Exam 1 Flashcards
What two things happen to you when you raise your hand to answer a question or to comment in class?
(1) allow the Spirit to motivate (inspire) you to act and (2) to lead you to and teach you how to recognize spiritual promptings.”
If you want to improve your ability to recognize the Spirit, what three things must you do?
It is through the repeated process
of (1) feeling impressions, (2) recording them, and (3) obeying them that you learn to better recognize the Spirit.”
What is a doctrine?
Doctrine: An eternal, unchanging truth revealed by a loving Heavenly Father, that pertains to our exaltation
Identify three characteristics of true doctrine.
- While our understanding of doctrine may change (evolve), the doctrines themselves do not change.
- Doctrines motivate behavior and change.
- Doctrines answer “why” questions and, if lived, will deepen our discipleship.
What is a gospel principle?
A gospel principle is a doctrinally based guideline for the righteous exercise of moral agency
Identify two characteristics of gospel principles.
- Principles are applicable to a wide variety of circumstances, but are situation-specific. In other words, how we apply a true principle may be different from one situation to the next.
- Principles make decisions clear even under the most difficult or confusing circumstances.
What does it mean to “ponder”?
Ponder = to meditate, to deliberate, to mentally give weight to something.
Name three blessings of pondering.
(1) Pondering invites revelation
(2) Pondering can bring physical and spiritual healing
(3) Pondering facilitates conversion
What does Genesis 1 suggest were the most important creations of God?
Man and woman
Genesis 2 tells us that Eve was created to be a “helpmeet” for Adam. What is the meaning of the word “helpmeet?” (see footnote)
IE a helper suited to, worthy of, or corresponding to him.
3.We might ask, “Why did God want us to come to earth and why does He want us to become like Him?” How did Lehi answer that question in 2 Nephi 2?
SO that we would be free to choose eternal life and freedom
Name the five saving ordinances of the gospel.
Baptism, Receiving the Gift of the Holy Ghost, Melchizedek Priesthood (for men), the tem-ple endowment, and the marriage sealing.
Elder Hales identified three ways Satan is working to destroy the sanctity of the family. Name them.
a) demeaning the importance of the role of men and women
b) encourage moral uncleanliness and violations of the sacred law of chastity
c) discourage parents from placing the bearing and rearing of children as one of their highest priorities
In the King Follett discourse, Joseph Smith taught four essential truths about the nature of God. What are they?
Essential Truth #1: “It is the first principle of the Gospel to know for a certainty the character of God
Essential Truth #2: “If we do not comprehend the character of God we cannot comprehend our own character.”
Essential truth #3: “If we do not comprehend the character of God we cannot comprehend anything that is past.”
Essential Truth #4:
“If we do not comprehend the character of God we cannot understand anything that is
to come.”
Define agency using the 3 “R’s” discussed in class.
Right to choose(gift), Responsibility to choose (to act upon eternal law), Results of our choices (accountability)
Identify two principles associated with the “right to choose.”
Principle #1: The right to choose is the right to choose which influence (God or Satan) we want in our lives.
Principle #2: If we choose to be obedient, we will be free to know more, to feel more, to do more, and to become more.
What did Elder Scott say is the difference between making decisions based upon circumstance or making decisions based upon eternal truth?
“Decisions based upon eternal truth are centered in doing what is right, not in first deciding what we want. Choosing to do what the Lord has defined as right will, in the long run, always lead to the best outcomes. However, that pattern may require you to set aside something you very much desire now for a greater future good.”
What is President Monson’s formula for making good choices?
Fill your minds with truth. (Think)
Fill your hearts with love. (Feel)
Fill your lives with service. (Do)
Elder Christofferson said the Lord does not promise to spare us from adversity, even if we are keeping all of His commandments. But what two things does he promise the obedient?
(1) preserve and console us in our afflictions and to
(2) consecrate them for our gain
At what did Elder Dallin Oaks say Satan’s most strenuous opposition is directed?
The family
True or False: The Fall of Adam and Eve was planned
Foreordained yes, predetermined no (true)
How did Elder Dallin Oaks differentiate between a sin and a transgression?
Sin-inherently wrong
Transgression-wrong because it was formally prohibited
Name the three pillars of eternity.
Creation, Fall, Atonement of Jesus Christ
Differentiate between spirit creation, spiritual creation, and physical creation.
Spirit creation: formation of our spirit bodies by our heavenly parents(premortality)
Spiritual creation: formation of our immortal bodies not yet subject to death(garden of eden) or never again subject to death (postmortality
Physical creation: formation of a physical, mortal body to house our spirit (mortality)
What was the primary purpose of the Creation (and the Fall, the Atonement, and the Restoration)?
To fill the earth DC 49:16
Name, in correct order, the six components in the Romance pyramid
1) Friendship 2)Time 3)Understanding 4) Respect 5) Restraint 6)Romance
Name three lessons we learn from the doctrine of the Creation.
Lesson 1: the creation, as well as fall and the atonement of Jesus Christ were all part of an overall plan to unite and exalt families
Lesson 2: the creation followed an inspired order.
Lesson 3. We know the earth was created by faith.