12/15/13 Review

Important Dates

-Dec 21: Ward Christmas Activity 7pm
-Dec 28: Ward Temple Trip (this trip is for all ages)
-Dec 29: Family History Seminar during Sunday School & RS
       *All members are encouraged to have their LDS account information to make things               quicker during the presentation
-Jan 4: YM/YW Holiday Social/Dance
-Jan 5: Church time changes to 9am
-Jan 11: Temple Bus $27.50 each seat, talk to Bishop for more details

Lesson Review

Lorenzo Snow – Chapter 24: Reflections on the Mission of Jesus Christ

In October 1872, President Brigham Young assigned his First counselor, President George A. Smith, to journey through portions of Europe and the Middle East to determine what openings might exist for the introduction of the Gospel into the various countries they were assigned to visit.  The visit included the Holy Land, where President Smith would “dedicate and consecrate that land to the Lord.”  President Smith took a small group of Latter-day Saints with him, including Elder Lorenzo Snow, who was then a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and Elder Snow’s sister, Eliza R. Snow, was serving as Relief Society General President at the time.  As they travelled, Elder Snow frequently wrote letters describing the geography, the buildings, the customs and conditions of the people.  But when he and his companions visited sites in the Holy Land, his letters changed in tone.  His thoughts turned to the Son of God, who has frequented those same places centuries earlier.  They saw the city of Jerusalem, Mount Zion, the City of David, the Mount of Olives. 

It was while in Jerusalem, that Elder Snow wrote: “These interesting historic scenes, with all their sacred associations, inspire thoughts and reflections impressive and solemn. Yes, there is Jerusalem! Where Jesus lived and taught, and was crucified, where He cried ‘It is finished,’ and bowed His head and died!”

What would you say was Christ’s “mission statement”?

Elder Snow also said: “We are all dependent upon Jesus Christ, upon his coming into the world to open the way whereby we might secure peace, happiness, and exaltation.” 

In Moses 1:39, we read: “For behold, this is my ^awork and my ^bglory—to bring to pass the ^cimmortality and ^deternal ^elife of man.”

We know that because of Christ’s Atonement, we all receive immortality.  What is eternal life?

Question to ponder:  How would you describe the Savior to someone who has no concept of who He is?

President Snow said, “Now, the peculiarity of His mission, and that which distinguished it from other missions, was this: He came not to seek the glory and honor of men, but to seek the honor and glory of His Father, and to accomplish the work of His Father who sent Him.  Herein lay the secret of His prosperity; and herein lies the secret of the prosperity of every individual who works upon the same principle.”

Questions to ponder:  How do we follow the Savior? How can we increase our desire to know the Gospel of Jesus Christ? How do we take on the name and identity of Christ? What holds us back from following Him?

Next Week (12/22/13): "Power in the Priesthood" Elder Andersen