What Jesus Taught - free ebook by Osborne J. P. Widtsoe

WHAT JESUS TAUGHT

Written for The Deseret Sunday School Union by OSBORNE J. P. WIDTSOE Author of "The Restoration of the Gospel," Etc. Published by THE DESERET SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH...

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FOREWORD

No other teacher in the history of the world has wielded so profound an influence upon humanity as has Jesus the Christ. Practically the whole world has been Christianized. His doctrines have entered not only into households but also into governments and nations. But the Christianity that prevails generally, is the doctrine of Jesus highly merged with the opinions of men. Indeed, the world's Christianity is often more largely man-made than Christ-made. A perfect knowledge of Jesus cannot be gain

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THE REFERENCES

Luke 2:42-52. Moses 1:39. John 6:38-40. Doc. and Cov. 14:7. John 17:1-3....

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THE QUESTIONS

1. What, in your opinion, is the value of Napoleon's testimony of Jesus? 2. What does Napoleon admit in his testimony? 3. What peoples in the world today do not acknowledge Jesus the Christ? 4. Name some points in which the world has been affected by the teachings of Jesus. 5. Outline briefly the story of the life of Jesus. 6. Why should it be more important to know the teachings of Jesus than merely to know the story of His life? 7. What new responsibilities came to Jesus when He reached the ag

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THE REFERENCES

Abraham Chs. 1,2. Moses 5:1-11. Exodus 20:3. 1 John 2:3-5. 1 Cor. 8:6....

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1. What was the real problem that confronted Abram in his search for God? 2. Why is the true God called the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob? 3. What is the first of the ten commandments? 4. How does it apply in this age? 5. What does it mean to know God? 6. What do men of the world often think of Jesus? 7. Why was Jesus necessary in the plan of salvation? 8. What does it mean to know Jesus Christ? 9. What does it mean in full to know God and Jesus Christ whom He sent? 10. What should

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John 14:6-9. Heb. 1:1-3. John 12:45. John 1:14. Matt. 13:35. Doc. and Cov. 130:22. Col. 1:15. Matt. 7:9-12. Phil. 2:6. Doc. and Cov. 20:17-19....

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1. How do we learn to know things? 2. Why have men strayed from the true conception of God? 3. What kind of being is God? 4. What did Jesus say God is like? 5. What did His disciples understand Jesus to mean? 6. In what sense is God the Father? 7. How is He like other fathers? 8. Why could you not worship any other God than a personal God? 9. What did Jesus teach Joseph Smith concerning God? JESUS AND THE WOMAN OF SAMARIA, Hofmann JESUS AND THE WOMAN OF SAMARIA, Hofmann WHAT JESUS SAID OF HIMSEL

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John 4:1-42. Matt. 27:11. John 10:24, 25. Luke 24:25-27. Matt. 11:3-6. John 14:16. Mark 14:61, 62. John 15:26....

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1. What is the meaning of the Christ? 2. What is the significance of Christ's ministry at Sychar? 3. On what other occasions did Jesus publicly declare Himself the Christ? 4. Of what particular value is His testimony to the disciples on the road to Emmaus? 5. How is a testimony of the Christ to be obtained? JESUS AND NICODEMUS Artist Unknown JESUS AND NICODEMUS, Artist Unknown THE SPECIAL WITNESS OF JESUS The end of the period of preparation. It was the day of the baptism. Jesus had completed th

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Matt. 3:13-16. John 3:34. John 1:32-35. Acts 2:1-4. John 16:7, 8, 13. 3 Nephi 18:36, 37. John 14:26. Moroni 2:1,2. Matt. 28:19. Doc. and Cov. 33:15. John 6:53. Doc. and Cov. 130:22. Luke 4:1-20. Doc. and Cov. 132:27....

