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What Are We
Doing With
Our Gifts?
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Editor’s Note:
In the upcoming slide, the parable of the Ten
Virgins is partly discussed.
The central ideas here are:
1-The foolish virgins brought no oil at all. Why?
They expected to get it from someone else.
2- A virgin at the time of Christ, would be very
young, likely 12 or so. Any oil they might have
brought would have been a gift from their
parents.
The Ten Virgins
Watch therefore: for ye know not what
hour your Lord doth come.
Therefore be ye also ready: for in such
an hour as ye think not the Son of man
cometh.
Who then is a faithful and wise
servant,
Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten
virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet
the bridegroom.
And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with
them:
President Kimball
In the parable, oil can be purchased at
the market. In our lives the oil of
preparedness is accumulated drop by
drop in righteous living. Attendance at
sacrament meetings adds oil to our
lamps, drop by drop over the years.
Fasting, family prayer, home teaching,
control of bodily appetites, preaching
the gospel, studying the scriptures—each act of dedication and
obedience is a drop added to our store.
Deeds of kindness, payment of offerings and tithes, chaste thoughts
and actions, marriage in the covenant for eternity—these, too,
contribute importantly to the oil with which we can at midnight refuel
our exhausted lamps.
Note:
There are three different reasons, presented here, for why
we obey. Each time, ask the class how they would know
they’re obeying for the reason stated…
The Ma’at principle comes from the Egyptian Goddess. It
was her job to weigh the heart of each newly dead
candidate. If their heart was as light as a feather (hence
the feather on her head), then their heart was light and
good. If it were too heavy, then they were delivered up to
the underworld.
Quiz: Why do we obey the
commandments?
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God
Form
1- Soofthat
weAudit
can complete
enough
righteous merit badges to earn our
Applicant:
Celestial Kevin
EagleHinckley
Scout Award…
2- Pile up enough heavenly reward
Good
Stuff
Badlist
Stuff
points
to offset our
of demerits…
___________
3- So that _____________
our hearts will be softened
enough to
___________
receive_____________
the gifts of God; (The
Ma’at Principle)
_____________
___________
Such as:
_____________
___________
The _____________
Gift of Faith
___________
The _____________
Gift of Hope
___________
The _______________________________
Gift of Charity
?????
??????
The Gift
of Love
D&C Section 4
Given to Joseph Smith, Sr
forth
of men.
Now behold, a marvelous
work is about to come
among the children
…if ye have desires to serve
God ye are called to the work;
And [the gifts] of faith, hope, charity and love,
with an eye single to the glory of God,
qualify him for the work.
Note:
A client of mine, struggling to heal from some
traumatic events, reported feeling less than
welcomed in her home ward. She struggled with
angry thoughts towards some members who
had been insensitive in their comments.
Using this next diagram, I outlined how the path to
healing occurs. These four gifts are also
sequential in order, starting with ourselves, then
moving outwardly towards others.
Client
So, Where are you and I in the
“conversion process”?
Love
Charity
Hope
Faith
We’ll know by our desire to love and share
the “Good News” with those around us…