Teachings for Our Time Lesson Recap
Teachings of Jesus by Elder Dallin H. Oaks
The sisters in class offered many insightful answers regarding
Who the Savior is and what He has done for us.
Thank you so much! This is not a
review of the lesson but a follow-up to share the comments made and other
information given only in class plus addition resources.
Jesus testified that it
is only through His teachings, His example, and His atonement we can return to
live with our Heavenly Father. His
actions were always in line with His Father’s will and He explained that only
those who do His Father’s will enter His kingdom. We can
find out our Heavenly Father’s will for us
in earnest prayer and guidance by the Holy Ghost; our prayers can be
applied to what we learn in church meetings, conferences, Sunday school, and,
as our stake RS president Deon Tait pointed out, Relief Society J!
Relief Society also offers service and the love and support we have for each
other to help us learn His will. We can
also learn who we are to Him by prayerfully pondering our patriarchal blessings
and the scriptures.
We are blessed through priesthood power because it is the
sealing power to bind in heaven what is bound on earth. Priesthood is necessary for temple ordinances,
all other ordinances, the privilege to access divine help through priesthood
blessings , and the weekly gift of taking the sacrament. Jesus continues to teach us today through our
living prophet. Does what we know of
Jesus Christ enable us to follow his counsels and “seek first the kingdom of
God” as Jesus taught, or do we find those counsels to be “hard sayings” we
won’t follow? Only through the
indescribable atonement Jesus made for us (because we can’t do it ourselves)
and through the covenants we make with Heavenly Father (because they commit us
to specific commandments Jesus taught and enlist His help) can we be saved.
Elder Oaks challenges us with Jesus’ own question, “What
think ye of Christ?” and asks us to ponder our lives, to see if our lives
reflect what we say we believe. Each of
us can attain and deepen our testimony of Jesus Christ, and all He has done for
us, through the Holy Ghost. Elder Oaks explains
how.
Related Scriptures :
D&C 84:45 Related
hymns: #304 Teach Me to Walk in the Light
#277
As I Search the Holy Scriptures
Related resources
: Bible Dictionary – Faith
a new Easter video by Shawna Edwards : http://www.youtube.com/watchv=zZ2djzQ9J64
“Jesus Christ is the
Only Begotten and Beloved Son of God. . .He is our Savior from sin and
death. This is the most important
knowledge on earth.”
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