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LESSON 47
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BOOK OF MORMON
Lesson 47: November 30 – December 6, 2020
Moroni 1-6
“To Keep Them in the Right Way”
Discussion Topics (activities below) ⇓
PRIMARY – HOME
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• I take the sacrament to show that I will always remember Jesus Christ.
• I can prepare to be baptized.
• I am blessed when I go to church.
• The Holy Ghost is a sacred gift.
INDIVIDUALS & FAMILIES & SEMINARY
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• Disciples of Jesus Christ remain faithful despite opposition.
• Priesthood ordinances must be administered as the Lord commands.
• Disciples of Jesus Christ look after the welfare of each other’s souls.
SUNDAY SCHOOL – TEENS
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• Priesthood ordinances must be administered as the Lord commands.
• Partaking of the sacrament helps us draw closer to Jesus Christ.
• Disciples of Jesus Christ administer to one another.
Lesson 47 Scripture Scholars
Week’s Scripture Scholars BOOKMARKS & scripture POP-UP Includes:
• BOOKMARKS with Come, Follow Me scriptures to read and discuss topics for Primary and Individuals and Families. Also, for Sunday School (teens).
• POP-UP to glue in scripture binding next to scripture you underline.
EXTRA ITEMS (not included) … THERE’S MORE:
• STAMP. Award readers with a STAMP for the week’s scripture reading. See below to find matching STAMPS.
• STAMP KEEPER. These can be placed on the STAMP KEEPER (see below) where you can collect 50 stamps for the year.
Lessons 47-50 Scripture Scholars
December’s BUNDLE of BOOKMARKS, POP-UPs, and STAMPS. Glue STAMPS onto the STAMP KEEPER (below).
December STAMPS
For DECEMBER Lessons 47-50 (Book of Mormon). STAMPS to award scripture readers for reading scriptures on the BOOKMARKS. Place these on the STAMP KEEPER (found below/right)
LESSON LIFESAVER Activities
LESSON 47 “TO KEEP THEM IN THE RIGHT WAY” SUBJECTS:
• SACRAMENT TO REMEMBER JESUS
• PREPARE FOR BAPTISM
• CHURCH SERVICE
• HOLY GHOST GIFT
• PRIESTHOOD ORDINANCES
(over 100 activities to choose from) ⇓
. . . SACRAMENT TO REMEMBER JESUS . . .
I take the sacrament to show that I will always remember Jesus Christ.
The sacrament can be a sacred spiritual experience—even for young children. How can you help the children you teach to use the time during the sacrament to think of Jesus?
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Show a picture of people partaking of the sacrament (see this week’s outline in Come, Follow Me—For Individuals and Families or Gospel Art Book, no. 108). Ask the children to tell you what happens during the sacrament. What should we be doing during the sacrament?
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Invite two ward members to come to class to read Moroni 4:3 and 5:2 to the children and share why they take the sacrament every week. Ask them to suggest things the children can do to help them think about Jesus during the sacrament and remember Him always.
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Sing a song that helps the children think about Jesus, such as “Reverently, Quietly” (Children’s Songbook, 26). Ask the children to practice sitting reverently like they would during the sacrament.
I take the sacrament to show that I will always remember Jesus Christ.
When the children understand the sacredness of the sacrament, they are more likely to treat it with reverence and feel close to God during this ordinance.
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Write phrases from Moroni 4:3 and 5:2 on separate strips of paper, and ask the children to put the phrases in the correct order. According to these verses, why is the sacrament important?
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Invite the children to imagine that a friend is coming to sacrament meeting for the first time. How would they explain to their friend what the sacrament is and why we partake of it? Encourage them to use Moroni 4:3 and 5:2 in their explanations.
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Invite the children to share things their families do during the sacrament to be reverent and think about Jesus Christ. What other ideas do they have? Invite them to pick one of these ideas and set a goal to spend more time thinking of the Savior during the sacrament.
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“When Christ becomes our constant companion, it will make our whole day different, … slowly, day by day, our conduct will become more unselfish, our relationships more tender, our desire to serve more constant, and we will find ourselves going about doing good. Always. We will have taken upon us not only his name, but his image in our countenances also (see Alma 5:14).” Ardeth G. Kapp
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. . . PREPARE FOR BAPTISM . . .
I can prepare to be baptized.
Moroni’s description of people who were baptized in his day can help the children prepare to receive this important ordinance today.
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Read phrases from Moroni 6:1–3 that teach who can be baptized. Explain terms the children may not understand. For instance, one meaning of “a broken heart and a contrite spirit” is to feel sorry for our sins (Moroni 6:2). Tell about how you prepared to be baptized, or ask someone who was recently baptized to explain how he or she prepared. Help the children think of ways they can prepare to be baptized someday.
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Display pictures of people being baptized (see Gospel Art Book, nos. 103, 104), and let the children talk about what they see in the pictures. Help them notice details, such as water and white clothing. Ask the children why we get baptized and explain why you chose to be baptized.
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“When we understand our baptismal covenant and the gift of the Holy Ghost, it will change our lives and will establish our total allegiance to the kingdom of God. When temptations come our way, if we will listen, the Holy Ghost will remind us that we have promised to remember our Savior and obey the commandments of God.” – Elder Robert D Hales
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. . . CHURCH SERVICE & BLESSINGS . . .
I am blessed when I go to church.
Do the children you teach understand why we go to church every week? Moroni 6 gives some important reasons.
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Ask the children why they like going to church, and help them name some of the things we do at church. Read to them some of these things from Moroni 6:4–6, 9, and invite them to act out or draw pictures of themselves doing some of these things (such as praying, preaching, singing, and partaking of the sacrament).
