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Boaz highlights the virtues of Jesus and His love for the gentiles (the non-Jews). Today, we as born again Christians... have been eternally redeemed by the true One through His blood and sweat. The marriage of Boaz and Ruth brings forth super abundantly blessed life for Naomi who rises from emptiness to fullness - like how we as children of God have already been blessed with.
A look into the Biblical passages that focus on "one another". This is a reflection tool to help you understand the context of your relationships as well as review God's call for us to like together.
Don't waste your times of suffering. Suffering has the power to change us into our true identity as followers of a suffering Messiah who "learned obedience by the things which he suffered." (Hebrews 5:8) Here are some lessons I have learned about times of suffering.
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LDS OT Gospel Doctrine Class - Lesson 11 - “How Can I Do This Great Wickedness?”
1. “How Can I Do This
Great Wickedness?”
Old Testament Lesson 11:
Genesis 34; 37-39
2. 52 Week Challenge Through The Old Testament - Week 11
Numbers 28 to Deuteronomy 2
• Numbers 30: The making of a covenant with the Lord was a very serious act in
ancient Israel. This chapter discusses the force and strength of one’s vows
before the Lord. Particularly, it sets forth the relationship between man and
woman where a vow or covenant is concerned. LDS Institute Manual
• Numbers 31: Numbers 31 records how the Lord sent the army of Israel against
the Midianites because the Midianites sought to destroy the Israelites through
immorality and idolatry. Among the slain was the soothsayer Balaam, who
turned against the Lord and His people. To show gratitude for their victory, the
armies of Israel dedicated to the Lord much of what they captured.
LDS Seminary Manual 2002
• Numbers 32: See Bible map 3 which shows how the land (inheritance) was
divided.
3. 52 Week Challenge Through The Old Testament - Week 12
Deuteronomy 3 to 20
• Deuteronomy 3:11 - The giant’s iron bedstead was
405cm long and 180cm wide according to the cubit
quantities and the footnote explanation.
• Deuteronomy 4:10 - “...I will make them hear my
words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that
they shall live...” The footnote changes fear to revere
or worship.
• Assayed means attempted according to the footnote
(Deuteronomy 4:34).
• Deuteronomy 6:8-9 makes reference to the frontlets
(top right) and mezuzots (bottom right).
• Next weeks reading: Deuteronomy 21 to Joshua 3.
• Week after reading: Joshua 4 to 18.
7. What have you watched on TV this week?
Q. What standards of sexual morality are presented by our tv
shows and films?
Q. How do these standards differ from the Lord’s standard as
taught in the scriptures and by Church leaders?
The moral behaviour of society often differs from the moral
standards that the Lord has established. While the standards
of society can change, the Lord’s standards are constant.
8. Genesis 37
• Aged 17 (v2) Joseph’s brothers couldn’t speak peacefully to
him (v4).
• After relaying his dreams to them, his brothers hated him even
more (v5,8).
• Joseph has another dream and shares it with his brothers and
his father. His father rebukes him. His brothers are envious of
him, but his father reflects upon the dream (v9-11).
• Q. Why did Israel (Jacob) love Joseph more than all his other
children?
9. Genesis 37
• Not only was Joseph trustworthy, he was also
obedient (v13-14).
• At his fathers request he went to check on his
brothers and their flocks. Turn to Map 10 in your
Bible.
• From Hebron to Shechem is about 50 miles and then
onto Dothan is about another 15 miles. He walked a
total of approximately 65 miles as the crow flies.
11. Genesis 37
• That would be equivalent to
walking from Woodville (a part
of Swadlincote) in South
Derbyshire to Tintwistle (North
of Glossop) up in the northern
tip of the county.
• According to google maps that
would take over 21 hours
walking or 6 hours on a
bicycle!
12. Elder Sterling W. Sill
“Joseph was the son of Jacob and one of the twelve brothers who later
became the leaders of the Twelve Tribes. Like Joseph Smith, this Joseph
also received manifestations of the will of the Lord at a very early age.