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1. How old was Jesus when He went to John to be baptized? 2. Why was Jesus baptized? 3. How did John recognize Jesus as the Son of God? 4. Who is the Comforter? 5. What is His relation to God and to Jesus? 6. What is the mission of the Holy Ghost? 7. How is the Holy Ghost conferred? 8. What kind of being is the Holy Ghost? 9. Why is the Holy Ghost of special importance? CHRIST HEALING THE BLIND MAN, Bida CHRIST HEALING THE BLIND MAN, Bida BEFORE THERE WAS AN EARTH A remarkable vision. The brothe

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Ether 3:4-16. John 17:28. John 17:5. John 9:1-7. John 6:62. Heb. 12:9....

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1. Relate the story of the vision of the brother of Jared? 2. What was it that enabled the brother of Jared to behold so remarkable a vision? 3. What three important points are taught in the vision? 4. How did Jesus show in His teachings in the flesh that He believed in a pre-existence? 5. What lesson do you derive from the story of the healing of the man born blind? 6. What is the teaching of Jesus brought out in this lesson? 7. How should this knowledge of a spirit existence affect our lives o

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Luke 8:4-15. Isa. 14:12, 13. Moses 4:1-4. Doc. and Cov. 29:36-38. Abraham 3:27, 28. Doc. and Cov. 76:25-27. John 8:42-44....

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1. Why is one tempted to neglect the word of God? 2. What is the lesson of the parable of the sower? 3. Who is the sower of evil in the world? 4. How did Satan come to be the devil? 5. What is the devil's mission on the earth? 6. How did Jesus characterize the devil? TEMPTATION OF CHRIST, Scheffer TEMPTATION OF CHRIST, Scheffer WHY EVIL IS IN THE WORLD The devil's desperate hope. No better illustration of the mission of the devil on the earth can be found than the story of the temptation of Jesu

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Matt. 4:1-11. Abraham 3:24,25. Matt. 13:19. Doc. and Cov. 29:39. John 13:2-26, 27. 2 Nephi 2:27....

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1. Why should the devil be concerned after the baptism of Jesus? 2. Discuss the temptation of Jesus. 3. To what do the suggestions of the devil lead? 4. How did Jesus prove Himself worthy to be the Son of God? 5. How may man prove himself worthy to be a son of God? 6. Why was man placed upon the earth? 7. What is the meaning of free agency? 8. Why is evil upon the earth? MARKET SCENE AT BETHLEHEM. MARKET SCENE AT BETHLEHEM. THE CROWN OF CREATION Have you ever felt the wonder of the poet as he si

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John 3:16. Mark 9:42. John 15:12-13. Matt. 10:29, 31. Ps. 8:4. Matt. 5:33-37, 45, 48. Luke 15:2-7. Matt. 6:22, 23. Mark 8:36, 37. Luke 9:47. 1 Cor. 3:16, 17....

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1. What does the parable of the lost sheep illustrate? 2. What value did Jesus place on a man's soul? 3. What difference did a man's station in life make to the love of Jesus? 4. Why did Jesus place so high a value on the soul of man? 5. What duty does man owe God? 6. What duties does man owe himself? 7. How is the body of man the temple of God? THE FORGIVING FATHER, Molitor THE FORGIVING FATHER, Molitor THE FORGIVING FATHER The parable of the prodigal. "A certain man had two sons: and the young

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Luke 15:11 ff. Doc. and Cov. 1:31. Luke 18:9-14....

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1. Retell the story of the Forgiving Father. 2. Justify Dickens's statement that this is the most touching passage in literature. 3. What was Jesus's purpose in telling the story? 4. What views did the Jews generally hold concerning sinners? 5. What did Jesus say about the self-righteous? 6. What lesson do you get from the prayer of the publican? 7. What is God's attitude toward sin? THE CONSOLING CHRIST, Plockhorst THE CONSOLING CHRIST, Plockhorst SINCERITY IN WORSHIP Finding and losing one's l

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Matt. 10:39. Matt. 6:5, 6. Matt. 6:1-4. Matt. 6:16-18. Doc. and Cov. 93:19, 20....

