Transcript The Saints Gather to Kirtland, Ohio

Lesson 16: We Can Show Our
faith by Being Obedient
“Lesson 16: We Can Show Our Faith by Being Obedient,” Primary 3: Choose the Right B, (1994),75
Purpose
To help the children
understand that they can
show their faith in
Heavenly Father and Jesus
Christ by obeying the
commandments.
OUR OPENING PRAYER WILL BE
GIVEN BY
(Enter Name Here)
Attention Activity
Let’s sing the song “Faith”
In the first verse you can do
the hand actions also.
Faith
Faith is knowing the sun will rise,
(arms form a half-circle over head)
Lighting each new day.
(arms slowly drop to shoulder level)
Faith is knowing the Lord will hear
(cup hands behind ears)
My prayers each time I pray.
(place hands together as in prayer)
Faith is like a little seed: (cup left hand and pretend
to plant a seed in it with right hand)
If planted, it will grow. (right hand imitates a plant
growing from the cupped left hand)
Faith is a swelling within my heart.
(place hands over heart)
When I do right, (point right index finger upward)
I know. (touch right index finger to head)
Faith
Faith is knowing I lived with God before my mortal
birth.
Faith is knowing I can return when my life ends on
earth.
Faith is trust in God above;
In Christ, who showed the way.
Faith is strengthened; I feel it grow
Whenever I obey.
Words: Beatrice Goff Jackson, b. 1943. (c) 1978 IRI
Music: Michael Finlinson Moody, b. 1941. (c) 1978 IRI
Attention Activity
When Heavenly Father and Jesus
Christ ask us to do something, it is
called a commandment.
When we obey the commandments,
we show Heavenly Father and Jesus
that we trust them.
Attention Activity
We know they love us and would
never ask us to do anything that
would hurt us.
We show our faith when we obey.
Attention Activity
Believing in Heavenly
Father and Jesus means
that we have faith.
Although we may not
have seen them during
our earthly lives, we have
faith in the testimonies of
others who have seen
them.
Attention Activity
We also believe that the
Holy Ghost is real and
that he does not have a
body of flesh and bones
but is a personage of
spirit in the form of a
man.
Attention Activity
Let’s try saying / memorizing the first
article of faith.
1 We believe in God, the Eternal
Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ,
and in the Holy Ghost.
Attention Activity
We are Heavenly Father’s children and
can show that we have faith in
Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ.
In the Book of Mormon, a prophet
named Lehi showed his faith in
Heavenly Father and Jesus by being
obedient.
This is what our lesson is about today.
Lesson 16: We Can Show Our
faith by Being Obedient
“Lesson 16: We Can Show Our Faith by Being Obedient,” Primary 3: Choose the Right B, (1994),75
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Most of the people living in Jerusalem
600 years before the birth of Christ
were wicked.
God sent prophets to tell them to
repent, but they would not listen.
Lehi was a prophet.
He prayed that the people would
repent.
While he was praying, a pillar of fire
appeared.
God told and
showed Lehi
many things.
Lehi returned home and had a vision.
He saw God surrounded by many
angels.
The angels were singing and praising
God.
In his vision Lehi
was given a book
that told what
would happen in
the future.
He read that Jerusalem would be
destroyed because the people were
wicked.
Lehi told the people that Jerusalem
would be destroyed.
He also told of the coming of Jesus.
The people
were angry
and tried to
kill Lehi, but
the Lord
protected
him.
The Lord was
pleased with
Lehi and one
night spoke to
him in a dream.
He told Lehi to take his family and
leave Jerusalem.
Lehi obeyed the Lord.
Lehi’s family packed food and tents.
They left their house and their gold
and silver and traveled into the
wilderness.
Lehi and his wife, Sariah, had four
sons.
Their names were Laman, Lemuel,
Sam, and Nephi.
After traveling for
three days, Lehi’s
family camped in a
valley near a river.
Lehi built an altar from stones and
made an offering to God.
He thanked God for saving his family
from being destroyed.
► What
did Lehi see in his vision?
► What
did Lehi see in his vision?
 Many things, including the destruction
of Jerusalem; (1 Nephi 1:13)
► What
did Lehi see in his vision?
 Many things, including the destruction
of Jerusalem; (1 Nephi 1:13)
► How
did Lehi feel after his vision?
► What
did Lehi see in his vision?
 Many things, including the destruction
of Jerusalem; (1 Nephi 1:13)
► How
did Lehi feel after his vision?
 He praised Heavenly Father; he was
happy; (1 Nephi 1:14–15)
Telling the people to repent of their
wickedness took courage.
However, Lehi had faith that Heavenly
Father would protect him, so Lehi did
as he was commanded.
The people would not listen to him
and made fun of him and tried to kill
him because they didn’t like hearing
that they were wicked.
What did Lehi do to show
his faith in Heavenly Father?
He obeyed and told the
people to repent
(1 Nephi 1:4, 18)
What did the people do after Lehi told
them to repent?
They made fun of him and wanted to
kill him (1 Nephi 1:19–20)
How do you think Lehi felt when the
people wouldn’t listen to him?
Some time later, Heavenly
Father spoke to Lehi.
As we read this next scripture,
listen for what the Lord
commanded Lehi to do.
Let’s Read 1 Nephi 2:1–2.
1 For behold, it came to pass that the Lord
spake unto my father, yea, even in a dream,
and said unto him: Blessed art thou Lehi,
because of the things which thou hast done;
and because thou hast been faithful and
declared unto this people the things which I
commanded thee, behold, they seek to take
away thy life.
2 And it came to pass that the Lord
commanded my father, even in a dream,
that he should take his family and depart
into the wilderness.
What did Heavenly Father
command Lehi to do?
