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NT120
- 1. “We Have Come to Worship Him” LUKE 2 & MATTHEW 2
- 2. "Breath of Heaven” by Amy Grant
- 3. SYNOPTIC= Greek “seeing the whole together” Apostle Apostle JST= “Testimony of…” instead of “The Gospel according to …” NEW TESTAMENT could also be translated as NEW COVENANT
- 4. Gospel authors “Obviously such varying approaches have the great advantage of presenting the truths of salvation to people of different cultures, backgrounds, and experiences. But the simple fact is that all of the gospel authors wrote by inspiration, and all had the same purposes: 1. To testify of the divine Sonship of our Lord; and 2. To teach the truths of the plan of salvation” Bruce R. McConkie
- 5. 100+mile journey • Luke 2:4 • Taxed—Census • Jewish tradition • 5-10 days • No room for them in the inns --JST
- 6. Witnesses of the Savior --Seek and Testify Shepherds Simeon Anna Wise Men Humble, everyday people Prophet in the Temple--MALE Widowed Prophetess--FEMALE People from other cultures “the EAST” “made known it abroad” Luke 2:17 “many hearts may be revealed” Luke 2:35 “spake to all of them that looked for redemption” Luke 2:38 “Where is he that is born King of the Jews?” Matthew 2:3 with “great haste” sought him out Anxiously anticipated the coming of the Messiah Recognized him on sight Studied the scriptures and knew the signs of his coming How can I follow their example?
- 7. Parents receive revelation to protect their families • Matthew 2:13-14 Divine positioning
- 8. “…about my father’s business” Luke 2: 41-50 MOSES 1:39
- 9. Jesus’ pattern for personal growth • “favor with man” • “favor with God” • “grew in stature” • “grew in wisdom” physically sociallyspiritually intellectually Areyouinbalance? Luke 2:52
- 10. Search for Jesus “The Search for Jesus” Ensign Dec 1990 MONSON
- 11. “We have found the Messiah” NEXT WEEK • John Revelator vs John Baptist • JST—in the Bible Appendix too big to footnote • “Light of Christ” BD Conscience or Holy Ghost • “COME & SEE” invitation • List of people that testify of the Messiah-- MESSIAH= “the anointed one”
Editor's Notes
- Welcome to Sunday School—my name is Chris Ridges, I will be the Spokesman for our lesson today– remember from our last discussion we discussed each other's roles in Gospel learning– I pray that We can have the Holy Ghost in attendance with us TESTIFYING to our hearts ANY Visitors today we would like to welcome you Follow along on Slideshare. We have a unique opportunity this year to extend the Holiday season by beginning the year with the birth of the Savior— Which means extending the Food of the Holiday season which for me is my mother’s Homemade caramels So I will pass these around which will hopefully bring us back to the warm feelings of the Holidays Luke 2 is probably the most read verse in the bible--
- To get us in the mood for sharing what we have learned in these chapters– I want to share a video from the LDS Bible series with music from one of my favorite Christmas songs– And then be ready to share something you learned in these chapters
- Since we are studying in Luke and Matthew today let’s take a second and look at the gospels and how they connect ***OBJECT LESSON, asked 4 people that attended our ward Christmas party to write down what happened that night, do you think they are the same? Bro. Jacobson—not in attendance Bro. Suhanski—was there for the whole evening Bro Bosworth—helped to plan the program Bro Beecher– in attendance WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO HAVE MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS OF THE SAVIOR’S LIFE?
- Start by sharing what stood out to me in this reading of the lesson How do you think Mary and Joseph felt along this journey?
- How am I testifying of the Savior? What do we learn about worshipping and witnessing from these first Witnesses of the Savior?
- AFTER the Wise men leave– joseph receives some revelation for his family—Let’s read it What is the danger that Joseph is fleeing from? Herod trying to kill the prophesied Messiah Chalkboard---What are we trying to protect our children from today? When have you felt this paternal protection for your own family? Have you seen divine positioning in your own life? Alma the Elder literally praying an angel into his sons wayward life
- I love this story of Jesus teaching in the temple—so real for parents, Can you imagine how they must have felt, losing the son of God for three days? The Father’s business of course was not carpentry—can be found in Moses 1:39 James E Talmage in JTC—revealed that he did have the veil of forgetfulness over him just as well all do but eventually things were revealed to him and by age 12 understood his role Wouldn’t we love to have Mary’s account of his childhood
- Very few words are said about the Savior’s young life—just a few lines cover 25 years Why do you think we don’t have more of this time in his life?
- “As we undertake our personal search for Jesus, it is fundamental that we have a clear concept of him whom we seek. The shepherds of old sought Jesus the child. But we seek Jesus the Christ, our Older Brother, our Mediator with the Father, our Redeemer, the Author of our salvation; he who was in the beginning with the Father; he who took upon himself the sins of the world and so willingly died that we might forever live. This is the Jesus whom we seek” I’ve included on the board again today the question What seek Ye? I hope this year as we study the NT that we can seek and find our Savior and Lord Jesus Christ– our one Redeemer, THE MESSIAH, in this name AMEN
- I’m so thankful for an inspired Pophet,Seer and Revealator that has brought this program change to us; I’m so looking forward to this year in the New Testament Closing Prayer_____________________________________________