Knock, Knock Now What

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Knock, KnockNow What?!

• How to respond to the LDS and witness your faith
  in gentleness and love

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The Plan of our Heavenly Father

• Discussion 1

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The Plan of our Heavenly Father

• We believe in God
• Nothing really wrong with this statement, but
  even the __________ believe in God (James 219)

DEMONS
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The Plan of our Heavenly Father

• God is perfect, all-wise, all-powerful, merciful,
  kind and just
• Notice whats missing God is also_____________
  _, _______________ and __________________

FORGIVING
ETERNAL
OMNIPRESENT
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The Plan of our Heavenly Father

• God is our Father in Heaven
• LDS God as Father our Father who procreated
  our spirits
• Christian God as Father our Father who
  created us and all things
• God has a plan for us

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The Plan of our Heavenly Father

• LDS progress move toward godhood
• Christian progress become more Christ-like
• LDS become more like him move toward godhood
• Christian become more like him become more
  Christ-like

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The Plan of our Heavenly Father

• LDS eternal life move toward godhood,
  celestial intercourse
• Christian eternal life Heaven
• LDS plan of salvation Jesus showed us the good
  works we need to do
• Christian plan of salvation Jesus dying on the
  cross for our sins

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The Divine Sonship of Jesus Christ

• We need help to overcome sin and deathWhat does
  help imply?___________________________________

WE PARTICIPATE
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The Divine Sonship of Jesus Christ

• God sent Jesus Christ to fulfill the planFor
  the LDS, salvation is not a ______________ thing,
  its a ______________ thing.

GOD
HUMAN
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2 Cor. 518-19

• And all things are of God, who hath
  reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and
  hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation
  to wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the
  world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses
  unto them and hath committed unto us the word of
  reconciliation.

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Truth

• Salvation is always
• something God does.

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The Divine Sonship of Jesus Christ

• Christ overcame sin and deathIt is true that
  Christ overcame __________ and ___________, but
  there is no mention of Christ overcoming these
  for ___________.

SIN
DEATH
US
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The Divine Sonship of Jesus Christ

• Christ showed us how to fulfill the plan

Question Does John 146 say that we can get to
Heaven by following Jesus example? What does
John 146 say? ___________________________________
I AM THE WAY (not Ill show you the way)
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John 146

• Jesus saith unto him (Thomas), I am the
  way, the truth, and the life no man cometh unto
  the Father, but by me.

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The Divine Sonship of Jesus Christ

• Have faith to do what He taughtThe object of
  faith is now___________________________

WHAT I DO
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How the Plan of Salvation has been revealed

• God follows a pattern
• He chooses witnesses
• Hebrew (aybin) _______________________
• Greek (profh,thj) ____________________
  ____________________
• LDS _________________________________
  ___________________________________

COMING MESSIAH
MESSIAH WHO CAME
TELLS HEAVENLY FATHERS CONTINUING REVELATION
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Hebrews 11-2

• God, who at sundry times and in divers
  manners spake in time past unto the fathers by
  the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto
  us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all
  things, by whom also he made the worlds

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How the Plan of Salvation has been revealed

• The prophets testify of Christ
• Are there prophets today? Through whom has God
  promised to speak? Where do we hear
  Him?____________________________________________
  __________________________

GOD SPEAKS THROUGH HIS SON
WE HEAR HIM IN THE WORD
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How the Plan of Salvation has been revealed

• The Holy Ghost confirms truthOne receives the
  Holy Ghost at________________
• We are invited to obey

BAPTISM
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Truths

• People are inconsistent
• Only the Word of God is always right

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The Prophet Joseph Smith A Modern witness of
Jesus Christ

• In our day, God has followed his patter of
  revealing truth
• Joseph Smith was confused about religion
• Joseph learned how to gain wisdom

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James 15-6

• If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of
  God, that giveth to all men liberally, and
  upbraideth not and it shall be given him. But
  let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he
  that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven
  with the wind and tossed.

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The Prophet Joseph Smith A Modern witness of
Jesus Christ

• Joseph prayed for wisdom

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The Prophet Joseph Smith A Modern Witness of
Jesus Christ

• Joseph saw God the Father and Jesus Christ the
  Son
• God is ___________________ (John 424)
• No man hath seen ________________________ (1
  John 412)
• No one has seen Gods _____________ (John 537)
• No man hath seen God at any ____________ (John
  118)

SPIRIT
GOD AT ANY TIME
SHAPE
TIME
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The Prophet Joseph Smith A Modern Witness of
Jesus Christ

• Joseph Smith was a prophet of God.
• It doesnt happen
• Not speak in the name of the Lord
• Joseph is a witness of Christ

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2 Peter 21-3

• But there were false prophets also among the
  people, even as there shall be false teachers
  among you, who privily shall bring in damnable
  heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them,
  and bring upon themselves swift destruction. And
  many shall follow their pernicious ways by
  reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil
  spoken of

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Alma 710 (224)

• And behold, he (Christ) shall be born of
  Mary, at Jerusalem which is the land of our
  forefathers
• (Compare with Micah 52 and Matthew 21)

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Helaman 1420 (402)

• and there shall be not light upon the face
  of this land, even from the time that he (Christ)
  shall suffer death, for the space of three days,
  to the time that he shall rise again from the
  dead.
• (Compare with Amos 89 and Matthew 2745)

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The Book of Mormon Another Testament of Jesus
Christ
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Galatians 16-9

• I marvel that ye are so soon removed from
  him that called you into the grace of Christ unto
  another gospel which is not another but there
  be some that trouble you, and would pervert the
  gospel of Christ. But though we, or an angel from
  heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than
  that which we have preached unto you, let him be
  accursed. As we said before, so say I now again,
  If any man preach any other gospel unto you than
  that ye have received, let him be accursed.

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The Book of Mormon Another Testament of Jesus
Christ

• Joseph Smith brought forth the Book of Mormon
• The Book of Mormon contains the writings of the
  prophets
• Book of Mormon prophets taught about Christ
• Another testament of Christ
• Commitment Invitation Read

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Ezekiel 3716-17

• Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick,
  and write upon it, For Judah, and for the
  children of Israel his companions then take
  another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the
  stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel
  his companions And join them one to another into
  one stick and they shall become one in thine
  hand.

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The Book of Mormon Another Testament of Jesus
Christ

• Two quick objections to this interpretation are
• The LDS have added not one stick but three.
• This passage, along with the rest of the book of
  Ezekiel refers to the future freedom of Israel
  from Babylonian captivity.

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The Holy Ghost A Witness of the Truth

• The Holy Ghost confirms the message of Joseph
  Smith
• You can know Joseph Smith is a prophet
• The Book of Mormon contains a promise
• We should read, ponder, pray
• Commitment Invitation Pray

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Knock, KnockNow What?!

• How to respond to the LDS and witness your faith
  in gentleness and love