Doctrine and Covenant Gospel Doctrine Lesson #22 on Word of Wisdom by Joni Walker

1. How have you
been blessed by
keeping the Word
of Wisdom?

2. D&C 89
Word of Wisdom

3. How well do you know
the Word of Wisdom?

4. What year was the
revelation on the
Word of Wisdom
received?

5. mstances that brought about the
Word of Wisdom?

6. D&C 89
1-4 Introduction
5-9 Not for the Body
10-17 Helpful for the Body
18-21 Promises

7. 4 Behold, verily, thus saith the Lord
unto you: In consequence of evils and
designs which do and will exist in the
hearts of conspiring men in the last
days, I have warned you, and forewarn
you, by giving unto you this word of
wisdom by revelation—

13. THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
JUNE 20, 2016
Study Finds Drinking Alcohol Associated With Heart-Rhythm Disorder
By Sumathi Reddy
THE TELEGRAPH
By Nicola Harley
7:48AM GMT 07 Jan 2016
Red wine is bad for your health, experts reveal in a new report.
In a u-turn, Government experts have dismissed the supposed
health benefits of wine and are set to rewrite the rule book on
the nation's alcohol consumption, according to reports.
CNN
Drinking to your health may not be the best plan after all
By Jen Christensen, CNN
TIME MAGAZINE
Red Wine Not That Healthy After All, Study Shows

14. THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
MAY 29,2017
By Sumathi Reddy
Women and Alcohol: One Glass a Day Linked to Cancer
Even one small glass of wine or beer a day increases the risk of women developing breast cancer,
according to a new report. Even the experts are surprised by the results.
Bottom’s down: A new report finds that drinking even one glass of alcohol a day increases the risk of
developing breast cancer. The type of alcohol doesn’t matter—wine, beer and hard liquor all pose the
same risk.
She said the important message is that all types of alcohol are equally harmful. “I have this discussion
with patients all the time,” she said. “They say, ‘I only drink wine, or I only drink beer, and that doesn’t
count.’ This was very, very specific that it does.”
Still, she said it’s unrealistic to recommend to patients that they completely abstain from alcohol. “We
have to be reality-based,” she said. “Once we start saying “don’t do this, don’t do that,’ we lose
patients. They stop listening. So I think it’s about moderation.”

15. D&C 89
1-4 Introduction
5-9 Not for the Body
10-17 Helpful for the Body
18-21 Promises

16. 5 That inasmuch as any man drinketh wine or strong drink
among you, behold it is not good, neither meet in the sight of
your Father, only in assembling yourselves together to offer up
your sacraments before him.
6 And, behold, this should be wine, yea, pure wine of the grape
of the vine, of your own make.
7 And, again, strong drinks are not for the belly, but for the
washing of your bodies.
8 And again, tobacco is not for the body, neither for the belly,
and is not good for man, but is an herb for bruises and all sick
cattle, to be used with judgment and skill.
9 And again, hot drinks are not for the body or belly.

17. “If you yield to anything that can addict,
and thus defy the Word of Wisdom, your
spirit surrenders to the body. The flesh
then enslaves the spirit. This is contrary to
the purpose of your mortal existence. As
you develop courage to say no to alcohol,
tobacco, and stimulants, you gain
additional strength. You can then refuse
conspiring men—those seditious solicitors
of harmful substances or smut. You can
reject their evil enticements to your body.”
President Russell M. Nelson,
The Power Within Us 1988

18. e ever drink coffee, tea, or ferm

20. D&C 89
1-4 Introduction
5-9 Not for the Body
10-17 Helpful for the Body
18-21 Promises

21. Good for the Body
D&C 89:10 – Wholesome herbs— nourishing vegetables
and plants
D&C 89:11 – Fruit
D&C 89:12 – Flesh of beasts and fowls-sparingly
D&C 89:14-17 – Grains
D&C 88:124 – retiring to bed early and rising early—
getting adequate sleep
We should eat food that nourishes our bodies and use
moderation in the kind and amount of food we eat.

22. The Lord has not specified everything that we
should and should not partake of. ―Such
revelation is unnecessary,President Joseph
Fielding Smith said. ―The Word of Wisdom is
a basic law. It points the way and gives us
ample instruction in regard to both food and
drink. ... If we sincerely follow what is written
with the aid of the Spirit of the Lord, ... we will
know what is good and what is bad for the
body.
Improvement Era, Feb. 1956, 78–79).

