GREAT FOR CHILDREN & YOUTH – Come Follow Me Lessons for: Primary, family home evening, Sunday School, Seminary, Bible Study
Scripture Poster – Articles of Faith 1:12
Obedience, Obeying the Law
8 pages (color/black-and-white visuals: 3 sizes for poster)

OBJECTIVE: Help children/youth memorize Articles of Faith 1:12: “We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law.”
TO MAKE Print, color, and cut out poster of your choice. If printing the larger size poster, mount the two parts on poster paper. The smaller cards are for children to take home.
Ways to Motivate Children/Youth to Memorize Scripture:
• Give out small black and white scripture cards to memorize.
• Once they are passed off give out the colored version of scripture cards.
REVIEW: Articles of Faith 1:12
“We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law.”
MORE ACTIVITIES on the 12th Article of Faith:
COME FOLLOW ME Ideas about the above activity:
“Governments were instituted of God for the benefit of man.”
The early Saints’ relationship with government was complex. When the Saints were forced out of Jackson County, Missouri, in 1833, they asked for help from the local and national government and received none. At the same time, some people outside the Church interpreted teachings about Zion to mean that the Saints rejected the authority of earthly governments. Doctrine and Covenants 134 was written, in part, to clarify the Church’s position on government. What does this section suggest about how the Lord’s Saints should feel about government?
As you study section 134, consider looking for principles of government and the responsibilities of citizens. How might these ideas have been helpful to the early Saints? How are they applicable where you live?
See also Articles of Faith 1:11–12; Topics and Questions, “Religious Freedom,” Gospel Library.
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