3/2/2016 Revelation Flashcards
What is the spirit of revelation?
The Spirit speaking to your mind and your heart (D&C 8:2-3)
Identify some of the ways the Spirit speaks to the mind.
Ideas, logical (makes sense), enlightenment, remembrance, discernment, optimistic, positive thinking
Identify some of the ways the Spirit speaks to the heart.
love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance.
In striking a balance between agency and inspiration, what is expected of us in terms of our agency?
you must study it out in your mind to reach the conclusion you believe is right, then seek confirmation through the prayer of faith.
Oliver Cowdery was counseled to ask in faith. What implication did that counsel have for Oliver Cowdery and for all of us?
“Behold, you have not understood; you have supposed that I would give it unto you, when you took no thought save it was to ask me.
But, behold, I say unto you, that you must study it out in your mind; then you must ask me if it be right”
In seeking revelation to confirm a decision we have made, what should we feel if our conclusion is right? What will follow if our conclusion is wrong?
Right= feeling of rightness, wrong=stupor of thought, confusion, darkness, anxiety
Revelation almost always comes, Elder Holland said, when?
in response to a question, usually an urgent question—not always, but usually
Elder Holland described three lessons we can learn from the example of Moses parting the Red Sea. What were they?
Questions Often Precede Revelation
Do Not Fear
God Will Help Us
What is the Light of Christ?
An influence given to every man, discern what is good, conscience
What is the spirit of revelation?
The Holy Ghost who speaks to both mind and heart
Describe the four parts of the revelatory process discussed in class?
- Study it out in your mind, doing everything you can to reach the conclusion you believe is right
- Seek confirmation of your decision in prayer (faith)
- If your decision is right, you will have a feeling that it is right.
- If your decision is wrong, you will have a stupor of thought.
Sometimes when two individuals are seeking revelation about marriage, they receive different answers. How would you explain that?
Maybe the one could have been right for the other, but not vice versa (a person right for multiple callings but can only have one)
What should you do if others, including parents, do not agree with the revelation you feel you have received?
Keep an open communication and sit them down to talk with it
