=eng#20">2 Nephi 9:21</a>; see also <a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/7.11-12?lang=eng#10">Alma 7:11–12</a>).4</span></i><br />
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The Savior used things that were familiar to the people he was teaching to get his point across in a way that they could understand: <br />
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bread John 6:35<br />
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Good shepherd John 10:11, 14<br />
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Lost sheep Matthew 10:5-8<br />
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Treasure, pearl, fishing net Matthew 13:44-48<br />
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mustard seed Matthew 17:20<br />
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fruits Matthew 7:15-20<br />
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narrow gate Mattre 7:13-14<br />
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fishers of men 4:18-19<br />
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hen chickens Matt 23:37<br />
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<b>What comparisons to modern items/situations could you use to help a friend better understand the Atonement (another principle of the gospel)?</b><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">All lessons and lesson materials are from “Come Follow Me” (available on <a href="http://lds.org/"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">lds.org</span></a>, Sunday School section, “Come Follow Me” - Sunday School) or click on the link in the lesson name above. For more information, feel free to look over the lesson materials for this week online, or ask Sister Rogers! </span></div>
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JOLLY ROGERShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00400778501066719932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1487909969573250847.post-56741302831685557612017-02-25T10:36:00.001-08:002017-03-03T09:20:44.629-08:00MUSIC / PLAN OF SALVATION (FEB 26TH)<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="text-align: start;">FEB 26TH LESSON: <a href="https://www.lds.org/youth/learn/ss/plan-of-salvation/others?lang=eng" style="text-align: start;" target="_blank">"</a></span><span style="color: #4d4d4d; font-family: "georgia" , serif; text-align: start;"><a href="https://www.lds.org/youth/learn/ss/plan-of-salvation/others?lang=eng" style="text-align: start;" target="_blank">How can I use Church music to learn about the plan of salvation?" </a></span></div>
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<u><span style="font-kerning: none;">Definitions for the "old-timey" words in the hymn </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>O My Father</i></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>dwell (or dwellest):</b> live at a certain place</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>behold:</b> see </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>habitation:</b> place where you live</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>reside: </b>live at a certain place</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>primeval: </b>ancient times</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>nurture:</b> care for</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>withheld:</b> kept away</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>restored:</b> given back</span></div>
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<i>"O My Father" (hymn 292) <a href="https://www.lds.org/music/library/hymns/o-my-father?lang=eng" target="_blank">click here to listen to the music on lds.org</a></i></div>
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<i>1. O my Father, thou that dwellest</i></div>
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<i>In the high and glorious place,</i></div>
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<i>When shall I regain thy presence</i></div>
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<i>And again behold thy face?</i></div>
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<i>In thy holy habitation,</i></div>
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<i>Did my spirit once reside?</i></div>
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<i>In my first primeval childhood</i></div>
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<i>Was I nurtured near thy side?</i></div>
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<i>2. For a wise and glorious purpose</i></div>
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<i>Thou hast placed me here on earth</i></div>
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<i>And withheld the recollection</i></div>
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<i>Of my former friends and birth;</i></div>
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<i>Yet ofttimes a secret something</i></div>
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<i>Whispered, "You're a stranger here,"</i></div>
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<i>And I felt that I had wandered</i></div>
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<i>From a more exalted sphere.</i></div>
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<i>3. I had learned to call thee Father,</i></div>
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<i>Thru thy Spirit from on high,</i></div>
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<i>But, until the key of knowledge</i></div>
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<i>Was restored, I knew not why.</i></div>
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<i>In the heav'ns are parents single?</i></div>
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<i>No, the thought makes reason stare!</i></div>
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<i>Truth is reason; truth eternal</i></div>
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<i>Tells me I've a mother there.</i></div>
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<i>4. When I leave this frail existence,</i></div>
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<i>When I lay this mortal by,</i></div>
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<i>Father, Mother, may I meet you</i></div>
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<i>In your royal courts on high?</i></div>
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<i>Then, at length, when I've completed</i></div>
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<i>All you sent me forth to do,</i></div>
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<i>With your mutual approbation</i></div>
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<i>Let me come and dwell with you.</i></div>
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We took the lyrics of this hymn and divided them up into three categories - Pre-Mortal Existance, Earth Life, and Eternal Potential<br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">All lessons and lesson materials are from “Come Follow Me” (available on <a href="http://lds.org/"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">lds.org</span></a>, Sunday School section, “Come Follow Me” - Sunday School) or click on the link in the lesson name above. For more information, feel free to look over the lesson materials for this week online, or ask Sister Rogers! </span></div>
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