This apparent favor caused some jealousies among his brothers, and
when Joseph was seventeen years old, he was sent by his father to
inquire about the welfare of his brothers who were tending the family
flocks at Dothan. When they saw him approaching, they said, "Behold the
dreamer cometh" and they plotted to take his life. But by the intercession
of one of his brothers, a compromise was reached, and they sold Joseph
for twenty pieces of silver which is approximately eleven dollars in
American money, [now equivalent to $100 or £70] to a group of
Ishmaelites who were going down into Egypt to sell their spices”.
13. Genesis 39
• The Lord blessed Joseph to be a slave to
Potiphar the wealthy officer of Pharaoh (v1-6).
• Potiphar’s wife tried to seduce Joseph (v7-10)
and he flees (v11-12), she then accuses him
falsely (v13-18).
• Joseph is unjustly cast into prison (v19-20).
Even in prison the Lord is with Joseph (v21-23).
14. Elder Hartman Rector Jr.
(Emeritus General Authority)
“The story of Joseph, the son of Jacob who was called
Israel, is a vivid representation of the great truth that “all
things work together for good to [those] who” love God.
Joseph always seemed to do the right thing; but still, more
importantly, he did it for the right reason. And how very, very
significant that is! Joseph was sold by his own brothers as a
slave and was purchased by Potiphar, a captain of the guard
of Pharaoh. But even as an indentured servant, Joseph
turned every experience and all circumstances, no matter
how trying, into something good. Continued
15. Elder Hartman Rector Jr.
(Emeritus General Authority)
“This ability to turn everything into something good appears
to be a godly characteristic. Our Heavenly Father always
seems able to do this. Everything, no matter how dire,
becomes a victory to the Lord. Joseph, although a slave and
wholly undeserving of this fate, nevertheless remained faithful
to the Lord and continued to live the commandments and
made something very good of his degrading circumstances.
People like this cannot be defeated”.
16. Time to Ponder…..
Q. How have you found the strength to take
negative experiences and turn them into positive
outcomes?
Q. How did the developed qualities of obedience
and persistence help Joseph later through other
trials?
Q. How can we overcome feelings of jealousy or
anger towards family members or friends?
17. Elder L. Tom Perry
“We learn a great lesson from Joseph. When he was presented
with a temptation, he immediately separated himself from even
the appearance of evil. All of us have events in our lives which
find us in challenging situations. When we are confronted with
that which is evil and degrading—whether it be the wrong kind
of music, a television program, or the Internet which places us
in the wrong environment—how strengthening it is to
remember the story of Joseph: ‘And [he] fled, and got him out’.
He removed himself from the temptation.”
18. Closing thoughts...
At the start of the lesson we discussed our TV habits. Do we
need to turn over the channel and flee away from the constant
sex, violence and sin? Are those romantic books or gossip
magazines highlighting or encouraging a world of sin and desire?
I was shocked this week to read partway through a book written
by a father aimed at first time fathers saying it was ok to sleep
around during your spouses pregnancy - as long as you get
yourself tested afterwards. The book was closed, and not
opened since. Not all decisions are so easy and clear cut for me.
Decide now your choices, it won’t then be a choice before you
when times are hard, it will simply become your path.
19. President Ezra Taft Benson
“We must put God in the forefront of everything else in our lives. He must
come first ... When we put God first, all other things fall into their proper
place or drop out of our lives. Our love of the Lord will govern the claims
for our affection, the demands on our time, the interests we pursue, and
the order of our priorities... When Joseph was in Egypt, what came first in
his life—God, his job, or Potiphar’s wife? Joseph was put in prison
because he put God first. If we were faced with a similar choice, where
would we place our first loyalty? When Joseph was forced to choose, he
was more anxious to please God than to please his employer’s wife.
When we are required to choose, are we more anxious to please God
than our boss, our teacher, our neighbor, or our date?”
20. Next week - General Conference
Week after reading assignment
Lesson 12 - Online link
“Fruitful in the Land of My Affliction”
Genesis 40-45
Online link to today’s prelude music source