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1. What did Jesus mean by the saying "He that findeth his life shall lose it?" 2. What is the chief thing in a man's life? 3. Show how it is necessary to put ourselves in harmony with our environments. 4. What is likely to come between us and close communion with God? 5. What is right attitude in worship? 6. Wherein lies the value of worship? JESUS PRAYING, Liska JESUS PRAYING, Liska HOW TO PRAY "And it came to pass, that, as (Jesus) was praying in a certain place, when He ceased, one of His dis

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Luke 11:1-4....

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1. Repeat the Lord's prayer. 2. What prompted Jesus to utter this prayer? 3. What is the difference between the Lord's prayer, and the prayers of the Jews in general? 4. What are the characteristics of Jesus's prayers? 5. Analyze the Lord's prayer. 6. What do we learn to guide us in our own prayers? RIVER JORDAN, PALESTINE RIVER JORDAN, PALESTINE PERSISTENCE IN PRAYER The Lord will answer. Everyone who has prayed devoutly and sincerely has undoubtedly experienced at times the keenest kind of dis

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Luke 11:5-8. Matt. 6:25-30. Luke 18:1-8. Matt. 6:33-34....

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1. What should be the feeling of one whose prayer is not immediately answered? 2. What is the lesson conveyed in the Sunday School hymn "Unanswered Yet?" 3. Why are our prayers often unanswered? 4. What is the difference between long repetitious prayers and frequent prayers? 5. What is the meaning of the parable of the importunate friend? 6. What is the lesson of the parable of the unrighteous judge? 7. Why is childlike trust and confidence in God necessary in prayer? 8. What did Jesus mean by t

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Luke 17:5, 6. Doc. and Cov. 103:36. Mark 11:21-26. Matt. 14:24-31. Matt. 21:21, 22. Matt. 17:14-21. James 1:5, 6....

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1. What principle did Jesus teach in the incident of the fig tree? 2. What is faith? 3. Why must forgiveness accompany prayer? 4. Why did Jesus use concrete examples in His teaching? 5. What did Jesus mean by saying that mountains might be removed by faith? 6. What did the Prophet Joseph Smith teach concerning the power of faith? 7. Recite some examples of the power of faith. 8. Show how the establishing of the dispensation of the fulness of times is one of the most wonderful examples of the pow

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Matt. 7:21. James 2:26. Matt. 7:24-27. John 14:12, 15, 21....

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1. What element of character did Baldwin display in the building of the first American locomotive? 2. What principle of life and action made it possible for him to accomplish his work? 3. What did he have to add to this principle in order to make good? 4. Why will not everyone who crieth "Lord, Lord," be admitted into the kingdom of heaven? 5. Explain the Lord's parable of the wise and the foolish man. 6. Under what conditions may we be enabled to do works as great as those Jesus did? 7. What is

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Luke 13:1-9. Mark 6:7, 8. Matt. 5:1-2. Matt. 11:16-24. Mark 1:14, 15. Eph. 4:17-32. Doc. and Cov. 58:43....

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1. How did the Jews explain suffering of any kind, and calamity? 2. What did Jesus say about the death of the men under the tower, and of the Galileans? 3. Interpret the parable of the barren fig tree. 4. What did both John and Jesus say to the people? 5. What do we learn from Jesus's exclamation against the cities where His greatest works had been done? 6. How is repentance a fundamental principle in our daily work? 7. Of what does Jesus want people to repent? 8. How is repentance the second pr

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Psalm 1. Acts 2:38. John 3:1-5. Moroni 8:8-14. 2 Kings 5:1-14. John 10:1-18. Matt. 3:13-16. Matt. 28:19-20. Rom. 6:3-5. Mark 16:15, 16....

