(This is a picture of the Sea of Galilee where Jesus spent so much time teaching)
( … and walking on the water)
#todo (Required Assignments)
- As you go through each required (or optional) assignment, please take notes on what you learn and questions you have in your commonplace book. Your commonplace book is a great place to take notes on Vanguard readings and movies for your own benefit, even if it’s not explicitly “required” in your homework.
(Though it will increase the quality of your study) - Guys, I am really torn about what do to do here. We have two more classes for this topic, but we have THREE more Testimonies to listen to.
Three? We already went through Matthew and Mark — doesn’t that just leave Luke and John?
Close
But limiting our study of the teachings of the living, breathing Christ to the writings of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John actually leaves out perhaps the most important, most perfect, and most plain account of His time here: the testimony of Nephi
3 Nephi 9-30 is among the precious possessions we have. In the spirit of Sam’s class, I think the entire Christian world would be infinitely better off if they accepted the record of Jesus that is written there.
So
Two class periods, three testimonies
What do we do?
Though it pains me, I think we continue with Luke and John and trust that we will have the chance at some point to study Nephi - Listen to the Testimony of Luke
This week we will be listening to the Joseph Smith Translation, which is King James seen through the lens of a true Prophet, Seer, Revelator, and Translator
Both the text and the audio can be found here:
https://scriptures.info/scriptures/nt/luke
The audio is broken up into chapters but the site is easy to navigate and you can advance from one chapter to the next with the click or tap of an arrow
As before, make note in your Commonplace Book of things that stand out to you, things that challenge you, things that surprise you, things you didn’t know that Jesus taught, things that contradict things people say that Jesus taught, but never really did
Remember: one of the most important reasons to “spend much time in quiet with Jesus alone” is so that you can know what He really taught and said. There are many people and institutions that would use the name of Jesus to attract your allegiance when in reality they have no knowledge of Christ or His teachings.
Enjoy the time you spend with Him this week
For this next class, we will jump right into your notes from Luke
Honor Him
— Casey
Additional suggested activities — do some or all of these, in any order you wish
- Listen to this song
The message of the words is good
The notes and performance absolutely touch the divine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmM1ATJgQE4
Shall we gather at the river?
Where bright angel feet have trod
With its crystal tide forever
Flowing by the throne of God…
Go to the River and meet Him there - As you go through the Testimonies, you will regularly come across phrases like this: And it came to pass, in those days, that Jesus went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
You remember the song from last class?
Take time to be holy this week. Speak oft with your Lord. Spend much time in quiet with Jesus alone.
Leave distractions
Leave technology
Just you, the Creation, and God
Knock and it shall be opened to you - Listen to Luke’s testimony again. This time the standard King James version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytMSvm58CTY
Do you notice any differences between King James and Joseph’s Inspired Version?
Make note of them
I thank God every day for Joseph Smith the all that God restored through him - Jesus never called the parable “The Good Samaritan” — somebody just made that title up.
Give it a new name. What will you call it?
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