Below are the quotes that were used in the video.
Elder D. Todd Christofferson: “I have long been impressed by, and have also felt, the yearning love of the prophets of God in their warnings against sin. They are not motivated by a desire to condemn. Their true desire mirrors the love of God; in fact, it is the love of God. They love those to whom they are sent, whoever they may be and whatever they may be like. Just as the Lord, His servants do not want anyone to suffer the pains of sin and poor choices.” (D. Todd Christofferson, “The Love of God,” Liahona, Nov. 2021, 17)
Elder Kim B. Clark: “The priests [of King Noah] had the scriptures, and they knew about the law and the prophets, but they had not applied their hearts to understanding. The heart is the symbolic center of our will, our desires, our commitments, our values and priorities, our feelings, and our testimony of the truth.
“Understanding the gospel is much more than a cognitive experience. It’s a spiritual experience in which the Holy Ghost witnesses of the truth, enlightens our minds, and changes our hearts. Understanding of the heart is a gift of the Spirit.
“When [a student] desires to apply her heart to understanding a gospel principle like faith in Jesus Christ, she must exercise her agency to choose Jesus Christ and live that principle. Her experience with the principle is the gateway to her heart. Her action authorizes the Holy Ghost to testify, enlighten, and change the way her heart embraces the Lord and that principle. As she continues to live the principle, reflect on her experience, and testify of what she knows is true, her understanding of faith will grow, and her heart will change.” (Kim B. Clark, “Apply Your Hearts to Understanding” [evening with a General Authority, Feb. 8, 2019], Salt Lake City Tabernacle)
Japanese Proverb: When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends.
How people try to dismiss a Prophet:
Elder Sterling W. Sill: “The story is told of a father and a son riding down the highway. The son was explaining to the father what he didn’t like about the Ten Commandments. He said they were negative and besides that he didn’t like anyone telling him what not to do. Soon they came to an intersection in the highway.
“There was one signboard telling where the left-hand road led, and another signboard telling where the right-hand road led. The father took the wrong road. This greatly disturbed the son. He couldn’t understand how the father could make such a ridiculous mistake.
“The father admitted that he had read the signboard, but he said, “I just don’t want any signboard telling me where to go” (Conference Report, Oct 1963, p. 81).
Elder Dallin H. Oaks: “After all our obedience and good works, we cannot be saved from death or the effects of our individual sins without the grace extended by the atonement of Jesus Christ” (“What Think Ye of Christ?” Ensign, Nov. 1988, 67).
President Joseph Fielding Smith: There was nothing about him to cause people to single him out. In appearance he was like men; and so it is expressed here by the prophet that he had no form or comeliness, that is, he was not so distinctive, so different from others that people would recognize him as the Son of God. He appeared as a mortal man” (Doctrines of Salvation 1:23).
Look for words or phrases in Mosiah 14:3-8 that describe what the Savior has done to help you.
President James E. Faust: “He suffered so much pain, ‘indescribable anguish,’ and ‘overpowering torture’ for our sake. His profound suffering in the Garden of Gethsemane … caused Him ‘to tremble because of pain, and to bleed at every pore, and to suffer both body and spirit’…
“… No one has ever suffered in any degree what He did” (The Atonement: Our Greatest Hope,” Ensign, Nov. 2001, 19).
Elder Merrill J. Bateman: “For many years I thought of the Savior’s experience in the garden and on the cross as places where a large mass of sin was heaped upon Him. Through the words of Alma, Abinadi, Isaiah, and other prophets, however, my view has changed. Instead of an impersonal mass of sin, there was a long line of people, as Jesus felt “our infirmities” (Heb. 4:15), “[bore] our griefs, … carried our sorrows … [and] was bruised for our iniquities” (Isa. 53:4–5). The Atonement was an intimate, personal experience in which Jesus came to know how to help each of us” (Merrill J. Bateman, ‘A Pattern for All’, Ensign, November 2005).
Jesus is sometimes called ‘the Father’ because:
A Doctrinal Exposition by the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (Improvement Era, Aug. 1916, p. 934–42) The Father and the Son.
“That Jesus Christ, whom we also know as Jehovah, was the executive of the Father, Elohim, in the work of creation is set forth in the book Jesus the Christ, chapter 4 [by James E. Talmage]. Jesus Christ, being the Creator, is consistently called the Father of heaven and earth in the sense explained above; and since His creations are of eternal quality He is very properly called the Eternal Father of heaven and earth.
“A third sense in which Jesus Christ is regarded as the “Father” has reference to the relationship between Him and those who accept His gospel and thereby become heirs of eternal life.
“If it be proper to speak of those who accept and abide in the gospel as Christ’s sons and… they having become His children and He having been made their Father through the second birth—the baptismal regeneration.
“A fourth reason for applying the title “Father” to Jesus Christ is found in the fact that in all His dealings with the human family Jesus the Son has represented and yet represents Elohim His Father in power and authority. Thus the Father placed His name upon the Son; and Jesus Christ spoke and ministered in and through the Father’s name; and so far as power, authority, and godship are concerned His words and acts were and are those of the Father. (A Doctrinal Exposition by the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles From Improvement Era, Aug. 1916, 934–42).
What is redemption?: Mosiah 15:1, 9, 12, 18, 19, 23, 24, 26, 27, 30 and Bible Dictionary – Redemption
Ideas for teaching:
Elder Kim B. Clark: “The priests [of King Noah] had the scriptures, and they knew about the law and the prophets, but they had not applied their hearts to understanding. The heart is the symbolic center of our will, our desires, our commitments, our values and priorities, our feelings, and our testimony of the truth.
