Below are the quotes that were used in the video.
Moses chapter six is a great example of God’s restoration of truths in our day. It also shows a great example of how we can be effective in teaching the words of God than lead to conversion. We will also look at how 'all things bear record of Christ.'
Strong’s Concordance gives the following meanings for the names in Genesis 5:
1. Adam = man
2. Seth = substituted, compensation or put
3. Enos = mortal
4. Cainan = nest, possession or dwelling
5. Mahalaleel = praiseworthy God
6. Jared = descent or come down
7. Enoch = initiate or teach
8. Methuselah = at his extent of time a shooting forth, literally – ‘man of the dart’
9. Lamech = (meaning lost or despairing)
10. Noah = quiet, peace, rest
Putting these meanings together we have a brief summary of the future gospel: Man puts on mortal(ity) as his dwelling, so the praiseworthy God shall come down to teach that at his extent (fullness) of time the lost may have peace and rest.
President Spencer W. Kimball: “Those who keep a book of remembrance are more likely to keep the Lord in remembrance in their daily lives. Journals are a way of counting our blessings and of leaving an inventory of these blessings for our posterity” (“Listen to the Prophets,” Ensign, May 1978, 77).
Elder Tad R. Callister: "Recording spiritual promptings results in at least the following blessings:
Elder Richard G. Scott: “When I am faced with a very difficult matter, … I start reading a passage of scripture; I ponder what the verse means and pray for inspiration. I then ponder and pray to know if I have captured all the Lord wants me to do. Often more impressions come with increased understanding of doctrine. I have found that pattern to be a good way to learn from the scriptures.”
“In that environment, strong impressions began to flow to me again. I wrote them down. … After each powerful impression was recorded, I pondered the feelings I had received to determine if I had accurately expressed them in writing. As a result, I made a few minor changes to what had been written. Then I studied their meaning and application in my own life.
“… I was then impressed to ask, “Was there yet more to be given?” I received further impressions, ... Again I was prompted to ask, “Is there more I should know?” And there was. … I had received some of the most precious, specific, personal direction one could hope to obtain in this life. Had I not responded to the first impressions and recorded them, I would not have received the last, most precious guidance.
“What I have described is not an isolated experience. It embodies several true principles regarding communication from the Lord to His children here on earth. I believe that you can leave the most precious, personal direction of the Spirit unheard because you do not respond to, record, and apply the first promptings that come to you.” (https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2009/10/to-acquire-spiritual-guidance?lang=eng)"
President David O. McKay: “If you would teach faith in God, show faith in Him yourself; if you would teach prayer, pray yourself; … would you have them temperate, then you yourself refrain from intemperance; if you would have your child live a life of virtue, of self-control, of good report, then set him a worthy example in all these things.” (David O. McKay, Secrets of a Happy Life, comp. Llewelyn R. McKay (1967), 11.)
President Gordon B. Hinckley: “We call upon parents to devote their best efforts to the teaching and rearing of their children in gospel principles which will keep them close to the Church. The home is the basis of a righteous life, and no other instrumeantality can take its place or fulfill its essential functions in carrying forward this God-given responsibility. (First Presidency letter, Feb. 11, 1999, in “Policies, Announcements, and Appointments,” Ensign, June 1999, 80)
Enoch: An example of Teaching
An Example of an Effective Missionary
Elder John A. Widtsoe: “A seer is one who sees with spiritual eyes. He perceives the meaning of that which seems obscure to others; therefore he is an interpreter and clarifier of eternal truth. He foresees the future from the past and the present. … In short, he is one who sees, who walks in the Lord’s light with open eyes. …
“… A prophet is a teacher of known truth; a seer is a perceiver of hidden truth; a revelator is a bearer of new truth” (John A. Widtsoe, Evidences and Reconciliations, arr. G. Homer Durham, 3 vols. in 1 [1960], 258).
