SUNDAY SCHOOL Come Follow Me Interactive Activities – NOVEMBER (week 1) New Testament – Jesus Christ, “the Author of Eternal Salvation” Come, Follow Me (Hebrews 1-6)

How can you encourage class members to share meaningful scriptures about Jesus Christ that they found in their personal and family study this week? Consider creating five columns on the board, one for each of the first five chapters in Hebrews. Invite class members to write in the appropriate column phrases from these chapters that taught them about Jesus Christ and the verse number where each phrase is found. How does knowing these things about the Savior affect our faith in Him and willingness to follow Him?

(see scriptures below)

Hebrews 2:9–18; 4:12–16; 5:7–8 can help people who observe the suffering in the world and wonder if God notices or even cares. Perhaps class members could search these verses to find truths that would help with such questions. What do these verses teach about how the Savior responds to humanity’s suffering? It may also be helpful to invite class members to share examples from the scriptures where Jesus Christ supported and comforted people in their sufferings (see “Additional Resources”) or show the video “Mountains to Climb” (ChurchofJesusChrist.org). Class members could discuss what they learn about how the Savior can help us when we face difficult challenges.

Hebrews 3 and 4 contain a plea to the Saints not to harden their hearts and thereby reject the blessings God wanted to give them. As you and your class read Hebrews 3:7–19; 4:1–2, discuss ways the experiences of the ancient Israelites could apply to us today, just as they applied to the Hebrews in the early Church (see the study material about these verses in this week’s outline in Come, Follow Me—For Individuals and Families). What can we do to keep our hearts soft and responsive to the will of the Lord? (see Proverbs 3:5–6; Alma 5:14–15; Ether 4:15). Class members could share how they or others they know have been blessed because they have had soft and contrite hearts.

The message in Hebrews 5 about priesthood holders being called of God can apply to all who are set apart by priesthood authority to serve in Church callings. To help your class learn what it means to “be called of God as was Aaron,” consider inviting them to review the account of Aaron receiving his calling in Exodus 4:10–16, 27–31; 28:1. What insights from this account help us understand Hebrews 5:1–5? Class members could share how they have received confirmation that someone was called of God to fulfill a specific calling—including, perhaps, themselves. How did that confirmation help them better sustain the person in his or her calling?