“Understanding the gospel is much more than a cognitive experience. It’s a spiritual experience in which the Holy Ghost witnesses of the truth, enlightens our minds, and changes our hearts. Understanding of the heart is a gift of the Spirit.
“When [a student] desires to apply her heart to understanding a gospel principle like faith in Jesus Christ, she must exercise her agency to choose Jesus Christ and live that principle. Her experience with the principle is the gateway to her heart. Her action authorizes the Holy Ghost to testify, enlighten, and change the way her heart embraces the Lord and that principle. As she continues to live the principle, reflect on her experience, and testify of what she knows is true, her understanding of faith will grow, and her heart will change.” (Kim B. Clark, “Apply Your Hearts to Understanding” [evening with a General Authority, Feb. 8, 2019], Salt Lake City Tabernacle)
Japanese Proverb: When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends.
How people try to dismiss a Prophet:
- Rationalize (Mosiah 12:13-15).
- Justify (Mosiah 12:13-15).
- Wrest the scriptures (Mosiah 12:20-24).
- Quote dead prophets as ammunition against modern prophets (Mosiah 12:28).
- Attack the messenger (Mosiah 13:1).
- Push the message to the extreme.
Elder Sterling W. Sill: “The story is told of a father and a son riding down the highway. The son was explaining to the father what he didn’t like about the Ten Commandments. He said they were negative and besides that he didn’t like anyone telling him what not to do. Soon they came to an intersection in the highway.
“There was one signboard telling where the left-hand road led, and another signboard telling where the right-hand road led. The father took the wrong road. This greatly disturbed the son. He couldn’t understand how the father could make such a ridiculous mistake.
“The father admitted that he had read the signboard, but he said, “I just don’t want any signboard telling me where to go” (Conference Report, Oct 1963, p. 81).
Elder Dallin H. Oaks: “After all our obedience and good works, we cannot be saved from death or the effects of our individual sins without the grace extended by the atonement of Jesus Christ” (“What Think Ye of Christ?” Ensign, Nov. 1988, 67).
President Joseph Fielding Smith: There was nothing about him to cause people to single him out. In appearance he was like men; and so it is expressed here by the prophet that he had no form or comeliness, that is, he was not so distinctive, so different from others that people would recognize him as the Son of God. He appeared as a mortal man” (Doctrines of Salvation 1:23).
Look for words or phrases in Mosiah 14:3-8 that describe what the Savior has done to help you.
President James E. Faust: “He suffered so much pain, ‘indescribable anguish,’ and ‘overpowering torture’ for our sake. His profound suffering in the Garden of Gethsemane … caused Him ‘to tremble because of pain, and to bleed at every pore, and to suffer both body and spirit’…
“… No one has ever suffered in any degree what He did” (The Atonement: Our Greatest Hope,” Ensign, Nov. 2001, 19).
Elder Merrill J. Bateman: “For many years I thought of the Savior’s experience in the garden and on the cross as places where a large mass of sin was heaped upon Him. Through the words of Alma, Abinadi, Isaiah, and other prophets, however, my view has changed. Instead of an impersonal mass of sin, there was a long line of people, as Jesus felt “our infirmities” (Heb. 4:15), “[bore] our griefs, … carried our sorrows … [and] was bruised for our iniquities” (Isa. 53:4–5). The Atonement was an intimate, personal experience in which Jesus came to know how to help each of us” (Merrill J. Bateman, ‘A Pattern for All’, Ensign, November 2005).
Jesus is sometimes called ‘the Father’ because:
- Authorized by Heavenly Father.
- Creator of Heaven and Earth.
- Refers to relationship between him and those whom he saves through His Atonement.
- Represents God the Father.
A Doctrinal Exposition by the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (Improvement Era, Aug. 1916, p. 934–42) The Father and the Son.
“That Jesus Christ, whom we also know as Jehovah, was the executive of the Father, Elohim, in the work of creation is set forth in the book Jesus the Christ, chapter 4 [by James E. Talmage]. Jesus Christ, being the Creator, is consistently called the Father of heaven and earth in the sense explained above; and since His creations are of eternal quality He is very properly called the Eternal Father of heaven and earth.
“A third sense in which Jesus Christ is regarded as the “Father” has reference to the relationship between Him and those who accept His gospel and thereby become heirs of eternal life.
“If it be proper to speak of those who accept and abide in the gospel as Christ’s sons and… they having become His children and He having been made their Father through the second birth—the baptismal regeneration.
“A fourth reason for applying the title “Father” to Jesus Christ is found in the fact that in all His dealings with the human family Jesus the Son has represented and yet represents Elohim His Father in power and authority. Thus the Father placed His name upon the Son; and Jesus Christ spoke and ministered in and through the Father’s name; and so far as power, authority, and godship are concerned His words and acts were and are those of the Father. (A Doctrinal Exposition by the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles From Improvement Era, Aug. 1916, 934–42).
What is redemption?: Mosiah 15:1, 9, 12, 18, 19, 23, 24, 26, 27, 30 and Bible Dictionary – Redemption
- Who gets redemption?
- Who does not?
- What if there is no redemption?
- What are we redeemed from?
- What comes with redemption?
Ideas for teaching:
- Use pictures.
- Value of modern-day seers and prophets.
- Identify how people today may try to dismiss the message of a prophet.
- Testify when you teach.
- “Look for” and then teach the family/small group/class what you learned on a topic.
- See the beautiful (feet) things around you.