Leave Jerusalem and go into the
wilderness.
 The wilderness
is usually a
place where no
one lives and
where there
are no houses,
buildings, or
roads.
 Heavenly Father commanded Lehi
and his family to leave everyone
behind and go to a place where
they would have to live by
themselves.
 Why was Lehi commanded to take
his family out of Jerusalem?
 Wicked men were planning to kill
Lehi, and the city was going to be
destroyed.
 Ask the children to listen to what
Lehi did; Let’s read 1 Nephi 2:3–4.
3 And it came to pass that he was obedient
unto the word of the Lord, wherefore he did as
the Lord commanded him.
4 And it came to pass that he departed into
the wilderness. And he left his house, and the
land of his inheritance, and his gold, and his
silver, and his precious things, and took
nothing with him, save it were his family, and
provisions, and tents, and departed into the
wilderness.
 What did Lehi Do?
He packed the things he needed to live in the
wilderness and took his family out of
Jerusalem.
Although Lehi had
lived in Jerusalem for
a long time, he
promptly obeyed the
commandment to
leave his home.
Although Lehi had lived in Jerusalem
for a long time, he promptly obeyed
the commandment to leave his
home.
Lehi and his family left
their home, their land,
most of their clothing,
their gold and silver,
and other belongings.
They took only food, some clothing,
tents, and other necessary items
that they may have carried on
camels or donkeys. Then they left
and went into the wilderness.
It was not easy for
Lehi to leave, but he
was willing to obey
this commandment.
What did Lehi do that showed he had
faith in Heavenly Father and Jesus
Christ?
He was obedient.
He warned the wicked people
He left his home and belongings and
went into the wilderness because he
was commanded to do so.
I want you to pretend you are a
member of Lehi’s family.
Think about what you would take
with you, if you went into the
wilderness.
What would want to
take and what would
you leave behind?
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Lehi’s family could take only a few
things.
How do you think you would feel
knowing that you wouldn’t see your
friends and belongings again?
How do you think Lehi’s family felt?
Obeying Heavenly Father by
leaving Jerusalem took
great faith.
Lehi and his family received blessings
because they were obedient.
What does “C T R”
stand for?
Choose the Right
Choosing the right means doing what
Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ
want us to do.
Listen to the following stories.
Think about what you would do if
this was about you.
Think about what Heavenly father
and Jesus would do.
Story 1
On the way home you and some
friends pass your neighbor’s yard.
In the yard is a fruit tree covered
with juicy fruit.
Your friends want you to come with
them and pick some of the fruit to
eat.
They say that there is so much fruit
that a few pieces won’t be missed
Story 1
What would Heavenly Father and
Jesus want you to do?
When you choose the right, you are
being obedient and are showing
faith in Heavenly Father and Jesus
Christ.
Story 2
You want to play with your favorite
toy, but your brother has it.
Story 2
What would Heavenly Father and
Jesus want you to do?
What would Heavenly Father and
Jesus want you to do?
When you choose the right, they
are being obedient and are showing
faith in Heavenly Father and Jesus
Christ.
Can you name some of
the things that our
Prophet, Thomas S.
Monson, has asked us to
do?
By obeying these
commandments, we will
receive blessings.
Summary
Remember to always choose the
right.
When you choose the right, you are
obeying.
When you obey, you are showing
Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ
that you have faith in them.
Testimony
I testify to you that when you
“Choose the Right” you will be
a better person and the type of
person Heavenly Father wants
you to be.
I encourage you to help your
friends to choose the right.
OUR CLOSING PRAYER WILL BE
GIVEN BY
(Enter Name Here)
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1 Nephi 1:13
13 And he read, saying: Wo, wo, unto
Jerusalem, for I have seen thine
abominations! Yea, and many things did
my father read concerning Jerusalem—
that it should be destroyed, and the
inhabitants thereof; many should perish
by the sword, and many should be
carried away captive into Babylon.
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1 Nephi 1:14–15
 14 And it came to pass that when my father
had read and seen many great and marvelous
things, he did exclaim many things unto the
Lord; such as: Great and marvelous are thy
works, O Lord God Almighty! Thy throne is high
in the heavens, and thy power, and goodness,
and mercy are over all the inhabitants of the
earth; and, because thou art merciful, thou wilt
not suffer those who come unto thee that they
shall perish!
 15 And after this manner was the language of
my father in the praising of his God; for his soul
did rejoice, and his whole heart was filled,
because of the things which he had seen, yea,
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which the Lord had shown unto him.
1 Nephi 1:4, 18
 4 For it came to pass in the commencement of the afirst
year of the reign of Zedekiah, king of Judah, (my father,
Lehi, having dwelt at Jerusalem in all his days); and in
that same year there came many prophets, prophesying
unto the people that they must repent, or the great city
Jerusalem must be destroyed.
 18 Therefore, I would that ye should know, that after
the Lord had shown so many marvelous things unto my
father, Lehi, yea, concerning the destruction of
Jerusalem, behold he went forth among the people, and
began to prophesy and to declare unto them concerning
the things which he had both seen and heard.
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1 Nephi 1:19–20
 19 And it came to pass that the Jews did mock him because of
the things which he testified of them; for he truly testified of
their wickedness and their abominations; and he testified that
the things which he saw and heard, and also the things which
he read in the book, manifested plainly of the coming of a
Messiah, and also the redemption of the world.
 20 And when the Jews heard these things they were angry
with him; yea, even as with the prophets of old, whom they
had cast out, and stoned, and slain; and they also sought his
life, that they might take it away. But behold, I, Nephi, will
show unto you that the tender mercies of the Lord are over all
those whom he hath chosen, because of their faith, to make
them mighty even unto the power of deliverance.
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