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Help the children sing a song about attending church, such as “When I Go to Church” (Children’s Songbook, 157). Tell the children why you love going to church and how it has blessed you.
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We go to church to take the sacrament and support each other.
(see SACRAMENT lesson above)
Moroni’s words could help the children you teach find greater purpose in coming to church each week.
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Write Why do we come to church? on the board, and ask the children to write possible answers. Invite them to find additional answers in Moroni 6:4–6, 9, and add them to their list on the board.
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Invite the children to share how they have been blessed for attending church. Let them role-play explaining to a friend of another faith why they are thankful to belong to the Church.
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Show pictures or examples of nourishing foods. Why is it important to nourish our bodies? Read together Moroni 6:4, and ask the children what they think the phrase “nourished by the good word of God” means. How does the word of God nourish us?
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Invite one of the children to read the following quotation from Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, and discuss what it teaches about how we can nourish each other: “Most people don’t come to church looking merely for a few new gospel facts or to see old friends, though all of that is important. They come seeking a spiritual experience. They want peace. They want their faith fortified and their hope renewed. They want, in short, to be nourished by the good word of God, to be strengthened by the powers of heaven” (“A Teacher Come from God,” Ensign, May 1998, 26). How can we help spiritually nourish each other at church?
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. . . HOLY GHOST GIFT . . .
The Holy Ghost is a sacred gift.
The Holy Ghost is mentioned several times in Moroni 2–6. How can you use these chapters to help the children understand how the Holy Ghost can help them?
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Ask the children to find every verse in Moroni 2–6 that mentions the Holy Ghost or the Spirit. Read each of these verses together, and ask the children to list on the board the things they learn about the Holy Ghost. How can the Holy Ghost help us?
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Tell the children about a time when you felt the influence of the Holy Ghost, either at church or elsewhere. Explain how you knew it was the Holy Ghost and how He helped you. Invite the children to share any experiences they have had with the Holy Ghost, and encourage them to seek His influence.
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. . . PRIESTHOOD ORDINANCES . . .
Priesthood ordinances must be administered as the Lord commands.
During His mortal ministry, the Savior received and administered sacred ordinances, such as baptism (see Matthew 3:13–17; Joseph Smith Translation, John 4:1–3 [in the Bible appendix]), priesthood ordination (see Mark 3:13–19), and the sacrament (see Matthew 26:26–28). However, because of the Great Apostasy, many people today are confused about how ordinances must be performed—and even whether they are needed at all.
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In Moroni 2–6, Moroni provided important details about certain priesthood ordinances that can help clear up some of that confusion. What impressions come as you learn about the ordinances in these chapters? The following are some questions you might ask to help you learn:
- Confirmation (Moroni 2; 6:4).
What do the Savior’s instructions in Moroni 2:2 teach you about the ordinance of confirmation? What do you think it means to be “wrought upon and cleansed by the power of the Holy Ghost”? (Moroni 6:4).
- Priesthood ordination (Moroni 3).
What do you find in this chapter that could help someone prepare to be ordained to the priesthood? What do you find that would help someone perform an ordination?
- The sacrament (Moroni 4–5; 6:6).
Note the promises in the sacrament prayers (see Moroni 4:3; 5:2), and ponder what you are doing to keep your promises. What can you do to invite the influence of the Spirit more powerfully as you participate in the sacrament?
- Baptism (Moroni 6:1–3).
What can you do to continue to meet the qualifications for baptism given in these verses, even after you are baptized? What do these verses suggest to you about what it means to be a member of the Church of Jesus Christ?
Based on what you have learned, how will you change the ways you think about, participate in, or prepare others for these ordinances? Why is it important that these ordinances be “administered … according to the commandments of Christ”? (Moroni 4:1).
See also “Ordinances,” Gospel Topics, topics.ChurchofJesusChrist.org.
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. Lesson 1: WHAT IS THE PRIESTHOOD?
ColorQuote: “As we are worthy, the ordinances of the priesthood enrich our lives on earth and prepare us for the magnificent promises of the world ahead. The Lord said, “In the ordinances … the power of godliness is manifest.” – Elder Neil L. Andersen, Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, “Power in the Priesthood.”
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• Lesson 2: WHAT ARE MY RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE WORK OF THE PRIESTHOOD?
Quote: “We lighten the loads of others best by helping the Lord strengthen them. That is why the Lord included in our charge to comfort others the command to be His witnesses at all times and in all places.”—President Henry B. Eyring, “The Comforter”
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• Lesson 3: WHAT ARE THE KEYS OF THE PRIESTHOOD?
Quote: “You know something about keys. In your pocket there might be a key to your home or car. Priesthood keys, on the other hand, are intangible and invisible. They “switch on” the authority of the priesthood. Some keys even convey power to bind in heaven as well as on earth.”— Elder Russell M. Nelson, “Personal Priesthood Responsibility”
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• Lesson 4: WHAT ARE THE KEYS OF THE PRIESTHOOD?
Quote: “Your Father in Heaven is generous with His power. All men and all women have access to this power for help in their lives. All who have made sacred covenants with the Lord and who honor those covenants are eligible to receive personal revelation, to be blessed by the ministering of angels, to commune with God.”— Elder Russell M. Nelson, “Men and Women in the Work of the Lord”
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• Lesson 5: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO SUSTAIN MY CHURCH LEADERS?
Quote: “The obligation that we make when we raise our hands . . . is a most sacred one. It does not mean that we will go quietly on our way and be willing that the prophet of the Lord shall direct this work, but it means . . . that we stand behind him; we will pray for him; we will defend his good name, and we will strive to carry out his instructions as the Lord shall direct.”—President George Albert Smith, “Sustaining Those Whom the Lord Sustains”
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