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Doctrine & Covenants LESSON 27
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DOCTRINE & COVENANTS
JULY (week 1) Lesson 27: June 28 – July 4, 2021
Doctrine & Covenants 71-75
“No Weapon That Is Formed against You Shall Prosper”
Discussion Topics (activities below) ⇓
PRIMARY – HOME
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• The Lord has called a bishop to help me.
• I can give my best effort to the Lord.
• I can defend the truth by sharing my testimony.
• The Lord calls bishops to help Him do His work.
• The Lord commanded Joseph Smith to restore precious truths that were lost from the Bible.
INDIVIDUALS & FAMILIES
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• The Lord will confound critics of His work in His own time.
• Bishops are stewards over the spiritual and temporal affairs of the Lord’s kingdom.
• I can seek opportunities to share the gospel.
• The Lord blesses those who faithfully proclaim His gospel.
SUNDAY SCHOOL / SEMINARY – TEENS
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• We can follow the guidance of the Holy Ghost as we defend our beliefs.
• Bishops are stewards over the spiritual and temporal affairs of the Lord’s kingdom.
• We can seek opportunities to share the gospel.
• God wants us to “labor with [our] might.”
Lessons 27 Scripture Scholars
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. . . BISHOP’S SERVICE . . .
Doctrine and Covenants 72:2, 10
The Lord has called a bishop to help me.
Little children may not know a lot about what their bishop does to serve them and other ward members. You can help them appreciate their bishop’s service.
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Bring items to class that represent the responsibilities of a bishop, such as a tithing slip, the scriptures, or a picture of a bishop giving counsel (see the picture at the end of this week’s outline in Come, Follow Me—For Individuals and Families). Read Doctrine and Covenants 72:2, and explain that the Lord has called a bishop to help us. Use the items you brought to help the children understand some of the things a bishop does to serve the ward.
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Take the children on a walk to the bishop’s office (you may want to coordinate with other teachers). Describe for them some situations when they might meet with the bishop in his office (such as a baptismal interview or tithing settlement). Tell the children how you have been blessed by the bishop’s service.
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Help the children make cards to give to the bishop, thanking him for what he does to help with the Lord’s work.
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The Lord calls bishops to help Him do His work.
A bishop can have a strong positive influence in the life of a young person. What can you do to help the children see the bishop as a representative of the Lord Jesus Christ?
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Explain that in 1831 the Lord called the bishop of the Church, Edward Partridge, to move from Kirtland, Ohio, to be the bishop in Independence, Missouri (see “Chapter 17: The First Bishops of the Church,” Doctrine and Covenants Stories, 64–66). Read Doctrine and Covenants 72:8 with the children, and ask them to listen for who the Lord called to serve as the new bishop in Kirtland. Why does the Lord call bishops? Share with the children an experience when you were blessed by the service of a bishop.
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Invite the children to make a list of some of the things they have seen the bishop do to help people in the ward. Ask the children to draw pictures of the bishop doing something they mentioned. Bear your testimony that your bishop was called by the Lord to be His servant. Why are we grateful that the Lord has called a bishop in our ward.
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. . . COMMANDMENT TO SERVE . . .
I can give my best effort to the Lord.
Even at a young age, children can find joy in doing their best to keep the Lord’s commandments.
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Invite each child to take a turn acting out how they would do an act of service, such as cleaning a room in the church or washing dishes at home. Read Doctrine and Covenants 75:3, and ask the children to show how they would do it lazily when you say “neither be idle” and show how to work hard when you say “but labor with your might.” Why is it important that we do our best when serving the Lord?
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Share with the children President Dieter F. Uchtdorf’s stories about work from “Two Principles for Any Economy” (Ensign or Liahona, Nov. 2009, 55–58). How do we feel when we know we have done our best?
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Sing a song about working together, such as “When We’re Helping” (Children’s Songbook, 198). Help the children make up actions to go with the words.
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. . . SHARING MY TESTIMONY . . .
I can defend the truth by sharing my testimony.
The Lord does not expect children to respond to critics of the Church as He called Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon to do. But you can help the children understand that their simple testimony of the truth can have a powerful effect on others.
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Use the section heading for Doctrine and Covenants 71 or “Chapter 25: Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon Go on a Mission” (Doctrine and Covenants Stories, 96) to teach the children about the circumstances that inspired section 71. Read Doctrine and Covenants 71:1 with the children, and help them find what the Lord wanted Joseph and Sidney to do about the “unfriendly feelings” people had toward the Church (section heading). What did He say they would be given to help them? How can we be like Joseph and Sidney?
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Invite the children to practice in pairs how to share with others what they know about the Church. For example, they can share a simple testimony or share one of the Articles of Faith.
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Also, see the Articles of Faith Quiz-Bee (at the bottom of this page or click HERE)Doctrine and Covenants 75:1–12
The Lord blesses those who faithfully proclaim His gospel.
Responding to the command to “go ye into all the world” to preach the gospel (Doctrine and Covenants 68:8), many faithful elders sought additional information about how the Lord wanted them to fulfill this command. What words and phrases do you find in Doctrine and Covenants 75:1–12 that help you understand how to preach the gospel effectively? What blessings does the Lord promise to faithful missionaries? Consider how these instructions and blessings apply to you as you share the gospel.
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. . . LOST BIBLE TRUTHS . . .
The Lord commanded Joseph Smith to restore precious truths that were lost from the Bible.
As part of his calling as the prophet, Joseph Smith was commanded by the Lord to make inspired revisions to the Bible. These revisions, which the Lord called a “translation” (Doctrine and Covenants 90:13), restored important truths that had been lost or removed from the Bible over the centuries.
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Explain that when Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon returned from a short mission near Kirtland, Ohio, the Lord wanted them to resume work on an important project. Invite the children to read Doctrine and Covenants 73:3 to find out what that project was. To help the children understand what the Lord wanted Joseph and Sidney to translate, read with them parts of the Bible Dictionary entry “Joseph Smith Translation (JST).”
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Pass around a copy of the Bible, and allow the children to open it and see how many pages are in it. Invite the children to imagine they were asked to translate the Bible into another language. What are the chances they might make some mistakes? Explain that when people translated or copied the Bible before Joseph Smith’s time, they made some mistakes, and sometimes they removed important truths. The Lord commanded the Prophet Joseph Smith to make inspired corrections. Why is Joseph Smith’s work valuable to us?
DOWNLOAD lesson-match activities and song visuals (below) some are about “Bee”-atitudes and some about BEES (bee-ing a friend, saying what you bee-lieve, etc.) where you can tie each one of these in with the scriptures.
COMPARE THE BOOK OF MORMON 2 Nephi 12 and 2 Nephi 13 with the BIBLE translation of Matthew 5:3-11 (the teachings of Jesus). The beatitudes are blessings from Jesus (ways to be happy) from His Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:3-11).
MORE LESSON IDEAS:
• The Book of Mormon Primary 4 manual, Lesson 34 “Jesus Christ Teaches the Nephites the Beatitudes” ⇒
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