What Enoch Teaches:
Elder Bruce R. McConkie: “Two births are essential to salvation. Man cannot be saved without birth into mortality, nor can he return to his heavenly home without a birth into the realm of the Spirit. … The elements present in a mortal birth and in a spiritual birth are the same. They are water, blood, and spirit. Thus every mortal birth is a heaven-given reminder to prepare for the second birth. …
“In every mortal birth the child is immersed in water in the mother’s womb. At the appointed time the spirit enters the body, and blood always flows in the veins of the new person. Otherwise, without each of these, there is no life, no birth, no mortality.
“In every birth into the kingdom of heaven, the newborn babe in Christ is immersed in water, he receives the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands, and the blood of Christ cleanses him from all sin. Otherwise, without each of these, there is no Spirit-birth, no newness of life, no hope of eternal life” (A New Witness for the Articles of Faith 1985, 288).
“All things bear record of me.”
Teaching Thoughts:
Strong’s Concordance gives the following meanings for the names in Genesis 5:
1. Adam = man
2. Seth = substituted, compensation or put
3. Enos = mortal
4. Cainan = nest, possession or dwelling
5. Mahalaleel = praiseworthy God
6. Jared = descent or come down
7. Enoch = initiate or teach
8. Methuselah = at his extent of time a shooting forth, literally – ‘man of the dart’
9. Lamech = (meaning lost or despairing)
10. Noah = quiet, peace, rest
Putting these meanings together we have a brief summary of the future gospel: Man puts on mortal(ity) as his dwelling, so the praiseworthy God shall come down to teach that at his extent (fullness) of time the lost may have peace and rest.
President Spencer W. Kimball: “Those who keep a book of remembrance are more likely to keep the Lord in remembrance in their daily lives. Journals are a way of counting our blessings and of leaving an inventory of these blessings for our posterity” (“Listen to the Prophets,” Ensign, May 1978, 77).
Elder Tad R. Callister: "Recording spiritual promptings results in at least the following blessings:
- it preserves the integrity of the message
- it preserves the feelings of the moment
- it plants spiritual seeds
- it facilitates future sharing
- it enhances future revelation.” (Oct. 2017, "Record Spiritual Insights to Receive More Revelation in Your Life“)
Elder Richard G. Scott: “When I am faced with a very difficult matter, … I start reading a passage of scripture; I ponder what the verse means and pray for inspiration. I then ponder and pray to know if I have captured all the Lord wants me to do. Often more impressions come with increased understanding of doctrine. I have found that pattern to be a good way to learn from the scriptures.”
“In that environment, strong impressions began to flow to me again. I wrote them down. … After each powerful impression was recorded, I pondered the feelings I had received to determine if I had accurately expressed them in writing. As a result, I made a few minor changes to what had been written. Then I studied their meaning and application in my own life.
“… I was then impressed to ask, “Was there yet more to be given?” I received further impressions, ... Again I was prompted to ask, “Is there more I should know?” And there was. … I had received some of the most precious, specific, personal direction one could hope to obtain in this life. Had I not responded to the first impressions and recorded them, I would not have received the last, most precious guidance.
“What I have described is not an isolated experience. It embodies several true principles regarding communication from the Lord to His children here on earth. I believe that you can leave the most precious, personal direction of the Spirit unheard because you do not respond to, record, and apply the first promptings that come to you.” (https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2009/10/to-acquire-spiritual-guidance?lang=eng)"
President David O. McKay: “If you would teach faith in God, show faith in Him yourself; if you would teach prayer, pray yourself; … would you have them temperate, then you yourself refrain from intemperance; if you would have your child live a life of virtue, of self-control, of good report, then set him a worthy example in all these things.” (David O. McKay, Secrets of a Happy Life, comp. Llewelyn R. McKay (1967), 11.)
President Gordon B. Hinckley: “We call upon parents to devote their best efforts to the teaching and rearing of their children in gospel principles which will keep them close to the Church. The home is the basis of a righteous life, and no other instrumeantality can take its place or fulfill its essential functions in carrying forward this God-given responsibility. (First Presidency letter, Feb. 11, 1999, in “Policies, Announcements, and Appointments,” Ensign, June 1999, 80)
Enoch: An example of Teaching
- Taught by parents “in all the ways of God” (v. 21).
