Eternal Family-1

Question 1

• What happened on Buttermilk?

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Answer 1

Ogletree’s horse, rode through town with dad driving behind, he never rode again. Didn’t receive any instruction…. Many YSA don’t receive any instruction before marriage.

Question 2

What did Elder David B. Haight recommend for marital preparation?
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Answer 2

“Fewer marriages would become troubled, and more would be happier, if couples visited a warm-hearted bishop or counselor who could suggest ways to avoid pitfalls, and who could encourage them to thoughtfully use self-discipline and needed restraint and develop the loving attribute of unselfishness.” -David B. Haight

Question 3

What are the origins of the book, First Comes Love?

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Answer 3

From a Prestonwood baptist church pamphlet.

Question 4

Percentages: What percentage of people in our country marry by the age of 50?
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Answer 4

90% marry by age 50

Question 5

What is the current divorce rate?

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Answer 5

40-50% of married couples in the US end up divorcing

Question 6

What is the average age of marriage for men and women today?

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Answer 6

Men–29

Women–27

Question 7

What percentage of children today are born out of wedlock?

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Answer 7

40% of all births are out of wedlock

Question 8

Dr. Carlfred Broderick said that the roughest contact sport in America is ____________

Answer 8

Marriage

Question 9

• President Ezra Taft Benson taught that the family is the cornerstone of __________ and the rock foundation of the ___________.
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Answer 9

Cornerstone of civilization
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Rock of foundation of the Chruch

Question 10

According to Elder Boyd K. Packer, what is Satan’s ultimate purpose regarding the family?
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Answer 10

It is to “disrupt, disturb, and destroy the home and the family.”

Question 11

Bishop Victor L. Brown taught that Satan’s ultimate goal is to _____________.
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Answer 11

“…to destroy the family, beause if he would destroy the family, he will not just have won the battle; he will have won the war.”

Question 12

How did the Roman Empire fall?

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Answer 12

1. The breakdown of the family and rapid increase of divorce
2. The spiraling rise of taxes and extravagant spending
3. The mounting craze for pleasure and the brutalization of sports.
4. The decay of religion into many confused forms of worship, leaving the people without a uniform guide.

“in short, the fall of the Roman Empire resulted from breakdowns of the nuclear family, of financial discipline, of morality, and of religious traditions. “

Question 13

According to the graphic on “Family Structure,” what percentage of families today have two parents, and the father works while the mother stays home?
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Answer 13

In 2012, only 22% of families had two parents, with only the father employed.

Question 14

What percentage of American’s believe that marriage is becoming obsolete?
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Answer 14

40%

Question 15

What city in America has the highest percentage of adults between 25-34 who are married? What city in America has the highest percentage of “never married” adults?
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Answer 15

Married: Fort Worth, TX 51.6%

Never Married: San Francisco, CA 82.0%

Question 16

According to the U.S. Census, what percentage of American’s identify themselves as being “straight”?
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Answer 16

96.6% straight

Question 17

What is the magic replacement fertility rate?

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Answer 17

2.1

Question 18

President Spencer W. Kimball taught that “Society without basic family life is without foundation and will ______________.”
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Answer 18

“Society… will disintegrate into nothingness”

Question 19

President Kimball also prophesied that in the last days, only those who believe deeply and actively in the family _______________.
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Answer 19

“…will be able to preserve their families in the midst of the gather evil around us.”

Question 20

What role will you play in preserving the family?

Answer 20

Generation that will save the family.
World will come to us for help.
Family is safe within the church

Question 21

• “As man now is, God __________.”

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Answer 21

“God once was. As God is, man may become” Joseph Fielding Smith

Question 22

Joseph Smith taught that if we don’t comprehend the character of God, then it would be impossible to comprehend ___________.
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Answer 22

Themselves.

Question 23

Elder Erastus Snow taught that “There can be no God except he is composed of __________.”
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Answer 23

“…he is composed of the man and woman united, and there is not in all the eternities that exist or ever will be a God in any other way”

Question 24

What Does Genesis 1:26-27 teach about the plurality of Gods?

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Answer 24

it teaches that God made male and female in his own image….. Elohim is plural and suggests man and woman, making it possible for both male and female to be made in the image of God.

Question 25

What do we teach about a “mother in Heaven”?

