Romans

Unit 1, Choice 1 #3

-          A list of peoples sins in Romans 1:21-32

Glorified not God, ingratitude, vain, darkened heart, professing to be wise, changed that image of God into something ordinary, uncleanly, dishonorable, lied, vile affections, homosexuality, adultery, unable to stand test, unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness, full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity, backbiters, hate, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobey parents, covenantbreakers, implacable, unmerciful, pleasure in sin

-          Highlighted are the ones that are still a problem today

-          Reason for these sins:

They thought not of God even when they knew Him and just focused on their own carnal needs

its seems in these verses that the further that these people got into sin and the forgot about God, the further “God gave them up to a retrobate.” God is bound by the law and will not give us blessings when we are going against God and so these people were just doing more and more sin because they were searching for pleasure and happiness.

-          In verse 25 when it says that the people “worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator,” this means that the people worshiped Things and items because they no longer looked to God for guidance or direction, but instead they looked to their own knowledge and carnal senses to determine happiness for themselves.

Unit 2 Choice 1 # 2

What did Paul teach in each verse that would lead that people to Salvation?

Romans 12: 1-be a living sacrifice unto God for service

2- do not be conformed to the world, but instead be transformed by renewing your mind to the will of God

9-love unconditionally, hate evil, cleave to good

13- give freely what is yours

16- be no respecter of persons, be not prideful

21- overcome evil with good

13:1- lift up others by the powers of God

3- do that which is good

8-love thy neighbor

9- don’t commit adultery, don’t kill, don’t steal, don’t bear false witness, don’t covet, love thy neighbor as thyself

1 Corr- Galations

Unit 1 Choice 4

Paul was an Apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ, and with this, he was also a missionary, friend and leader to all those he encountered. He had the responsibility to “take upon himself the name of Christ,” as do all Disciples of Christ, but then to take Christ to the whole world. This was is mission and hope for each and every day! I preached the gospel of Jesus Christ in each conversation he had, never forgetting his purpose for a second,  and then never forgot about those that he taught by writing them letters to make sure that they are on the straight and narrow path.

Paul taught me in these verses that I need to actually KNOW the people around me. Know their circumstances and challenges so that I can relate to them and then give them hope with the gospel of Jesus Christ. By doing this, others will be persuaded to know the truth and to do good because they will see that God knows them and their circumstances and that he is always providing ways to progress in this life and to be happy.

-In order to complete this assignment I read all the readings and then pondered about the questions that I needed to answer

- I decided to choose this choice because I LOVE verses 24-26 in this chapter and so I wanted to gain further insight on this chapter

-the best part of this assignment was that the questions were broad so that I could answer freely and one thing that could change would be that there could be more background to this chapter given.

Unit 2 Choice 1 #5

In these verses the Lord consoles Paul by telling him that it is okay that he isn’t perfect. I love it when the Lord says, “for when I am weak, than am I strong.” If we didn't have weakness, then we couldn't understand growth and how we become strong.

In Mosiah 24: 13-14 we see another example how the Lord visited his people and comforted them in times of trial. “He eased their burdens so that they could not feel them” but did not take away their trials all together so that they could “stand as a witness for God” This experience helps and comforts me in times of trial because I know that God loves me and will has never forgotten me when I’m going through trials, but that he is putting his trust in me that he is confident that I will make it through and grow from each trail.

-          To complete this assignment I read all the readings and pondered on the stories I read

-          I decided on this choice because I am going through some hard trials right now and I thought that this would help me

-          I liked that you gave us the scripture in Mosiah to compare to 2 Corr. but I wished that there would have been more examples  

Unit 1 Choice 1

List several Themes of the Book of Acts – Acts 1-8, 10-12 & Bible Dictionary entry “Acts of the Apostles”

Twelve Apostles bear witness of Jesus Christ throughout all lands

Testify of Jesus Christ’s Resurrection

Teach of the Holy Ghost

Teach of how to gain salvation

Perform Miracles with the power of the Priesthood

Testify of the Apostasy

Teach the gospel by witnesses

Baptize and give the Gift of the Holy Ghost

Preach to everyone (not only the Jews)

Establish the Church wherever the apostles went

• In order to complete this assignment I read in all the headings of the above chapters and wrote down specific things that the apostles did in Acts.
• I decided to do this assignment because I had a desire to know what the main reasons were for having Acts be in the Bible and what made Acts different from  the other books in the Bible.
• I think the best thing about this assignment was having to read just from the chapter headings. When you just read chapter after chapter you sometimes can miss the big picture of what is going on in Acts and so this assignment opened my mind to the important themes found within. This assignment could be improved by us having to read an excerpt from a current apostle about what he thinks the themes of Acts are and why they are important

Unit 2 Choice 1 #2

1.       By fasting and praying, the Lord will give you personal revelation about how you can be happy .

2.       Remember that you have had hands laid upon your head by priesthood holders who set you apart to be a missionary. With that blessing, the Lord recognized you and blessed you with special abilities to be a successful missionary. He trusts you!

3.       As a missionary, you have been blessed to have a companion and as well as other missionaries within you mission to help and support you. Just as Saul had Barnabas and John, they are able to help to give relief and to lift you up during troubled times. The Lord loves his missionaries and so he set up a perfect system to help us to be happy so use his system!

·         In completing this assignment, I read through verses and picked our key words and phrases within to help me to find doctrine that would motivate a missionary.

·         I chose to do this assignment because I have cousins on missions and so I wanted to find some uplifting words of wisdom that I could give them.

·         The best thing about this assignment was that it got me to really think and apply these 5 verses. While reading those verses previously, I did not and probably would have ever thought to apply those scriptures for guidance in that situation. Helps me to remember that I need to be pondering and really “feasting” upon the scriptures. This assignment could be improved by having several scenarios that I could relate the same scriptures to. 

Stephen's Example

I love Stephen’s final words because they represent his faith in the Lord Jesus Christ by his boldness and courage to share his testimony to the wicked. He testifies of their apostasy and dissention from the word of the Lord and even boldly calls them “betrayers and murderers” since they “received the law by the disposition of angles, and have not kept it.” I know that even at this time, when Stephen was pretty fired up, he still said the things that the Lord would have him say because his words were filled with the spirit for they “cut to the heart.”

In Acts 7: 55-60 we learn that the Godhead is made of the 3 separate personages: God the Father, His son Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost. We know this because as Stephen recalls, he was “filled with the Holy Ghost,” as he “looked up steadfastly into heaven and saw the glory of God AND Jesus.” I know that Stephan’s account of seeing the God and Jesus Christ is true because as I read this passage I am also filled with the Holy Ghost. Stephen’s account also helps us to know that God the Father and Jesus Christ have physical bodies due to the fact that he actually saw them.

In comparing Stephen’s death to Abinadi’s in the Book of Mormon

Similarities:

·         Killed for their unwavering belief in Jesus Christ

·         Both cried to God before their death unto God to have their spirits be received by him

·         Both would not deny the commandments of God

Differences:

·         King Noah at first did not want to kill Abinadi where everyone wanted to kill Stephen

·         Abinadi died by fie and Stephen was stoned

·         Before death Abinadi placed a curse that others would die and he had and before Stephen’s death he asked to have their sins be not upon their heads

Both of these men’s testimonies impact me each time I read them because of their unwavering faith in the God’s Plan for his children. Neither of these men ever were hostile in anyway, but were continuous examples of what it means to take upon ourselves Christ’s name.  They show me that no matter how hard our trials may be, the Lord is on our side and that the best prize that this life has to offer is in the next life to come!