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1. What are the first principles and ordinances of the Gospel? 2. Show that baptism is required by the teaching of Jesus. 3. By what process does baptism wash away sin? 4. How does the law of obedience operate in the daily affairs of life? 5. How did Jesus show in His own acts that baptism is essential to salvation? 6. What is the proper mode of baptism? 7. What is the purpose of baptism? 8. To whom should baptism be administered? 9. Summarize the teachings of Jesus concerning baptism. 10. What

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John 3:5. John 14:16, 17, 26. Heb. 6:1, 2. John 16:13,14. Acts 19:1-7. Hist. of the Church, vol. 3, page 380. Acts 8:5-24. Hist. of the Church, vol. 5, page 26. John 15:16. Doc. and Cov. 33:11....

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THE QUESTIONS

1. What twofold requirement is contained in the teaching of Jesus to Nicodemus? 2. How may one be born of the Spirit? 3. What was the teaching and practice of Paul concerning the laying on of hands? 4. What was the practice of the apostles in the matter of laying on hands? 5. Whence did the apostles derive their knowledge of the ordinance of laying on hands? 6. What is the gift of the Holy Ghost? 7. What parallel may be found in the work of the world? 8. What is the source of intelligence? JESUS

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Matt. 13:24-30. Matt. 13:47-49. Matt. 13:36-43. Prov. 29:18....

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1. Review the foregoing lessons. 2. What questions are aroused by what Jesus has taught to his people? 3. Explain the parable of the tares. 4. How does it answer the question, Did Jesus intend to organize His disciples? 5. What is the difference between the kingdom of God and the Church of Christ? 6. What is the principal evidence that Jesus intended to organize a Church? 7. What is the first test of the Church of Jesus Christ? CHRIST'S CHARGE TO PETER, Raphael CHRIST'S CHARGE TO PETER, Raphael

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John 7:28, 29. John 15:16. John 9:4. John 3:27. John 5:19. John 20:21....

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1. What would probably happen if the architect in charge of the construction of a large building should go away for a long time? 2. What would happen if God should cease to speak to His people? 3. What was the attitude of Jesus toward authority? 4. Whence did He derive His authority? 5. What did He impress upon His disciples concerning authority? 6. What did John the Baptist say about authority? 7. How many orders of divine priesthood are there? 8. What then, is the second mark of the true Churc

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Mark 1:14, 15. John 12:48-50. Matt. 24:14....

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1. What is the significance of the speech of the Flathead chief? 2. Why does an architect prepare plans and specifications for a proposed building? 3. How is the Gospel like such plans and specifications? 4. What is the Gospel? 5. How did Jesus show His great concern for the Gospel? 6. What are the three never-failing marks of the Church of Christ? CONSIDER THE LILIES, Lejenno CONSIDER THE LILIES, Lejenno SINGLE MINDED LOYALTY A supreme privilege. It is indeed a privilege beyond measure to belon

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Matt. 13:44-46. Matt. 6:13-21. Mark 1:13, 14. Matt. 6:24. Mark 10:13-16. Luke 12:13-15. Matt. 6:22-23....

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1. How does man show himself short-sighted when considering the things of God? 2. What is the significance of the parable of the treasure and the pearl of great price? 3. What do we learn from Jesus's attitude toward little children? 4. Name and discuss the first two reasons given by Jesus why we should cultivate single-minded loyalty to God. 5. Name and discuss the second two reasons why we should cultivate single-minded loyalty to God. 6. Name as many instances as you can in which we might pra

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Matt. 19:16-22. Luke 12:29-31. Luke 18:22. 1 Tim. 6:10, 17-19. Luke 16:1-10....

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1. What disposition did Matthias Baldwin develop with the accumulation of riches? 2. Why do some people think that heaven is not for the rich man? 3. Why could not the rich young ruler follow Jesus? 4. What did Jesus mean by the statement concerning the rich man and the camel? 5. What use should be made of riches? 6. What is the root of all evil? 7. What lesson did Jesus teach in the parable of the Unjust Steward? 8. Why have the poor no greater assurance of salvation than have the rich? 9. Whic

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Matt. 25:14-30. Doc. and Cov. 60:13....