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Answer 25

“The Mormons believe that all men were born in the spirit world of the union of the sexes, having a literal father and a literal mother before coming to this world, that the spirits are just the same in appearance as the body, that God is a married Being, has a wife at least, as Jeremiah said the angels were offering incense to the queen of heaven.
“The Latter-day Saints believe that God is an exalted Man, and that we are the offspring of Him and His wife” (President George Q. Cannon, Gospel Truth: Discourses and Writings of President George Q. Cannon, 102; as cited in, Salt Lake Herald, Apr. 15, 1884).

“We are the offspring of God. He is our Father, and we have a mother in the other life as well” (President Lorenzo Snow, Teachings of Lorenzo Snow, 16; see also Conference Report, October 1898, 56).

“God is a married being, has a wife….We are the offspring of Him and His wife” (President George Q. Cannon, as cited in “A Mother There: A Survey of Historical Teachings about Mother in Heaven, 20).

“All men and women are in the similitude of the universal father and mother, and are literally the sons and daughters of Deity” (The First Presidency: Joseph F. Smith, John R Winder, Anthon H. Lund, The Origin of Man: Messages of the First Presidency, 4:203).

“Logic and reason would certainly suggest that if we have a Father in Heaven, we have a Mother in Heaven. That doctrine rests well with me……However, in light of the instruction we have received from the Lord Himself, I regard it as inappropriate for anyone in the Church to pray to our Mother in Heaven” (President Gordon B. Hinckley, “Daughters of God,” General Conference, October 1991).

Question 26

Elder Dallin H. Oaks said that the purpose of mortal life is to prepare each of us to ___________.
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Answer 26

Become like Heavenly Father and heavenly Mother.

Question 27

According to Joseph F. Smith, what is our “grand object” in coming to this earth?
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Answer 27

“…is that we may become like Christ, for if we are not like him, we cannot become the sons of God, and the joint heirs with Christ.”

Question 28

What were our Heavenly Parents like?

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Answer 28

From the 3rd Lecture on Faith:

• 12. From the foregoing testimonies we learn the following things respecting the character of God:
      
      13. First, that he was God before the world was created, and the same God that he was after it was created.
      14. Secondly, that he is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, abundant in goodness, and that he was so from everlasting, and will be to everlasting.
      15. Thirdly, that he changes not, neither is there variableness with him; but that he is the same from everlasting to everlasting, being the same yesterday, today, and for ever; and that his course is one eternal round, without variation.
      16. Fourthly, that he is a God of truth and cannot lie.
      17. Fifthly, that he is no respecter of persons: but in every nation he that fears God and works righteousness is accepted of him.
      18. Sixthly, that he is love.
      19. An acquaintance with these attributes in the divine character, is essentially necessary, in order that the faith of any rational being can center in him for life and salvation. For if he did not, in the first instance, believe him to be God, that is, the Creator and upholder of all things, he could not center his faith in him for life and salvation, for fear there should be greater than he who would thwart all his plans, and he, like the gods of the heathen, would be unable to fulfill his promises; but seeing he is God over all, from everlasting to everlasting, the Creator and upholder of all things, no such fear can exist in the minds of those who put their trust in him, so that in this respect their faith can be without wavering.
      20. But secondly; unless he was merciful and gracious, slow to anger, long-suffering and full of goodness, such is the weakness of human nature, and so great the frailties and imperfections of men, that unless they believed that these excellencies existed in the divine character, the faith necessary to salvation could not exist; for doubt would take the place of faith, and those who know their weakness and liability to sin would be in constant doubt of salvation if it were not for the idea which they have of the excellency of the character of God, that he is slow to anger and long-suffering, and of a forgiving disposition, and does forgive iniquity, transgression, and sin. An idea of these facts does away doubt, and makes faith exceedingly strong” (Lectures on Faith [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1985], 3:16.)

Question 29

How does the marriage covenant prepare us to become like our Heavenly Parents?

Answer 29

“marriage is not designed by our Heavenly Father to be merely an earthly union, but one that shall survive the vicissitudes of time, and endure for eternity, bestowing honor and joy in this world, glory and eternal lives in the worlds to come” (President Joseph F. Smith, Conference Report, April 1907, 7).

“Nothing will prepare mankind for glory in the kingdom of God as readily as faithfulness to the marriage covenant” (Joseph Fielding Smith, The Way to Perfection, 1970, 232).

“Without the sealing ordinances of temple marriage, man cannot achieve a godlike stature or receive a fullness of joy because the unmarried person is not a whole person, is not complete” (Hugh B. Brown, “The LDS Concept of Marriage,” Improvement Era, August 1962. 572).

