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Church Doctrine 09, Revelation, Intermediate Level 200
From the beginning, God has spoken to His children. Adam and Eve "heard the voice of the Lord God" (Genesis 3:8). God spoke through prophets in the Old Testament (see, e.g., Genesis 46:2, Exodus 6:2) and to His disciples in the New Testament Church (see, e.g., Acts...
Church Doctrine 08, Scripture, Intermediate Level 200
Deuteronomy 8:3 in the Old Testament declares that "man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord." When Christ was tempted by the devil in the wilderness at the beginning of His ministry, He echoed this scripture,...
Week 52: Christmas and the Living Christ
As Christianity spread in the centuries following Christ's crucifixion and resurrection, it encountered non-Christian peoples with popular festivals around the time of the winter solstice. To accommodate these winter festivals, Christmas—the Feast of the Nativity—was...
Church Doctrine 07, Spiritual Gifts, Intermediate Level 200
In 1 Corinthians 12:1‒11 in the New Testament, the apostle Paul enumerates gifts of the Spirit found in the Church, including "divers kinds of tongues," "prophecy," "healing," and "the interpretation of tongues." Paul says explicitly that "no man can say that Jesus is...
Week 51: The Family: A Proclamation to the World
The Family: A Proclamation to the World has since its publication in 1995 been considered one of the most important doctrinal statements of Church leaders. Background "During the fall of 1994, at the urging of its Acting President, Boyd K. Packer, the Quorum of the...
Church Doctrine 06, Church Organization, Intermediate Level 200
Scriptures in the New Testament mention offices in the Church organization of that day. Acts 13:1 talks of "prophets and teachers." Acts 14:23 describes ordaining elders. In I Corinthians 12:28, the apostle Paul relates that "God hath set some in the church, first...
Week 50: The Articles of Faith and Official Declarations 1 and 2
The Come, Follow Me curriculum for the week of December 6‒12, 2021, focuses on three important scriptural documents: (1) The Articles of Faith of The Church of Jesus Christ that were published in Joseph Smith's lifetime; (2) Official Declaration 1, often called "the...
Church Doctrine 05, Priesthood, Intermediate Level 200
In the New Testament, the Savior told His disciples, "Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you"...
Week 49: Doctrine and Covenants 137‒138
In John 3:5, Jesus instructed Nicodemus, "Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God." Christians of Joseph Smith's day generally interpreted this to mean that unless people received baptism in this life, they could never...
Church Doctrine 04, First Principles and Ordinances (The Doctrine of Christ), Intermediate Level 200
In the summer of 1829, the Prophet Joseph Smith received a revelation that commanded, "Thou shalt declare repentance and faith on the Savior, and remission of sins by baptism, and by fire, yea, even the Holy Ghost." These fundamental principles and ordinances appear...