yemustbebornagain

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1. YE MUST BE BORN AGAIN GOSPEL DOCTRINE JOHN 2-4
2. THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS UPON ME MATTHEW 4; LUKE 4-5 ▸ Temptations of Christ: “The Inconvenient Messiah” by Jeffery R. Holland ▸ Christ’s Invitation to Peter (and to all of us): 1. “Thrust out a little” (vs 3) 2. “Launch out into the deep” (vs 4) 3. “Let down your nets” Peters faith “NEVERTHELESS” Have you had a nevertheless moment? 4. “Follow Me” (Matt 4:19-20) Straightway leaves to follow the Savior. “Men and women who turn their lives over to God will discover that He can make a lot more out of their lives than they can” (Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson [2014], 42)
3. OUR LIVES ARE CHANGED AS WE FOLLOW JESUS CHRIST JOHN 2:1-11 ▸ The wedding at Cana “The beginning of Miracles” Eyewitness Account: Jon Hyatt ▸ Takeaway>1. Respect for his mother and women 2. Jesus has the power to change whatever he touches (water in dirty pots to sweetest wine ever tasted) 3. This experience is a type or shadow of what will happen at the end of Jesus’ ministry (Save the best for last) 4. Invitation to all (no one is left out of this party) 6 firkins of water 120+gallons of wine. ▸ How has Jesus changed you? ▸ Whatsoever He saith unto you...DO IT! Elder L. Whitney Clayton
4. WE MUST BE BORN AGAIN TO ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD. JOHN 3:1–21 ▸ Who is Nicodemus? John 3:1 A ruler of the Sanhedrin, comes to Jesus by night, will defend him to the Pharisees (John 7:50) and later brings spices to his burial (John 19:30) What inspired him to follow Jesus? ▸ Eye Witness: Andy Hogan ▸ Being Born Again: (The Birth Of A Child) “Being born again comes by the Spirit of God through ordinances” (Teachings of the Presidents of the Church Joseph Smith [2007] 95) Born of water and of the spirit. (Could the reference to the wind be related to the spirit?). Where does it come and go? Intensity and direction. Greek translation of wind=spirit. ▸ References on being born again. (Pickles) Elder Bednar “Ye Must Be Born Again” GC 4/2007, Elder Oaks “Have You Been Saved?” GC 4/1999, Elder Christofferson “Born Again” GC 4/2008 ▸ How can these things be?
5. JESUS CHRIST OFFERS US LIVING WATER JOHN 4:4-30 ▸ Must needs go through Samaria (see map #11). Tiring trip 40ish miles. Where has Jesus “must needs go” for you? ▸ Lessons from the woman at the well> 1. Jesus’ teaching moments can come when we are doing the “ordinary daily grind” 2. He knows who we are, and comes to us anyway 3. Jesus uses ways to teach us with things that are familiar 4. He allows us the opportunity to understand our needs 5. Sometimes we leave what we initially think we need with something better (“then left her water pot” 4:29) “Here we view one of the most human scenes of the Master’s whole ministry. The Lord of heaven, who created and controls all things, having made clay his tabernacle, is physically tired, weary, hungry, and thirsty following his long journey from Judea. He who had power to grow food and drink from the elements, who could have transported himself at will to any location, sought rest and refreshment at Jacobs well. In all things he was subjecting himself to the proper experiences of mortality.” (McConkie, Doctrinal New Testament Commentary 1:151).
6. THE SAVIOR’S PROMISE TO THAT WOMAN EXTENDS TO ALL OF OUR HEAVENLY FATHER’S CHILDREN. BY LIVING THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST, WE DEVELOP WITHIN OURSELVES A LIVING SPRING THAT WILL QUENCH ETERNALLY OUR THIRST FOR HAPPINESS, PEACE, AND EVERLASTING LIFE. THE LORD EXPLAINS CLEARLY IN THE DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS THAT ONLY FAITHFUL OBEDIENCE CAN TAP THE WELL OF LIVING WATER THAT REFRESHES AND ENLIVENS OUR SOULS: “BUT UNTO HIM THAT KEEPETH MY COMMANDMENTS I WILL GIVE THE MYSTERIES OF MY KINGDOM, AND THE SAME SHALL BE IN HIM A WELL OF LIVING WATER, SPRINGING UP UNTO EVERLASTING LIFE.” Jospeh B. Wirthlin “Living Water to Quench Spiritual Thirst” GC 4/1995
7. UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN..... ▸ To inspire class members to read Matthew 5 and Luke 6, tell them that these chapters contain what President Joseph Fielding Smith called “the greatest [sermon] that was ever preached, so far as we know” (Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Fielding Smith [2013], 234). ▸ To inspire class members to read Matthew 6–7 during the coming week, you could tell them that President Harold B. Lee called the Sermon on the Mount “the constitution for a perfect life” (Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Harold B. Lee [2000], 200).