“The whole subject of the marriage relation is not in my reach, nor in any other man’s reach on this earth. It is without beginning of days or end of years: it is a hard matter to reach.
…We can tell some things with regard to it: it lays the foundation for worlds, for angels, and for the Gods; for intelligent beings to be crowned with glory, immortality and eternal lives. In fact, it is the thread which runs from the beginning to the end of the holy Gospel of Salvation—of the Gospel of the Son of God; it is from eternity to eternity” (Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses, 2:90).

“When the power of endless increase shall come to us, and our offspring grow and multiply through ages that shall come, they will be in due time, as we have been, provided with an earth like this wherein they too may obtain earthly bodies and pass through all the experiences through which we have passed.” (Melvin J. Ballard, Crusader for Righteousness, 211-212).

Question 30

• According to President Ezra Taft Benson, what is the four-fold purpose of life?

Answer 30

o We come to this mortal life to receive a physical, mortal body. Without a body, we are limited in our progression.
o We came here to gain experience—experience with a physical, mortal world.
o The next purpose of life is to have an opportunity to prove ourselves (Abraham 3:25).
o This life is intended to provide an opportunity to help our Father in Heaven with His great plan, and we do that through honorable parenthood.

Question 31

What does D&C 130:2 mean when it comes to Eternal life?

Answer 31

“And that same sociality which exists among us here will exist among us there, only it will be coupled with eternal glory, which glory we do not now enjoy.”

Question 32

What is the role of Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost in the plan of Salvation?
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Answer 32

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Question 33

What is Satan’s role in disrupting the plan?

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Answer 33

He provides opposition in all things. He relentlessly assails and distorts the doctrines that matter most to us individually, to our families, and to the world.
o Destroy the sanctity of the family
o Demean the importance of the role of men and women
o Encourage moral uncleanliness and violations of the sacred law of chastity.
o To discourage parents from placing the bearing and rearing of children as one of their highest priorities.

Question 34

How do Latter-day Saints view Eve in her role in the Fall?

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Answer 34

“We celebrate Eve’s act and honor her wisdom and courage in the great episode called the fall….the act that produced the Fall was not a sin…but a transgression—wrong because it was formally prohibited.” Elder Dallin H. Oaks,

Question 35

What are the Three Pillars of Eternity, and how do they impact the family?

Answer 35

Creation, Fall, Atonement.

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Question 36

• President David O. McKay said, “Next to the bestowal of life itself, the right to direct that life is __________________.”

Answer 36

“…to direct that life is God’s greatest girt to man…Freedom of choice is more to be treasured than any possession earth can give.”

Question 37

• What happened in the Grand Council of Heaven pertaining to families?

Answer 37

a

Question 38

In the “War in Heaven?” what was Heavenly Father’s proposed plan?

Answer 38

a

Question 39

Do you believe that Satan’s plan was to force us to be good? Why or Why not?
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Answer 39

a

Question 40

Who was Jesus Christ in the pre-earth life?

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Answer 40

Jehovah, chosen and prepared to be the savior of all mankind. He was literally the firstborn son of God the father.

Question 41

Who was Satan in the pre-earth life?

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Answer 41

He was the son of the Morning. He wanted to be the MEssiah. He desired great power. His name is Lucifer which means “shining one” and “Lightbringer”

Question 42

What was Satan’s real plan?

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Answer 42

“Lucifer and his followers wanted salvation to come automatically to all who passed through mortality, without regard to individual preference, agency, or voluntary dedication”

In other words, another interpretation is that Satan proposed to save us all, no matter what we did. This would destroy agency by rendering it useless.

“Tradition has it that [Satan] proposed to force us to be righteous in order to provide universal salvation. But does that proposal stir up enough emotions to motivate billions to rebel against God? …Whatever the proposal was, it had to be something that stirred their emotions sufficiently to motivate them to rebel against an omniscient and omnipotent God. To a master deceiver, it is fairly easy to win a crowd. All you have to do is tell them what they want to hear” (Wright, Satan’s War on Agency, 51).

“Most people don’t want to be forced. As I see it, the real issue is that Lucifer would guarantee their salvation. He promised salvation without effort, without excellence, without hard work, without individual responsibility.” Robert J. Matthews

Question 43

What did President Lorenzo Snow teach about the gospel and our happiness?
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Answer 43

“Nothing is so beautiful as a person in a resurrected and glorified condition. There is nothing more lovely than to be in this condition and have our wives and children and friends with us.

“So long as we are faithful, nothing can prevent us from getting all the enjoyment that can be secured through prospects of this kind” (President Lorenzo Snow, Teachings of Lorenzo Snow, 62).

