Perfecting the Saints — One Lesson at a Time
Downloaded from: http://brosimonsays.wordpress.com/2013/03/09/1-corinthians-1-2-a-voice-of-warning-its-all-greek-to-me/ What did it mean if someone called you a Corinthian? Corinth of Paul’s time was not the ancient Greek city but rather a Roman colony founded by decree of Julius Caesar in 44 B.C. on the ancient site, which had lain virtually desolate for more than a century. Its new population initially consisted of freedmen […]
Downloaded from: http://brosimonsays.wordpress.com/2013/03/09/romans-14-16-strengthening-your-weakest-link/ ELDER DALLIN H. OAKS: “As a General Authority, it is my responsibility to preach general principles. When I do, I don’t try to define all the exceptions. There are exceptions to some rules. For example, we believe the commandment is not violated by killing pursuant to a lawful order in an armed conflict. But don’t ask me to give an opinion on your exception. I only teach…
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Downloaded from: http://brosimonsays.wordpress.com/2013/03/09/romans-13-how-to-stay-out-of-trouble-3-ls/ ELDER DALLIN H. OAKS: “The love of God does not supersede His laws and His commandments, and the effect of God’s laws and commandments does not diminish the purpose and effect of His love…. If anyone thinks that godly or parental love for an individual grants the loved one license to disobey the law, he or she does not understand either love or law.”
Downloaded from: http://brosimonsays.wordpress.com/2013/03/09/romans-12-pauls-ehow-for-dis-covering-the-saint-in-you/ PRESIDENT HOWARD W. HUNTER: “The word saint does not mean that any of us is perfect. What it does mean is that we are all trying, all serving, and all vowing to stand firm in the faith.” ELDER QUENTIN L. COOK: “The word saint in Greek denotes ‘set apart, separate, [and] holy.’ If we are to be Saints in our day, we need to separate ourselves from evil conduct and destructive pursuits…
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Downloaded from: http://brosimonsays.wordpress.com/2013/03/09/romans-9-11-election-of-grace-who-is-real-israel/ President Boyd K. Packer: “The Lord is voting for me, and Lucifer is voting against me, but it is my vote that counts” In October of 1997 Elder Neal A. Maxwell visited our campus to speak in a devotional. Sister Bednar and I provided transportation to and from the Idaho Falls airport for Elder and Sister Maxwell, and we hosted them in our home for lunch. The time…
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Downloaded from: http://brosimonsays.wordpress.com/2013/03/08/romans-7-8-remarried-and-adopted-bad-or-good-news/ President David O. McKay: ”The greatest battles of life are fought within the silent chambers of our own souls.” He wasn’t of particularly august origins. His natural father was a local from a town north of Rome, so he really didn’t have any great connections. He had met Caesar once. Caesar had obviously been impressed about some qualities that he saw in the young man for he adopted him…
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Downloaded from: http://brosimonsays.wordpress.com/2013/02/26/romans-5-6-oneonewon/ “Just as a man does not really desire food until he is hungry, so he does not desire the salvation of Christ until he knows why he needs Christ. No one adequately and properly knows why he needs Christ until he understands and accepts the doctrine of the Fall and its effect upon all mankind” (President Ezra Taft Benson in Conference Report, Apr. 1987, 106; or Ensign,…
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This was a short week due to the President’s day holiday, but we were able to do 8 chapters. From now on the material is going to go faster and faster. So far I don’t think that we are having any problems keeping up on the reading. I did some averaging last week, and our daily reading is 96%. That means that on an average day, 15.36 out of 16…
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I will use this worksheet with our study of Acts 21 and Acts 22 tomorrow. It is a worksheet based loosely on the lesson in the NT Seminary manual. I altered it to demonstrate that students in our class are also preparing for missions right now in ways they may not have considered. I am using it as independant work while I give out report cards and meet with…
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Downloaded from: http://brosimonsays.wordpress.com/2013/02/16/acts-27-28-making-dating-smooth-sailing-from-first-date-to-eternal-mate/ “There is definitely a time …for associations [FriendSHIP], for the date [RelationSHIP], and even for the steady date [CourtSHIP] that will culminate in the romance which will take young people to the holy temple for eternal marriage [Paradise]. But it is the timing that is so vital. It is wrong to do even the right things at the wrong time in the wrong place under the wrong…
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