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1. What is meant by a "chance?" 2. How much smaller opportunity had the servant with one talent than the servant with five? 3. What does the story of the water-boy illustrate? 4. How does the parable of the talents apply to the school life of boys and girls? 5. How does the parable apply to one's spiritual life? 6. What is man's duty to God? THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT, Hofmann THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT, Hofmann THINK RIGHT The great commandment. Once when a lawyer asked Him temptingly which is the gr

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Matt. 22:34-40. Doc. and Cov. 121:45. Matt. 5:1-13. Mark 7:14-24. Prov. 23:7. Luke 6:43-45....

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1. What is the great commandment in the law? 2. Show that the answer of Jesus does really cover the law and the prophets. 3. What are the beatitudes? 4. What kind of people do they describe? 5. Which is the great beatitude? 6. Show how this beatitude may possibly cover all the rest. 7. What did Jesus teach of things that defile? 8. How may a tree be known? 9. Apply these teachings to your own lives. 10. Explain the saying, As a man thinketh in his heart so is he. THE UGLINESS OF ANGER The story

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Moses 5:16-41. Matt. 5:21-26. Prov. 27:4. Luke 9:51-56. Prov. 29:22. James 1:20. Prov. 22:24. Prov. 16:32. Prov. 15:18. "Angry Words, Oh Let Them Never," S. S. Song Book....

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1. What caused the downfall of Cain? 2. What effect does anger have upon the mind? 3. Why does not anger work for righteousness? 4. What do you think of a quarrelsome boy with a grouch? 5. What did Jesus teach about anger? 6. How does self-control make for strength? JESUS BLESSING LITTLE CHILDREN, Plockhorst JESUS BLESSING LITTLE CHILDREN, Plockhorst WITH WHAT MEASURE YE METE The two school girls. Two little girls came home from school one day carrying on a very lively discussion. Their animatio

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Matt. 7:1-5....

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1. What was wrong in the action of the two little school girls? 2. Why is it wrong to find fault, and to criticize? 3. What did Jesus say about the mote and the beam? 4. Explain Jesus's saying, "Judge not that ye be not judged." 5. Show that it is the spirit of fault finding that is sinful, rather than the act. 6. Who is most injured: the man who criticizes or the man who is criticized? JERUSALEM FROM THE MOUNT OF OLIVES, From a Photograph JERUSALEM FROM THE MOUNT OF OLIVES, From a Photograph TH

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Matt. 18:15-17. Matt. 5:43-48. Matt. 18:21-35. Matt. 7:12....

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1. Why could not Jesus be content to teach merely "don't"? 2. Of what does the doctrine of reconciliation consist? 3. What is the proper attitude of a citizen of the kingdom toward his fellow-citizens? 4. How often should one forgive an offender? 5. How does the parable of the unforgiving servant show why we should forgive our fellowmen? 6. What should be the attitude of a citizen of the kingdom toward his enemies? 7. What is the meaning of tolerance? 8. Show how the Golden Rule may be made to e

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Luke 10:25-37. Doc. and Cov. 59:5, 6. Lev. 19:18. Doc. and Cov. 82:19....

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1. What more must men do besides withholding judgment and observing the golden rule? 2. Explain the lesson of Abou Ben Adhem. 3. What did the lawyer seek of Jesus? 4. What conclusion was forced, upon the lawyer by the story of the Good Samaritan? 5. How was this story a complete answer? 6. Why did it silence further questioning? 7. What does Jesus's admonition, "Go, and do thou likewise," imply? 8. How do these commandments affect us in the dispensation of the fulness of times? CHRIST IN THE HOM

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Mark 12:13-17. Doc. and Cov. 49:15. Matt. 17:24-27. Doc. and Cov. 134:1. Doc. and Cov. 64:23....