Question 44

What did Joseph F. Smith teach about meeting his children who died while still young?
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Answer 44

“I take consolation in the fact that I shall meet my children who have passed behind the veil; I have lost a number, and I have felt all that a parent can feel, I think, in the loss of my children.

“I have felt it keenly, for I love children, and I am particularly fond of the little ones, but I feel thankful to God for the knowledge of these principles, because now I have every confidence in his word and in his promise that I will possess in the future all that belongs to me, and my joy will be full.

“I will not be deprived of any privilege or any blessing that I am worthy of and that may be properly entrusted to me. But every gift, and every blessing that it is possible for me to become worthy of I shall possess, either in time or in eternity (Joseph F. Smith, Gospel Doctrine, 8th Edition, [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1949], 454).

Question 45

What did Joseph F. Smith teach about angels on the other side of the veil, and how they are connected to us?

Answer 45

“I believe we move and have our being in the presence of heavenly messengers and of heavenly beings.

“We are not separate from them….We are closely related to our kindred, to our ancestors…. who have preceded us into the spirit world.

“We can not forget them; we do not cease to love them; we always hold them in our hearts, in memory, and thus we are associated and united to them by ties that we cannot break….

“We live in their presence, they see us, they are solicitous for our welfare, they love us now more than ever.

“For now they see the dangers that beset us; …. Their love for us and their desire for our well being must be greater than that which we feel for ourselves” (President Joseph F. Smith, Gospel Doctrine, 430-431).

Question 46

• How did Jesus Christ make Eternal Marriage possible?

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Answer 46

The Atonement allows God’s children to be reconciled to him…cleansed from sin, sealed by the Holy Spirit of promise…..

“Jesus Christ took upon Himself the sins of the world and it is only through faith in Him and obedience to the laws and ordinances of His gospel that salvation and exaltation are possible (Alma 34:8).
“Because of the redeeming sacrifice of the Son of God, eternal families are possible.
“Without the Atonement, no one could live in God’s presence or inherit all He has, or be sealed for eternity.
“The Atonement allows God’s children to be reconciled to Him (Eph. 2:16); to be cleansed from all sin (D&C 76:52); to be sealed by the Holy Spirit of promise (D&C 76:53); to become gods (D&C 76:58) and receive all that God has (D&C 76:59); to be made perfect (D&C 76:69); and to dwell forever in the presence of God and Christ in the celestial kingdom as husbands and wives in eternal families” (D.K. Judd, G.L. Dorius, & D.C. Dollahite, “Families and the Great Plan of Happiness,” in Strengthening Our Families, 10).

Question 47

What does Matthew 7:24-29 as well as Helaman 5:12 teach us about Eternal Marriage? (See also 3 Nephi 14:24-27). .
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Answer 47

Foolish man hears the word of the Lord but didn’t listen. Wise man heard and obeyed. As we listen to modern council and scriptural teachings and personal revelation we will be built on a sure foundation in our family and marriage

“…[T]he storms of adversity, trying in difficulty, are going to descend upon every soul. All of us – the good, the bad, the rich, the poor, the humble, the haughty — are all going to have the rains of difficulty, the floods of disaster, the overhanging clouds testing faith, the winds and blasts of slander, of misrepresentation.
“Everybody is going to have those things. This is a part of life. The only ones whose houses will not fall will be those who have built their houses upon the rock” (Harold B. Lee, “The Glory of God Is Intelligence,” Address at BYU Leadership Week, 16 June 1953; emphasis added).

Question 48

According to Elder Holland, how should our priorities line out?
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Answer 48

1) our spiritual and physical selves.
2) Our Spouses
3) children
4) our church callings
5) our professional lives.
6) our civic responsibilities.

Question 49

Sister Marjorie Hinckley said that she would always be _________ in her husband’s life, and that was okay.
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Answer 49

second

Question 50

Stephen R. Covey taught that the unreal dilemma is the tension between _______ and _________.
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Answer 50

family centered life

church centered life

Question 51

What did Joseph Smith teach about marriage and family relationships?
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Answer 51

It is man’s duty to love, cherish, and nourish his wife, and cleave unto her and non else….it is his duty to be a man of God……………men and women should be companions, the nearest and dearest objects on earth in every sense of the word….. Joseph exhorted the sisters to… smile and mildness.

Question 52

President Howard W. Hunter taught that there is only one true test of greatness, and that is _____________.
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Answer 52

how closely ones “most clearly approaches the pattern of the Christ….how close a life can coe to being like the Master, Jesus Christ.”

