READ D&C 38:32 and D&C 42:2-3
Why is God giving the Saints His
Law?
The Lord’s First Commandment:
Missionary Work to the Lamanites
READ D&C 42:4-9
Why is the Lord’s first
commandment that the Saints go spread the gospel?
Those preaching the gospel are
commanded to lift up their voices “as with the sound of a trump;” what is the
trumpet a symbol of in scripture?
READ D&C 28:8-9, D&C
45:64-71 and Ether 13:6-12
Who is to build the New Jerusalem
in America?
Where is the New Jerusalem to be
built?
READ D&C 42:11-17
Why is authority to teach so
important?
What is the alternative if a
teacher or leader has not received the Spirit?
Why were the missionaries
unsuccessful in converting or even finding the Remnant?
The Law of Consecration
READ D&C 42:29-34, 38-39,
53-55
What does consecrate mean?
To whom do our resources belong?
What does the Lord ask us to
consecrate?
What is the purpose of
consecration?
How was the Law of Consecration
instituted in the 1830s?
Tithing took the place of the law
of consecration; when do you think the Church will reinstitute consecration in
our day?
So, how should we live the law of
consecration today?
What is the relationship between
the Law of Consecration, the “Golden Rule” (see Matthew 7:12) and the “Second
Great Commandment” (see Mark 12:29-31)?
Who is our “neighbor”; who should
we be consecrating our substance and time to help?
To whom do we make such
consecrations, as the Church will not currently use them in the way laid out in
these scriptures?
Why is it important that what we
give for the support of the poor be consecrated?
What is a surplus; how much of
your resources should you righteously use for yourself/family and how much
should you dedicate to helping others?
How do we consecrate our surplus
to support others?
Why does the Lord want us to sacrifice
all things?
Why would we want to consecrate
all things?
READ D&C 4:2-7
What is the “work” to which we are
called?
What do these verses describe?
READ D&C 42:42
What does this verse imply about
those who receive support?
Before the twentieth century,
there was no such thing as the “idle poor” because they would not have been
able to survive without some kind of labor (i.e. begging would count as labor
in this instance), so what did “idle” refer to when this revelation was given
in the 1830’s?
The Laws of God
READ D&C 42:18-26
These verses mention three sins:
lying, lust, and adultery; what is the relationship between these three sins?
READ D&C 42:43-52
Does the Lord wish that everyone
had the faith to be healed?
What promises does the believing
person who lacks faith (in this case, to be healed), but receives a blessing
from the elders, have from the Lord?
What does it mean to die “in me”
and is that different than dying “unto me”?
What does it mean that those who
die “in Christ” shall not “taste of death, for it shall be sweet unto them”?
READ D&C 42:61
What is the relationship between
revelation and eternal law?
Why must we ask to receive these
things?
READ D&C 42:59-60, 65-66
What is the relationship between
obedience to eternal law and salvation?
READ D&C 42:78-93
What is the punishment for those
who break the commandments?
What is the relationship between
the Law of Consecration and the other Laws of God laid out here?
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