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Day
11—
Review entire Lesson 1: The Restoration.
Use the following ideas to help children remember the entire
lesson. Feel free to create additional
questions. Some questions are a bit
deeper than others and require a degree of critical thinking that a younger
child might not possess (but you might be surprised). The following questions are merely ideas to spark discussion. Do not feel like you have to cover ALL of them, as this might take up a lot of time. This is a chance to review the entire lesson you've been teaching over the last 2 weeks. Since the discussion can become rather involved, you might opt to use some of these questions as a Family Home Evening Lesson. Remember, use these questions to encourage discussion,
not a test.
- How can we move closer to God? (answer: Obedience)
- Why has Heavenly Father sent us to the earth? (answer: to learn and grow)
- Why are families so important to Heavenly Father (answer: family is ordained of God, home is a place to learn and grow, place of happiness, or similar explanation.
- How does Heavenly Father reveal His plan to his children? (answer: Prophets)
- What is Heavenly Father’s Plan (answer: be successful in this life at living the commandments in order to return and live with Him. The Atonement of Jesus Christ is the center of the Plan).
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Key words (for a complete list of key
words, see pages 44-45):
Revelation—communication between God and His
chosen servants (prophets). Anyone can
receive revelation through the power of the Holy Ghost, but it is the prophet
who receives revelation for the world as a whole.
Testify—sharing what one knows to
be true.
Apostasy—a falling away
from the truth; spiritual darkness.
Dispensation—period
of time when the truth is on the earth headed by prophetic responsibility. (feel free to add more key words as you deem
necessary).
- Why was The Great Apostasy different than the other apostasies which occurred between each dispensation? (answer: The Great Apostasy followed the death of Christ and His apostles. The Church had been established, but with their deaths, the priesthood authority was completely lost and removed from the earth. Without the Apostles to guide church members, the teachings became corrupt.)
- What do you know about Joseph Smith (any acceptable answer, and fill in the gaps with the rest of his story).
- Through Joseph Smith, the fullness of the gospel was ______ to the earth (answer: restored).
- What does restoration mean, and why was it that the church was restored through Joseph Smith and not founded by him? (answer: Restored means that it was returned to the earth. All of the keys of the priesthood, priesthood authority, and the power of revelation were once again manifest. Joseph Smith is not the founder of the Church because he did not create it; Jesus Christ is the founder of the Church, and will always be the head of the Church).
- Besides Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ, what other Heavenly Messengers appeared to Joseph Smith (and Oliver Cowdery), and what did they restore? (Answer: John the Baptist restored the keys of the Aaronic Priesthood and Peter, James, and John restored the key of the Melchizedek Priesthood.
- How can reading the Book of Mormon help us to know that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God (answers will vary, but can include: by the power of the Holy Ghost we can know that Joseph translated these scriptures for us, etc).
- How did Joseph Smith obtain the plates which were translated into the Book of Mormon? (answer: Joseph Smith was directed by a heavenly messenger named Moroni to a hill where the gold plates had been buried centuries earlier).
- How did Joseph translate the plates into English? (Answer: he translated by the power of God).
- Who wrote the Book of Mormon and what does it tell? (answer: The Book of Mormon was written by ancient prophets in the Americas, and records God’s dealings with His people at that time).
- What 3 steps must we take to know the Book of Mormon is true? (Answer: We must read, ponder, and pray about The Book of Mormon).
- How do we pray? (Answer: Prayer has four steps: first we address Heavenly Father, then we thank Him for our blessings, we ask Him for what we desire, and we close “in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.”
Day
12—(begin
Lesson 2: The Plan of Salvation—during the course of this lesson, you will be adding to a Plan of
Salvation timeline. Feel free to design
your own, or find one. Do not skip
ahead. Focus each day on just one
principle, and as you add a new principle each day, build on the previous days' information. You may use your own diagram/illustration
that can have each part added as you teach about it. Here is just one option, or you can create
your own: Plan of Salvation Illustration p. 48, today you will study the section titled “Pre-Earth Life: God’s Purpose and
Plan for Us.” And 3rd Article of Faith.
“Our Eternal Life” (this would be a good review because it
covers many topics)
Day
13—Lesson 2: The Plan of Salvation, p.
49, today you will study the section titled “Agency and the Fall of Adam and Eve.”
And 3rd Article of Faith.
Day
14—Lesson 2: The Plan of Salvation, p.
50, today you will study the section titled “Our Life on Earth.” And 3rd
Article of Faith.
Day
15—Lesson 2: The Plan of Salvation, p.
51, today you will study the section titled “The Atonement” part 1 (through paragraph that ends, “enduring to the
end”). And 4th Article of
Faith.
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