Question 53

What is the lesson from “The Tale of Two Prophets?”

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Answer 53

Moses appointing a mouthpiece, and never improved his weakness of speech.

Enoch on the other hand, prayed and trusted in the lord and was blessed to be a great prophet.

(A Tale of Two Prophets, Rita Vernon, Brigham Young University–Idaho Devotional
June 3, 2003)

Question 54

Brigham Young taught that we should treat our families as an angel would __________.

Answer 54

“treat our families as an angel would treat them.”

Question 55

• Who was Ephraim Hanks and what lessons did he teach about following prophets?
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Answer 55

He was an early pioneer who followed Brigham Young’s suggestion to build his home walls twice as thick. His home survived a large flood a month later.

Brigham told him to shave his face… Ephraim did so. mustache (after a 2nd admonition).
Brigham said of him, “Here was a man always ready to lay down his life for the authorities of the Church as well as for the cause of Zion and her people.”

Question 56

Read D&C 21:4-5… “Thou shalt give heed unto _________ his words.”
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Answer 56

“Wherefore, meaning the church, thou shalt give heed unto all his words and commandments which he shall give unto you as he receiveth them, walking in all holiness before me; For his word ye shall receive, as if from mine own mouth, in all patience and faith” [D&C 21:4-­5]

Question 57

Elder Maxwell said, “We are to partake of all that is placed before us, including the ________.”
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Answer 57

….including the spinach, and to leave a clean plate!”

“Our relationship to living prophets is not one in which their sayings are a smorgasbord from which we may take only that which pleases us.
“We are to partake of all that is placed before us, including the spinach, and to leave a clean plate! (Elder Neal A. Maxwell, Things As They Really Are [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1978], 74; emphasis added).

Question 58

According to President Harold B. Lee, if we are not hearkening to inspired counsel, then ___________.
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Answer 58

We are slowly being deceived by Satan and coming into his power.

“Every soul today that is not hearkening unto the . . . inspired counsel that comes from the [Lord’s] leaders is being deceived by the power of Satan, and they are gradually coming to be in his power. . . . Satan never goes on vacation. He never sleeps” (Elder Harold B. Lee, Children’s Friend, June 1949, 254-55; emphasis added).

Question 59

President Harold B. Lee said that the trouble with too many members today is that they put _______ instead of periods after what the Lord says.
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Answer 59

“…they put question marks instead of periods after what the Lord says.”

Question 60

What is a prophet?

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Answer 60

A mortal man
Who is called by God
Who is given priesthood keys and authority to represent God
Who God uses to direct His work
Who God reveals eternal truths to – unknowable by any other means

“A true prophet is one who has the testimony of Jesus; one who knows by personal revelation that Jesus Christ is the Son of the living God, and that he was to be—or has been—crucified for the sins of the world; one to whom God speaks and who recognizes the still small voice of the Spirit. A true prophet is one who holds the holy priesthood; who is a legal administrator; who has power and authority from God to represent him on earth.
“A true prophet is a teacher of righteousness to whom the truths of the gospel have been revealed and who presents them to his fellowmen so they can become heirs of salvation in the highest heaven.
“A true prophet is a witness, a living witness, one who knows, and one who testifies. Such a one, if need be, foretells the future and reveals to men what the Lord reveals to him” (Elder Bruce R. McConkie, The Mortal Messiah, 2:169; emphasis added).

“As members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we are blessed to be led by living prophets—inspired men called to speak for the Lord, just as Moses, Isaiah, Peter, Paul, Nephi, Mormon, and other prophets of the scriptures.
“We sustain the President of the Church as our prophet, seer, and revelator—the only person on the earth who receives revelation to guide the entire Church.
“We also sustain the counselors in the First Presidency and the members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles as prophets, seers, and revelators” (True to the Faith, “Prophets,” 129).

Question 61

Have prophets made mistakes?

Answer 61

Of Course!!!
“I never told you I was perfect; but there is no error in the revelations which I have taught” (Joseph, Smith, History of the Church, 6:366)

“A prophet is a prophet only when he is acting as such” (Joseph Smith, History of the Church, v. 5, 265)

“We recognize that our forebears were human. They doubtless made mistakes. . . .
“There was only one perfect man who ever walked the earth. The Lord has used imperfect people in the process of building his perfect society.
“If some of them occasionally stumbled, or if their characters may have been slightly flawed in one way or another, the wonder is the greater that they accomplished so much” (Gordon B. Hinckley, “The Continuous Pursuit of Truth,” Ensign, April 1986, 5).