- “Repent” (v. 27)
- Humble – “bowed himself …before the Lord” (v. 31).
- God’s servant despite what the weaknesses he saw in himself and what others thought of him (v. 31).
- Allowed others to choose – “Choose ye this day to serve the Lord God who made you” (v. 33).
- Have the Spirit of God with them (v. 34).
- Bold – “… and cried with a loud voice, testifying against their works” (v. 37).
- “Walked with God” (v. 39).
- Taught what God taught (v 43, 47).
An Example of an Effective Missionary
- Taught by parents “in all the ways of God” (v. 21).
- “Repent” (v. 27)
- Humble – “bowed himself …before the Lord” (v. 31).
- God’s servant despite what the weaknesses he saw in himself and what others thought of him (v. 31).
- Allowed others to choose – “Choose ye this day to serve the Lord God who made you” (v. 33).
- Have the Spirit of God with them (v. 34).
- Bold – “… and cried with a loud voice, testifying against their works” (v. 37).
- “Walked with God” (v. 39).
- Taught what God taught (v 43, 47).
Elder John A. Widtsoe: “A seer is one who sees with spiritual eyes. He perceives the meaning of that which seems obscure to others; therefore he is an interpreter and clarifier of eternal truth. He foresees the future from the past and the present. … In short, he is one who sees, who walks in the Lord’s light with open eyes. …
“… A prophet is a teacher of known truth; a seer is a perceiver of hidden truth; a revelator is a bearer of new truth” (John A. Widtsoe, Evidences and Reconciliations, arr. G. Homer Durham, 3 vols. in 1 [1960], 258).
What Enoch Teaches:
- Fall of Adam (v. 48)
- Reality of Satan (v. 49)
- God speaks to prophets (v. 50)
- God asks us to:
- “Turn to” Him
- “Hearken”
- “Believe”
- “Repent”
- Make covenants (baptism)
- In the name of Jesus Christ
- Receive the gift of the Holy Ghost
- Ask in His name
- “it shall be given you” (v. 52).
- Christ’s atonement covers the fall of Adam (v. 53-54)
- Agency - “are agents unto themselves” (v. 56)
- Teach these things freely unto your children (v. 57-58)
- Three elements are essential to physical birth and being born again, or spiritual birth – water, blood and spirit (v. 59).
Elder Bruce R. McConkie: “Two births are essential to salvation. Man cannot be saved without birth into mortality, nor can he return to his heavenly home without a birth into the realm of the Spirit. … The elements present in a mortal birth and in a spiritual birth are the same. They are water, blood, and spirit. Thus every mortal birth is a heaven-given reminder to prepare for the second birth. …
“In every mortal birth the child is immersed in water in the mother’s womb. At the appointed time the spirit enters the body, and blood always flows in the veins of the new person. Otherwise, without each of these, there is no life, no birth, no mortality.
“In every birth into the kingdom of heaven, the newborn babe in Christ is immersed in water, he receives the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands, and the blood of Christ cleanses him from all sin. Otherwise, without each of these, there is no Spirit-birth, no newness of life, no hope of eternal life” (A New Witness for the Articles of Faith 1985, 288).
“All things bear record of me.”
- Light: “I am the light of the world.” (John 8:12.)
- Water: “… whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst.” (John 4:14.)
- Shepherd: “The Lord is my shepherd. …” (Ps. 23:1.)
- Rock: “Look unto the rock from whence ye are hewn” (2 Ne. 8:1); he is the “living stone” (1 Pet. 2:4).
- Lamb: He was “the Lamb that was slain.” (Rev. 5:12.)
- Sun: He is the “Sun of righteousness.” (Mal. 4:2.)
- The life: “I am the way, the truth, and the life.” (John 14:6).
Teaching Thoughts:
- Moses 6 is a great example of God’s restoration of truths in our day.
- Effective missionaries teaching the words of God lead to Zionlike hearts and home. How can we be better teachers this week?
- Look for 5 things that testify of Christ each day this week. Keep a list and share what you found that “bear record” of Christ.