Self Check Lesson 7 Flashcards

1
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Why is pride such a terrible sin?

A

Pride is enmity–enmity toward God and enmity toward our fellowmen. Enmity means “hatred toward, hostility to, or a state of opposition.

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How many of those identified in D&C 23 had previously had revelations addressed to them? Anything new in this revelation for these men?

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Samuel was the only one that had not had a revelation addressed to him, all of other 4 had the Lord speak through the prophet to them.
Joseph Knight was told to pray vocally and in secret before the world and his family and friends.

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3
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What instruction is given here concerning - Afflictions

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that we are to be patient and endure

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4
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What instruction is given here concerning - Miracles

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that we should not to require miracles, except the Lord commands

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What instruction is given here concerning -

those who reject the Lord’s servants

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if they receive thee not, I will send upon them a cursing instead of a blessing.
“Ye shall leave a cursing instead of a blessing, by casting off the dust of your feet against them as a testimony, and cleansing your feet by the wayside.”

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What instruction is given here concerning -

temporal support of church leaders

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For the church shall give unto thee in the very hour what thou needest for food and for raiment, and for shoes and for money, and for scrip

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7
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What is meant by “magnify thine office”?

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It means to build it up in dignity and importance, to make it honorable and commendable in the eyes of all men, to enlarge and strengthen it, to let the light of heaven shine through it to the view of other men. And how does one magnify a calling? Simply by performing the service that pertains to it.

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What promise is made to the Prophet? In what won’t he have strength?

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Attend to thy calling and thou shalt have wherewith to magnify thine office, and to expound all scriptures, and continue in laying on of the hands and confirming the churches.
In temporal labors thou shalt not have strength, for this is not thy calling.

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In D&C 24:3, Joseph Smith was told to “magnify [his] office.” What does D&C 24 say about what that office is?

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His office is calling upon God in my name, and writing the things which shall be given thee by the Comforter, and expounding all scriptures unto the church.
He was to devote all his service in Zion.

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10
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Using President Hinckley’s suggestions, list the main responsibilities the Lord outlines for all women in this revelation.

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Women need to be faithful: to ourselves, to the best within us, to the great, divine attributes. Be faithful to the gospel, to the church. Be faithful to God.

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11
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D&C 25:1 mentions, “daughters.” Whose daughters are they?

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They are daughters of our Heavenly Father

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12
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Identify specific items of (a) callings given to Emma Smith in this revelation.

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A. Elect Lady, Pres of relief Society, Scribe, to select the hymns for the church,

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13
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Identify specific items of (b) counsel or warnings.

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B. mumer not, lay aside the things of this world, comfort her husband, expound scriptures, writing & much learning, beware of pride.

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14
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Identify specific items of (c) promises given to Emma Smith in this revelation.

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C. receive the holy ghost, and the crown of righteousness

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15
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What does the phrase, “Thou art an elect lady” mean?

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Elect Lady means a woman “of the church she has already received or through obedience qualified to receive the fullness of the gospel blessings.”

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16
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According to President Hinckley, how do these responsibilities apply to all women and not just Emma?

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The Lord stated “this is my voice unto ALL”. in 25:16

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17
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What do we learn here about “the song of the heart” and “the song of the righteous”?
D&C 25:11–12.

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The Lord is delighted with a “song of the heart” - that it is a prayer unto him. The music we sign influences our meetings and our attitude. Good music is gracious praise of God.

18
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What is Joseph Smith to study and why?

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He is told to study the scriptures in preparing for the conference at Colesville.

19
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What is common consent?

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Common consent is the act of sustaining church leaders.

20
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The armor of God and the parts of the body each component is to protect - the loins.

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The loins - typify virtue and chastity, they are the vital organs which have to do with reproduction - We should have our loins girt about with truth. What is truth? Truth, the Lord said, was knowledge of things as they are, things as they were and things as they are to come.

21
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The armor of God and the parts of the body each component is to protect - the heart.

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The heart typifies our conduct. We shall have over our hearts a breastplate of righteousness. Our breastplate to cover our conduct shall be the breastplate of righteousness.

22
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The armor of God and the parts of the body each component is to protect - the feet.

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Our feet, our goals or objectives in life - “Your feet [should be] shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace.” Our feet should be shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace to them of good-will.

23
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The armor of God and the parts of the body each component is to protect - the head.

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Our head, our thoughts - The helmet of salvation. A helmet of salvation shall guide our thinking all through our days.”

24
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The armor of God and the parts of the body each component is to protect - spirit.