Question 62

• What mistake did Brigham Young make concerning Johnson’s Army?

Answer 62

Preached that they should oppose them and drive them back….in the afternoon he admitted to the fault and said they should be peaceful.

Question 63

• Joseph Smith taught that he was not perfect, but there was no error in ___________.

Answer 63

The revelation of God that he had taught.

“I never told you I was perfect; but there is no error in the revelations which I have taught” (Joseph, Smith, History of the Church, 6:366)

Question 64

• What is the difference between a doctrine and a principle?

Answer 64

Doctrines are Question of why?Doctrine resides in the four standard works of scripture…official declaration and proclamations, and the articles of faith. It may seem repetitive. “we should bring together all that has been said by authority on the question…” Joseph Fielding Smith “essential truths are repeated over and over agisn.” Packer
• Principles are questions of what. Concentratd packaged truth ready for application.

Question 65

• What is the difference between doctrine and opinion?

Answer 65

“Not every statement made by a Church leader, past or present, necessarily constitutes doctrine.
“It is commonly understood in the Church that a statement made by one leader on a single occasion often represents a personal, though well-considered, opinion, not meant to be official or binding for the whole Church” (Elder D. Todd Christofferson, “The Doctrine of Christ,” Ensign, May 2012, 88).

Question 66

• What do I mean when I say that a key test of doctrine is multiple witnesses?

Answer 66

“With divine inspiration, the First Presidency (the prophet and his two counselors) and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (the second-highest governing body of the Church) counsel together to establish doctrine that is consistently proclaimed in official Church publications. This doctrine resides in the four “standard works” of scripture…., official declarations and proclamations, and the Articles of Faith.” (Approaching Mormon Doctrine – LDS.ORG – Newsroom)

“With respect to doctrines and meanings of scriptures, let me give you a safe counsel. It is usually not well to use a single passage of scripture in proof of a point of doctrine unless it is confirmed by modern revelation or by the Book of Mormon. . . . To single out a passage of scripture to prove a point, unless it is [so] confirmed . . . Is always a hazardous thing” (Harold B. Lee, The Teachings of Harold B. Lee, ed. Clyde J. Williams (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1996), 157).

Question 67

• What are three criteria for true doctrine?

Answer 67

1) They don’t change,
2) will be united between the first presidency and quorum of the twelve,
3) is related to salvation (or saving).

Question 68

• Why is it important to have living prophets speaking and giving guidance on the modern family?

Answer 68

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Question 69

• What common theme did Elder L. Tom Perry and President Boyd K. Packer express in their final testimonies at their last General Conference?

Answer 69

Families and eternal marriage.

Packer: “Married couples are tried by temptation, misunderstandings, financial problems, family crises, and illness, and all the while love grows stronger. Mature love has a bliss not even imagined by newlyweds” (President Boyd K. Packer, Ensign, May 2015, 26).

Perry: “We believe that marriage and family ties can continue beyond the grave—that marriages performed by those who have the proper authority in His temples will continue to be valid in the world to come” (Elder L. Tom Perry, Ensign, May 2015, 41).

Question 70

• According to Elder Hales, what are four way Satan is destroying the family?

Answer 70

1. Destroy the sanctity of the family.
2. Demean the importance of the role of men and women.
3. Encourage moral uncleanliness and violations of the sacred law of chastity.
4. Discourage parents from placing the bearing and rearing of children as one of their highest priorities.

Question 71

• How did Satan try to “mess-up” Moses in Moses 1?

Answer 71

Called him a “son of man.”

Question 72

• What did Sheri Dew teach about men and women, and their roles?
What role does Satan plan in Gender Role Confusion?

Answer 72

“Satan would have us believe men and women are so alike that our unique gifts are not necessary, or so different we can never hope to understand each other. Neither is true.
“Our Father knew exactly what he was doing when He created us.
“He made us enough alike to love each other, but enough different that we would need to unite our strengths and stewardships to create a whole.
“Neither man or woman is perfect or complete without the other” (Sheri L. Dew, “It is not Good for Man or Woman to be Alone,” Ensign, November 2001, 12-15).

Question 73

• What does the Family Proclamation teach about Gender?

What about the roles of men and women?

Answer 73

gender is an essential characteristic of pre-mortal, mortal, and eternal identity.

o Men: Protect, Preside, Provide
o Women: Nurture

Question 74

• What does our theology teach of pre-mortal gender?

