Rel C 234 Exam 1

One of the keys to recognizing those warnings is that they are repeated. For instance, more than once in these general conferences, you have heard our prophet say that he would quote a preceding prophet and would therefore be a second witness and sometimes even a third.

When we reject the counsel which comes from God, we do not choose to be independent of outside influence. We choose another influence.

• the choice not to take prophetic counsel changes the very ground upon which we stand. It becomes more dangerous. ??
• each failure to respond would have lessened sensitivity to the Spirit.??

That blessing generally requires the faith to follow counsel when it is hard to do.

Don’t discard the counsel, but hold it close.

True

False. The living prophet is more important to us than the standard works.

How we respond to the words of a living prophet when he tells us what we need to know, but would rather not hear, is a test of our faithfulness.

The two groups who have the greatest difficulty in following the prophet are the proud who are learned and the proud who are rich.

Principles are concentrated truth, packaged for application to a wide variety of circumstances.

• To acquire spiritual knowledge and to obey it with wisdom, one must:
• In humility, seek divine light.
• Exercise faith in Jesus Christ.
• Hearken to His counsel.
• Keep His commandments.
• As spiritual knowledge unfolds, it must be understood, valued, obeyed, remembered, and expanded.

• Remember, too much of anything in life can throw us off-balance. At the same time, too little of the important things can do the same thing. King Benjamin counseled “that all these things are done in wisdom and order” (Mosiah 4:27).
• Often the lack of clear direction and goals can waste away our time and energy and contribute to imbalance in our lives.

• First, forget not to be patient with yourself.
• Second, forget not the difference between a good sacrifice and a foolish sacrifice.
• Third, forget not to be happy now.
• Fourth, forget not the “why” of the gospel.
• Fifth, forget not that the Lord loves you.

“Am I committing my time and energies to the things that matter most?”

“what” and the “how”

Progression

For a married couple to refuse to have children when they are able to do so.

That in the eternities no blessing will be denied.

The purpose of the plan is to provide opportunity for the spirit children of God to progress toward an eternal exaltation.

The plan required the Creation, and that in turn required both the Fall and the Atonement.

The Apostle Paul clearly forewarned us of the price of unwisely using our agency: “The wages of sin is death” (Rom. 6:23). Each time we misuse our moral agency, there is a penalty attached: By offending the Spirit, we withdraw from his companionship; and when we persist in our deviant course of action, we experience a spiritual death, and with certain sins death may be physical as well as spiritual.

Repent and serve God

Many people lead empty lives completely devoid of purpose, meaning, and direction. Empty lives must be filled with something, anything, so some people fill their empty lives with endless hours of television, while others become addicted to pornography, alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.

When we subordinate our physical needs and desires to the dictates of the Spirit, we tap into a spiritual strength beyond our own. If we are in bondage to bad habits or unkind thoughts, we can break the bands of weakness or wickedness through fasting. Our hearts will be filled with love and forgiveness, and we can get on with our lives after having broken “every yoke.”

• First, there must be alternatives to choose among.
• Second, for us to have agency, we must not only have alternatives but we must also know that they exist and what they are.
• Third, after the existence of choices and a knowledge of choices, is the next element of agency: the freedom to make choices.

• First, we have more choices and can achieve more and receive greater blessings because we have more laws that we can obey.
• Second, with added understanding we can make more intelligent choices because we see more clearly not only the alternatives but their potential outcomes.

Repentance Forgiveness Forget

With time and perspective we recognize that such problems in life do come for a purpose, if only to allow the one who faces such despair to be convinced that he really does need divine strength beyond himself, that she really does need the offer of heaven’s hand.

• Those who feel no need for mercy usually never seek it and almost never bestow it.
• Not having a rewarding life or fullness of joy..?

The Savior’s atonement is thus portrayed as the healing power not only for sin, but also for carelessness, inadequacy, and all mortal bitterness.

False

Do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despite-fully use you.

One of these reasons is waiting for the wrongdoers to repent before we forgive them. Yet such a delay causes us to forfeit the peace and happiness that could be ours. The folly of rehashing long-past hurts does not bring happiness.

If we can find forgiveness in our hearts for those who have caused us hurt and injury, we will rise to a higher level of self-esteem and well-being. Some recent studies show that people who are taught to forgive become “less angry, more hopeful, less depressed, less anxious and less stressed,” which leads to greater physical well-being. 9 Another of these studies concludes “that forgiveness … is a liberating gift [that] people can give to themselves.” 10

She wanted to go back. She was longing what Sodom and Gomorrah had to offer.

We remember that faith is always pointed toward the future.

... it is not right to go back and open up some ancient wound that the Son of God Himself died trying to heal.

The proviso, of course, is that repentance has to be sincere, but when it is and when honest effort is being made to progress, we are guilty of the greater sin if we keep remembering and recalling and rebashing someone with their earlier mistakes—and that “someone” might be ourselves. We can be so hard on ourselves, often much more so than with others!

where you are; where you have been.

Teachings, that are true and unchanging.

Concentrated truth in the "if then" format.