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1. What is the meaning of Aesop's fable? 2. Explain by means of the football squad how man can not live to himself. 3. What did Jesus teach concerning man's duty to the family? 4. What are a man's obligations to the state in which he lives? 5. What does a man owe to the church to which he belongs? 6. Why should the children of the Latter-day Saints be grateful above all other children? JESUS WASHING PETER'S FEET, Brown JESUS WASHING PETER'S FEET, Brown HE THAT EXALTETH HIMSELF The old law and th

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Luke 14:1, 7-14. Luke 18:28-30. Mark 10:31....

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1. What is the difference between the Old Law and the New in the teaching about acts and motives? 2. Show that the teaching of Jesus is psychologically correct. 3. Illustrate the process of the action growing from the thought by some instance other than that of the cigarette smoker. 4. What was the attitude of Jesus toward the doctrine of material rewards? 5. How does the question of motive affect this doctrine? 6. Discuss the parable of the Wedding Feast. 7. Why is it well to do good where ther

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Matt. 20:1-16. Luke 17:7-11. Matt. 23:23....

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1. On what terms were the laborers of the parable employed in the vineyard? 2. How can you justify the paying of the same wage to the laborers who were employed at the eleventh hour as to those who worked all day? 3. What is the application of the lesson of this parable to man's daily work? 4. What is its application to Church service? 5. How shall we know when our service is sufficient and adequate? 6. Why did Jesus condemn the scribes and the Pharisees? 7. Show that extra service is a privileg

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Mark 3:7-12 Matt. 8:5-10, 13. Mark 4:33-41. John 11:1-44. Mark 6:1-6....

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1. What kind of man was Jesus physically? 2. What kind of man was Jesus spiritually? 3. What quality made Jesus a great leader? 4. What was the condition of Galilee—and all Palestine—at the time of Jesus? 5. How did Jesus manifest His divine power? 6. Describe some miracles wrought by Jesus. 7. Why is it surprising that all Palestine did not believe in Him, and accept Him? 8. What principle did Jesus teach concerning a prophet in his own country? 9. Why could Jesus do no mighty work in His own c

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Mark 3:22-26. Matt. 12:38, 39. Doc. and Cov. 45:8. Doc. and Cov. 42:48-52. James 5:14, 15....

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1. What questions are aroused by the reading of the miracles performed by Jesus? 2. How did the scribes explain Jesus's miracle-working power? 3. What was the answer of Jesus? 4. How can it be shown that the universe is ruled by law? 5. Explain the miracle of the telephone? 6. What other miraculous achievements have been made by science? 7. How does a miracle differ from one of these achievements of science? 8. Show that it is no more difficult to believe in one of the miracles than in one of th

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Mark 2:20. 1 Cor. 15:19-23. Luke 12:49-53. John 1:29. Mark 8:31-35. Rev. 13:8. Mark 10:38-41. 2 Nephi 2:22-26. Matt. 16:28. Doc. and Cov. 19:16-19....

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1. Why could not the disciples think that Jesus would be killed? 2. Show how Jesus foreknew His death. 3. How was Jesus's death necessary to satisfy the law of sacrifice? 4. What was the real significance of the death of Jesus? 5. From what does the death of Jesus save the world? 6. How does the death of Jesus save? 7. Discuss the explanation given in 2nd Nephi. 8. Explain the attitude of Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane and after. 9. How did Jesus describe His sufferings to the Prophet Joseph

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Matt. 28:1-20. 1 Cor. 15:5-7. Mark 16:1-20. John 5:25. Luke 23:56-24:53. 1 Peter 3:18-20. John 20:1-21:25. 1 Peter 4:6. Philip 2:9-11. Alma 40:6-14....