Answer 74

“And we know that in the premortal world we were men or women, with unique gifts because of our gender, and that the opportunity to be married and to become one was necessary for us to have eternal happiness” (President Henry B. Eyring, To Draw Closer to God, “The Family,” 161).

“The scriptures and teachings of the apostles and prophets speak of us in premortal life as sons and daughters, spirit children of God. Gender existed before, and did not begin at mortal birth” (Elder Boyd K. Packer, “For Time and All Eternity,” Ensign, November 1993, 21-23).

Question 75

• What is happening with men in America?

Answer 75

In 1970, men earned 60% of all college degrees. In 1980, that figure fell to 50%, and by 2006, it was 43%. Women now surpass men in college degrees by almost three to two.

In 1950, 5% of men at the prime working age were unemployed; as of last year, 20% of men were not working.

Men are less religious than ever before. According to Gallup, 39% of men reported attending Church regularly, compared to 47% of women.

18-34 year old men spend more time playing video games than 12-17 year old boys.

Question 76

• What is happening with women in America?

Answer 76

Gaining mor education
having fewer children
Joining the labor force instead.

Question 77

• Are men and women equal? Are they similar? What about their roles?

Answer 77

“There is no inequality between the sexes in God’s plan. It is a matter of division of responsibility” (President Ezra Taft Benson, Ensign, May 1984, 6).

“By divine design, men and women are intended to progress together toward perfection and a fulness of glory.
“Because of their distinctive temperaments and capacities, males and females each bring to a marriage relationship unique perspectives and experiences.
“The man and the woman contribute differently but equally to a oneness and a unity that can be achieved in no other way.
“The man completes and perfects the woman and the woman completes and perfects the man as they learn from and mutually strengthen and bless each other. “Neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord” (1 Corinthians 11:11; italics added)” (Elder David A. Bednar, Marriage is Essential to His Eternal Plan,” World Wide Leadership Training, 11 February 2006, 2)

Question 78

• What have LDS prophets taught about women receiving the priesthood? Do women hold the priesthood?

Answer 78

“In our Heavenly Father’s great priesthood endowed plan, men have the unique responsibility to administer the priesthood, but they are not the priesthood.
“Men and women have different but equally valued roles. Just as a woman cannot conceive a child without a man, so a man cannot fully exercise the power of the priesthood to establish an eternal family without a woman. . . .
“In the eternal perspective, both the procreative power and the priesthood power are shared by husband and wife” (Elder M. Russell Ballard, “This is My Work and Glory,” Ensign, May 2013, 19).

Question 79

• What is the true definition of a “helpmeet?”

Answer 79

A helpmeet is a companion suited to or equal to us. We walk side by side with a helpmeet, not one before or behind the other.

“Genesis 3:16 states that Adam is to ‘rule over’ Eve, but this doesn’t make Adam a dictator….
“Over in ‘rule over’ uses the Hebrew bet, which means ruling with, not ruling over…
“The concept of interdependent, equal partners is well grounded in the doctrine of the restored gospel.
“Eve was Adam’s ‘help meet’ (Genesis 2:18).
“The original Hebrew for meet means that Eve was adequate for, or equal to, Adam.
“She wasn’t his servant or his subordinate” (Elder Bruce C. & Marie Hafen, “Crossing the Thresholds and Becoming Equal Partners,” Ensign, August 2007, 27; emphasis in original).

Question 80

• What does academic research teach about equality in gender roles?

Answer 80

Research demonstrates that couples who have an equal partnership have happier relationships, better individual well-being, more effective parenting practices, and better functioning children (see V.M. Hudson & R. B. Miller, “Equal Partnership Between Men and Women in Families,” 43).

A National Study reported that the percentage of men who reported they shared decision making with their wives increased from 51 percent in 1980 to 63 percent in 2000.

Among those 36 percent who reported that decision making was not shared, 20 percent of women reported they had the final say, while 16 percent reported that their husbands more frequently had the final say. (See Amato et. al. “Alone Together: How Marriage in America is Changing. Harvard University Press, 2007).

Question 81

• What did Elder Glen L. Pace teach regarding “avoiding anything that detracts from _______?”

Answer 81

“…detracts from your divine nature should be avoided.”

Question 82

• Fatherhood and Priesthood is synonymous with _______. Motherhood is synonymous with ________.

Answer 82

Protection

Nurture

Question 83

• Elder Dallin H. Oaks taught that “Satan’s most strenuous opposition is directed at ________________.”