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That shield was the shield of faith and the sword was the sword of the spirit which is the Word of God.

25
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What is the basic message of verses 1–4?

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It is not the emblems that we use when partaking of the sacrament – but the attitude we have when take them.

26
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What keys of the priesthood were and would be restored to Joseph Smith?

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  1. The keys of the record of the stick of Ephraim, - the keys of the Book of Mormon.
  2. The keys of the restoration of all things.
  3. John the Baptist restored the Aaronic Priesthood
  4. Elijah, who would come on April 3, 1836 in the Kirtland Temple, had the sealing power.
  5. Peter, James, and John who restored the Melchizedek Priesthood, the Apostleship, and the keys of the kingdom.
27
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What is the doctrine of Elias?

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Elias is a title, meaning forerunner or preparer of the way - many prophets acting in the office of Elias have been sent from the eternal worlds to restore that which was once upon the earth.

28
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What is another name for Adam?

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Adam is also known as Michael, who helped with the creation of the earth.

29
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What was Oliver Cowdery to do about his stewardship? Why Oliver Cowdery?

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Oliver was to preach by the spirit of the Holy ghost to the church. Oliver was to be obedient unto the commandments that the Lord gave Joseph Smith.

30
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What principle was being violated by Hiram Page?

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Revelation in the Church comes to those who have been properly called, sustained, ordained, or set apart.

31
Q

Who is the only person who has the right to receive revelation for the entire Church?

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Only one person on the earth at a time has the authority to receive revelation for the entire Church and that is the Prophet, Seer, and Revelator.

32
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How was Oliver like Aaron?

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He was to be the mouth piece for Joseph Smith.

33
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What does the plan of gathering consist of?

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  1. Assembling in Zion
  2. Return of the Jews
  3. Restoration of the lost tribes
34
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Briefly explain in your own words the content of D&C 29:27–30.

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This is how we will be judged. Righteous on one side of the Lord and the wicked on the other. The wicked will be send away from God, because no unclean thing can be in the same place as the Father.

35
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I feel that verses 31–45 are the Lord’s explanation of why the sons of perdition will end up like they will, and why the Lord’s judgment against them is just. Outline that explanation.

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The laws that heavenly Father made are never ending, and are with out beginning. So the sons of perdition aren’t just breaking the temporal laws of this lifetime, they are going against the laws that were from our father in the beginning.

36
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Compare verse 1 and verse 42. Who is speaking? Explain.

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Verse 1 is Jesus Christ is speaking for himself,

in verse 42, Jesus is speaking for his father. Since they are one in thought and deed.

37
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What will be the status of little children and “He that hath no understanding” after the judgment?

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Little children are redeemed from the foundation of the world through mine Only Begotten. As are the spirits that are handicapped or born with bodies that are incomplete.

38
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Explain spiritual and temporal creation and death.

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Adam brought both spiritual and temporal death into the world. 1st when he partook of the fruit of the tree of knowledge - was spiritual death , because he would no longer be in the presence of the Father. Temporal death because he would not live forever in his body, there would come a time when it would return to the “dust of the earth”.

39
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List the events identified in D&C 29 that are to take place before the Second Coming. (See also D&C 29:21 and Ezekiel, chapter 7.

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  1. Trump shall sound both long and loud, even as upon Mount Sinai.
  2. All the earth shall quake.
  3. Sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall be turned into blood, and the stars shall fall from heaven.
  4. Weeping and wailing among the hosts of men
  5. Great hailstorm sent forth to destroy the crops of the earth
  6. Flies upon the face of the earth, which shall take hold of the inhabitants thereof, and shall eat their flesh, and shall cause maggots to come in upon them.
  7. They shall not utter against me; and their flesh shall fall from off their bones, and their eyes from their sockets.
  8. The beasts of the forest and the fowls of the air shall devour them up.
  9. The great and abominable church, which is the whore of all the earth, shall be cast down by devouring fire
40
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Who will be judged at the second coming of Christ? By whom will they be judged?

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Twelve Apostles who ministered in Jerusalem ‘shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Twelve Apostles on the continent of Asia, bestowed by Jesus Himself; thirdly, in the Twelve Disciples on this continent, to their peoples, who it appears are under the presidency of the Twelve Apostles who ministered at Jerusalem.

41
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Who will be destroyed when Christ comes?

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The wick will be destroyed - “all the proud and they that do wickedly shall be as stubble; and I will burn them up, saith the Lord of Hosts, that wickedness shall not be upon the earth”