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1. What was the nature of Christ's resurrection? 2. What evidence can you adduce to prove that Jesus was actually resurrected? 3. How can you prove that the resurrected body of Jesus was a tangible body of flesh and bones? 4. Where was the Spirit of Jesus while His body lay in the tomb? 5. What kind of place is paradise? 6. What Gospel privileges are extended to the dead? 7. What does the resurrection of Jesus mean to us? THE GOOD SHEPHERD, Plockhorst THE GOOD SHEPHERD, Plockhorst OTHER SHEEP Th

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Matt. 10:5-7. Acts 10:1-48. Matt. 13:23. Acts 13:44-49. John 4:21-23. John 10:14-16. Matt. 21:41-44. 3 Nephi 15:12-21. Matt. 12:14-21. Doc. and Cov. 50:44-46....

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1. What was the nature of the first commission to the twelve apostles? 2. What is the meaning of the parable of the leaven? 3. What did Jesus teach concerning the kingdom of God and the Gentiles? 4. What do we learn from the case of Cornelius? 5. What did Jesus say about "other sheep"? 6. What did the Nephites know about the coming of Jesus? 8. What promise has Jesus made to us? 7. What did Jesus tell the Nephites? COME UNTO ME ALL YE THAT LABOR, Bloch COME UNTO ME ALL YE THAT LABOR, Bloch OUR A

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Matt. 21:33-41. 1 Tim. 2:5, 6. 1 John 2:1.2. Rev. 11:15. Mark 16:19. John 14:1-3. Acts 7:56. Acts 1:11. Heb. 7:25. Mark 14:62. Rev. 8:34. Matt. 24:29,30. Mark 28:18. Mark 8:38. Doc. and Cov. 45:3-5....

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1. Interpret the parable of the householder and the wicked husbandmen. 2. What is the position of Jesus in heaven? 3. In what sense is Jesus our advocate with the Father? 4. What did Jesus mean by many mansions in His Father's house? 5. What power is given to Jesus? 6. How do we know that Jesus is to come again? 7. What is to happen when Jesus comes again? 8. In what way may we sense the nearness of Jesus? THE ASCENSION, Biermann THE ASCENSION, Biermann THE LIVING CHRIST Jesus the living Christ.

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Doc. and Cov. 76:11-24. Luke 2:10, 11, 14....

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THE QUESTIONS

1. In what sense is Jesus the Living Christ? 2. To what does Napoleon testify? 3. Upon what is John Locke's conviction based? 4. What did Emerson and Webster say of Jesus? 5. What truth does Kant derive from the life of Jesus? 6. Why should the Latter-day Saints have exceptional testimonies of Jesus? 7. How can you show that the Latter-day Saints do have exceptionally strong testimonies of Jesus? 8. What is the powerful "Testimony last of all"? 9. What do the teachings of Jesus mean to us? 10. E

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THE REFERENCES

Mark 6:30-44. John 6:22-35....

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THE QUESTIONS

1. What is the bread that endures unto everlasting life? 2. What did Jesus leave with the apostles? 3. How did the apostles carry on the work of Jesus? 4. What happened to the Church after the apostles had passed away? 5. How was the Gospel of Jesus Christ restored to the earth? 6. Why will Mormonism ultimately conquer the world? 7. In what sense is Mormonism a comprehensive religion? 8. Show that Mormonism is what Jesus taught....

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Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.—Eccl. 12:13.

Abel, occupation, 197 ; offering accepted, 198 ; slain by Cain, 199 . Abou Ben Adhem, 221 . Abram, Abraham, 21 ; strove to find God, 21 ; seized by idolatrous priests, 21 ; God delivered and spoke to him, 21 ; learns to know God; father of Isaac and grandfather of Jacob who served God; from them sprang the Children of Israel, 22 ; wavered not, 101 . Adam was like us, 23 ; taught by an angel, 24 . Aesop, fable of, 227 . Alms should be given in secret, 85 . Anger, fruits of, 199-200 . Apostasy, 32

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