Answer 83

“…is directed at whatever is most important to the Father’s plan.”

Question 84

• What is the one, undeviating standard of sexual morality?

Answer 84

intimate relations are proper only between a man and a woman in the marriage relationship prescribed in God’s plan.

Question 85

• Will the Church change its policies or doctrines on Same Gender Attraction?

Answer 85

“And, unlike other organizations that can change their policies and even their doctrines, our policies are determined by the truths God has identified as unchangeable” (Elder Dallin H. Oaks, “No Other Gods,” Ensign, November 2013, 74-75).

Question 86

• The fundamental institution for nurturing children, instilling faith, and transmitting values to the next generation is ______________.

Answer 86

Strong families.

Question 87

• Do changes in civil law change God’s moral laws?

Answer 87

“Changes in the civil law do not, indeed cannot, change the moral law that God has established. God expects us to uphold and keep His commandments regardless of divergent opinions or trends in society.

“His law of chastity is clear: sexual relations are proper only between a man and a woman who are legally and lawfully wedded as husband and wife” (Gospel Topics, “Same-Sex Marriage,” lds.org/topics).

Question 88

• What did Elder Oaks say about “feelings we did not choose?”

Answer 88

“All of us have some feelings we did not choose, but the gospel of Jesus Christ teaches us that we still have the power to resist and reform our feelings (as needed) and to assure that they do not lead us to entertain inappropriate thoughts or to engage in sinful behavior.

“Different persons have different physical characteristics and different susceptibilities to the various physical and emotional pressures we may encounter in our childhood and adult environments. We did not choose these personal susceptibilities either, but we do choose and will be accountable for the attitudes, priorities, behavior, and “lifestyle” we engraft upon them” (Elder Dallin H. Oaks, “Same Gender Attraction, Ensign, November 1995).

Question 89

• When will the law of chastity change?

Answer 89

It will never change.

“Some even suppose that those standards will someday change. That is simply not true,” he said. “The law of chastity has applied since the very beginning, when the Lord commanded a man to leave his father and mother and cleave unto his wife and to none else.
“Our doctrine—not just belief, but doctrine—that sexual relations are only appropriate and lawful in the Lord’s eyes between man and woman legally and lawfully married is unchanged and will never change.” (Elder D. Todd Christofferson, Press Conference on Religious Liberty and Fairness, 5 February 2015).

Question 90

• How is same gender attraction and homosexuality different in God’s eyes?

Answer 90

It is not a sin to have same gender attraction, However, it is a sin to engage in homosexual behavior.

Question 91

• What restrictions do those with same gender attraction face?

Answer 91

“Those attracted to the same gender face some unique restrictions regarding expression of their feelings. …Such feelings can be powerful, but they are never so strong as to deprive anyone of the freedom to choose worthy conduct.” Holland

Question 92

• How should we treat those with same gender issues?

Answer 92

With Love and Compassion

“As a church, nobody should be more loving and compassionate. Let us be at the forefront in terms of expressing love, compassion and outreach.
“Let’s not have families exclude or be disrespectful of those who choose a different lifestyle as a result of their feelings about their own gender” (Elder Quinten L. Cook, quoted on “Love One Another: A Discussion on Same-Sex Attraction,” mormonsandgays.org).

Question 93

• What was Elder Oaks counsel regarding letting the issue define who you are?

Answer 93

“This attraction doesn’t have to define you
“We should not that the words homosexual, lesbian, and gay are adjectives to describe particular thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. We should refrain from using these words as nouns to identify particular conditions or specific persons” (Elder Dallin H. Oaks, “Same Gender Attraction, Ensign, October 1995).

Question 94

• What did Elder Holland teach about letting same gender attraction define a person?

Answer 94

“You serve yourself poorly when you identify yourself primarily by your sexual feelings.
“That isn’t your only characteristic, so don’t give it disproportionate attention.
“You are first and foremost a son of God, and He loves you” (Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, “Helping Those with Same Gender Attraction,” Ensign, October 2007, 42).

Question 95

• What did President Gordon B. Hinckley say is the best medicine for loneliness?

Answer 95

It is work, service in behalf of others…reach out to serve them, to help them, to encourage them.”

Question 96

• What is the name of Ty Mansfield’s book and website?

Answer 96

Voices of Hope

http://www.ldsvoicesofhope.org

Question 97

• What was the main message you got out of the video with Ty Mansfield?

Answer 97

That our sexual feelings don’t define who we are, but with patience and the Lord’s help we can live worthy lives regardless of our sexual orientation.