The Plan of Salvation
Teachings of Presidents of the Church
Joseph Fielding Smith, Pg. 59
Amazing lesson thanks to President Smith's teachings and Rochelle Lunt. The spirit was so great and we learned so much from being there.
"Our Father in heaven established a plan of salvation for his spirit children...to enable them to advance and progress until they obtain eternal life."
President Smith starts out with a story about his sister. He was finishing a full-time mission in England at the time that he got the news that his sister Alice had passed away from a extended illnes. His heart was sad but this was his comment..."It is a dreadful blow to us all, he recorded in his journal. I did not realize the seriousness of her illness although I knew she was sick. I fully expected to meet her again with the rest of the family within a few weeks but the will of God be done. We shall all meet again on the other side to enjoy the pleasures and blessings of each other's presence, where family ties will no more be broken, but where we shall all live to receive the blessings, and realize the tender mercies of our Father in heaven."
The lesson has 6 different areas that we discussed.
1. In the premortal spirit world, we rejoice3d to learn of Heavenly Father's plan of Salvation.
2. The Fall of Adam and Eve was part of Heavenly Father's plan.
3. Jesus Christ offered Himself as a sacrifice to save us from the Fall and from our sins.
4. Building on the foundation of the Atonement of Jesus Christ, we work out our salvation during mortality.
5. All people will receive the blessing of resurrection through the Atonement of Jesus Christ.
6. The faithful will inherit eternal life with their families in the presence of Heavenly Father.
Several great quotes from the lesson:
The Fall of Adam and Eve "brought pain, it brought sorrow, it brought death; but it also brought blessings.We need to remember that we shouted for joy at the prospect of coming to earth and gaining a physical body. It was essential to our exaltation.
No man could do what Jesus Christ did for us. He did not have to die, he could have refused. He did it voluntarily. He did it because it was a commandment from his Father. He knew what the suffering was going to be; and yet, because of his love for us, he was willing to do it...
There are things we must do to build on the foundation of the atonement. The plan of salvation consists of the following things: We must have faith in Jesus Christ. We must repent, we must be baptized, receive the Holy Ghost and endure to the end...(easier said than done!!)
We came here to be tested and proved by coming in contact with evil as well as the good. The Father has permitted Satan and his hosts to tempt us, but by the guidance of the Spirit of the Lord and the commandments given throught revelation, we are prepared to make our choice. This mortal probation is a brief period, just a short span linking the eternity past with the eternity future. This is a period of tremendous importance....This life is the most vital period in our eternal existence.
Let us live so that we will be assured of our place, and so we will know, through the lives we live, that we shall enter into His presence and dwell with Him, receiving the fulness of the blessings that have been promised.
Great lesson---We missed you if you won't there!!
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