23. “There are many habit-forming,
addictive things that one can drink or
chew or inhale or inject which injure
both body and spirit which are not
mentioned in the revelation. Everything
harmful is not specifically listed.” He
added that “he who must be
commanded in all things … ‘is a slothful
and not a wise servant’ (D&C 58:26).”2
We each have a responsibility to learn
the do’s and don’ts of healthy living that
are not necessarily spelled out in the
Word of Wisdom.
President Boyd K. Packer

24. What physical
blessings are
promised if we live the
Word of Wisdom?

26. Promised Blessings
D&C 89:18. Physical health.
D&C 89:19. Wisdom and great
treasures of knowledge.
D&C 89:20. The ability to run and not be
weary and walk and not faint.
D&C 89:21. Protection from the
destroying angel.

27. Mormonism good for the body as well as the soul?
Forget South Beach. Will the next great nutrition fad be the Provo Diet?
Mormon religious beliefs have gotten plenty of scrutiny in this election, but what about the Mormon
lifestyle? Turns out there is evidence that Latter-Day Saints are more likely than the rest of us to actually
live into their latter days.
Its strictures against alcohol, tobacco, coffee and tea are well known. But since 1833, Otterson said, the
church has also encouraged limiting meat consumption in favor of grains, fruits and vegetables.
“In addition,” he said, “practicing Latter-day Saints go without food and drink for roughly 24 consecutive
hours once a month as a fast. Subsequently, they donate to the poor what they don’t spend on meals.”
And the result? One 25-year- study of practicing California Mormons by James Enstrom and Lester
Breslow of UCLA found that Mormon men and women who were married, had never smoked, attended
church weekly and had at least 12 years of education had some of the lowest death rates ever reported for
any group followed for that long a time.
Mormon women in the study had a life expectancy of more than 86 years— five years longer than
comparable women overall; men lived to an average of more than 84 years, which was almost a decade
longer.
By Karen Tumulty June 20, 2012

28. What spiritual
blessings are
promised if we live the
Word of Wisdom?

29. Promised Blessings
D&C 89:18. Physical health.
D&C 89:19. Wisdom and great
treasures of knowledge.
D&C 89:20. The ability to run and not be
weary and walk and not faint.
D&C 89:21. Protection from the
destroying angel.

30. President Heber J. Grant: "No man who
breaks the Word of Wisdom can gain the
same amount of knowledge and
intelligence in this world as the man who
obeys the law. I don't care who he is or
where he comes from, his mind will not
be as clear, and he cannot advance as
far and as rapidly and retain his power
as much as he would if he obeyed the
Word of Wisdom." (CR, Apr 1925)

31. How can your physical
health affect your spiritual
health?

32. Elder Boyd K. Packer said: ―I have
come to know ... that a fundamental
purpose of the Word of Wisdom has to do
with revelation. ... If someone under the
influence‟ [of harmful substances] can
hardly listen to plain talk, how can they
respond to spiritual promptings that touch
their most delicate feelings? As valuable
as the Word of Wisdom is as a law of
health, it may be much more valuable to
you spiritually than it is physically.
Conference Report, Oct. 1979, 28–29

33. What other
WISDOM do we
see from living the
Word of Wisdom?

34. Americans. . .
• Spend $80 billion on cigarettes/ year,
• $50 billion annually on alcohol
• On average,drink 3.1 cups of coffee a
day, adding up to $40 billion spent
annually on coffee in the U.S. alone.

35. Promised Blessings
D&C 89:18. Physical health.
D&C 89:19. Wisdom and great
treasures of knowledge.
D&C 89:20. The ability to run and not be
weary and walk and not faint.
D&C 89:21. Protection from the
destroying angel.

36. Regarding D&C 89:21, anciently, just before the Exodus of the
children of Israel from Egypt, the destroying angel passed over
the Israelites’ firstborn sons because the people obeyed the
prophet Moses and marked their doors with lamb’s blood
(Exodus 12). Similarly, as we “[walk] in obedience to the
commandments, including the Word of Wisdom, the destroying
angel will pass by us, meaning we will be saved from spiritual
death and blessed with eternal life through the atoning blood of
Jesus Christ.
Boyd K. Packer, Ensign, May 1996

37. 1 Corinthians 6: 19 What? know ye not
that your body is the temple of the Holy
Ghost which is in you, which ye have of
God, and ye are not your own?
20 For ye are bought with a price:
therefore glorify God in your body, and in
your spirit, which are God’s.

38. D&C 89
Word of Wisdom