Jesus is in the express image of God the Father’s person
Jesus Christ was the creator of all things
Jesus Christ testified that he was Jehovah
Jesus Christ is the life and light of the world
Life - Because He is the creator
Way & Light - Because his teachings show us the way back to the Father; He is our creator and through his resurrection we will all live again.
Who will enter the kingdom of Heaven?
“Only He that doeth the will of my Father”
Those that “hear His voice”
Role of Priesthood Power (Keys)
Keys to seal and bind on earth and in heaven
Even the devils are subject to mortals through Jesus’s name
People Praise Jesus as a great teacher but disrespect his divinity.
We must return to what Jesus has said, who he was, and what he did.
He was the only begotten son, and that we must believe in him to be saved. John 3:16-17
This is my beloved son, hear him
I am come that they might have life, and have it more abundantly”
(?What does it mean to have life more abundantly?)
He lights our mortal path and lead back to him.
The Savior’s path was about doing the father’s will. And we return to the Father through doing the Father’s will.
I never knew you... depart from me oh ye that do iniquity.
Jesus showed us how to do the will of the Father, and he invited us to “follow him.”
Keys were given to the Twelve & the Seventy.
The keys to seal and bind on earth and in heaven.
He guides us through his commandments.
Contention is not the doctrine of Christ.
(Makes us wonder how we can influence the world for good if we have unpleasant relations with other religions.)
Focus on Christ, not the things of the world
Contrast between mortal versus eternal nourishment
Jesus Christ’s Resurrection & Atonement
Takes away the sin of the world
The Son of Man came to minister and give His life as a ransom for many
His blood of the New Testament, shed for the remission of sins
That we may know He is the God of Israel and of the whole earth
What do WE have to do?
Overcome the spiritual death that results from sin
Make and keep sacred covenants (= washing our garments in His blood)
“Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith”
Where are our loyalties?
How is our behavior?
Do we honor His name?
Do we keep His commandments?
Do we seek not to
“Living bread” that they might not hunger.
(What other scriptural parallels can we associate with bread?)
Woman who gave her last bit of meal to make a cake for Elijah, ended up with oil
and meal that didn’t fail until the heavens were opened again
Seek and ye shall find.
Jesus taught further precious truth about his Atonement. “my father sent me that I might be lifted up on the cross that I might draw all men unto me.“ 3 Nephi 27:14-
Where is our ultimate loyalty?
There is no middle ground.
Don’t use a Visa to visit Babylon. Live in Zion.
The most important knowledge on earth is that He is ?
We may know, thorough the Holy Ghost for ourselves, and we can gain this knowledge for ourselves via desire and obedience
Desire - “Ask and it shall be given you, seek and ye shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you” Matthew 7:7
Obedience - If any man will do His will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God or whether I speak of myself John 7:17
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