Keep the commandments; keep the commandments!
In this there is safety; in this there is peace.
He will send blessings;
He will send blessings.
Words of a prophet:
Keep the commandments.
In this there is safety and peace.
We are His children; we are His children,
and we must be tested to show we are true.
Hold to His promises;
Hold to His promises,
Heeding the prophets:
Keep the commandments.
In this there is safety and peace.
Words and music: Barbara A. McConochie, b. 1940. © 1975 IRI. Obbligato by Barbara A. McConochie © 1989 IRI. Arr. by Darwin Wolford © 1986,
1989 Deseret Book Company. Used by permission. This song may be copied for incidental, noncommercial church or home use.
The Sixth Article of Faith
We
believe in the same
organization that existed in the
Primitive Church, namely,
apostles, prophets,
? pastors,
teachers, evangelists, and so
forth.
The Sixth Article of Faith
We
believe in the same
organization that existed in the
Primitive Church, namely,
apostles, prophets, pastors,
teachers, evangelists, and so
forth.
Who is this
person?
What is a
prophet?
A prophet is a
man called by God
to speak for Him.
When a prophet
speaks for God, it is as
if God were speaking.
Prophets have always
told people what
Heavenly Father and Jesus
Christ want them to do.
We will be blessed when
we follow the prophet.
“Lesson 2: Nephi Follows His Father, the Prophet,” Primary 4: Book of Mormon, (1997),5
Scripture stories adapted from :
“Lehi Warns the People,” Book of Mormon Stories, Chapter 2, p.5 & “Lehi Leaves Jerusalem,”
Book of Mormon Stories, Chapter 3, p.6-7
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.
Lehi named
the river
Laman and
the valley
Lemuel.
Lehi wanted his sons to be like
the river and valley, continually
flowing to God and steadfastly
keeping the commandments.
Laman and Lemuel thought their
father was foolish for leaving
Jerusalem and their riches.
They did not
believe that
Jerusalem
would be
destroyed.
Nephi wanted
to understand
the things
Lehi had seen.
He prayed to know if his
father had done the right
thing by leaving Jerusalem.
Jesus Christ visited Nephi and told
him that Lehi’s words were true.
Nephi
believed
and did not
rebel as
Laman and
Lemuel did.
Nephi told
his brothers
what Jesus
had told
him.
Sam believed Nephi, but Laman
and Lemuel would not believe.
What did Lehi do for his people?
Let’s read 1 Nephi 1:5
What did the Lord
show Lehi in his
vision?
Let’s read 1 Nephi
1:6–13
What did
Lehi do after
he received
the vision?
Let’s read 1
Nephi 1:18
Whom did Lehi prophesy
about?
Let’s
read 1
Nephi
1:9, 19
Prophets
have always
testified of
Jesus Christ.
How can
each of us
gain a
testimony
of Jesus
Christ?
Each of us can
know that Jesus
is the Savior by
prayerfully
studying the
scriptures and
by obeying the
commandments.
What did the people do when
they heard the words of the
prophet Lehi?
Let’s read 1
Nephi 1:19–20
What would you do if you were teased
or laughed at because you believe in
Jesus Christ and His church?
After the people tried to kill Lehi,
what did the Lord command him
to do?
Let’s read
1 Nephi
2:1–3
What did Lehi’s family take with
them when they left Jerusalem?
Let’s read 1 Nephi 2:4
What are provisions?
What did
they leave
behind?
What things do you think Lehi’s
family might have taken?
Why do you think Lehi’s family
would need these things?
What else would you need to take
if you were going on a journey like
Lehi’s?
What things would you have a
hard time leaving behind?
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What did Laman and Lemuel do when
they had to leave their home and their
gold and silver?
Let’s read 1
Nephi 2:11–13
What does
murmur mean?
What is stiffneckedness?
If you were asked to leave your home
and possessions, how would you feel?
Why didn’t Nephi rebel against his
father?
Let’s read 1
Nephi 2:16
How can
prayer soften
your heart to
help you
follow the
prophet?
How did Nephi show love for
Laman and Lemuel when they
would not believe him?
Let’s read 1 Nephi 2:18
Have you ever
prayed for
someone who was
not keeping the
commandments?
What did the Lord promise Nephi
because of his faith?
Let’s read 1 Nephi 2:19–22
What
does faith
mean to
you?
What happened to Jerusalem after
Lehi’s family left?
Let’s read 2 Nephi
1:4
Do the things that
prophets prophesy
of always happen?
Let’s read D&C 1:37–38
When did Lehi’s family leave
Jerusalem?
What does b.c. mean?
Who is the
prophet today?
What has he
asked us to do?
How are we
blessed when
we follow the
living prophet?
…are quotes from
President Monson’s
November 2011
conference address.
Let’s take turns drawing
out a quotation and
reading it.
Enr. Act. 4
Lorenzo
Snow
Joseph F.
Howard
Smith
W. Hunter
David O. John Joseph Fielding
McKay Taylor
Smith
Gordon B.
Hinckley
Ezra Taft
Benson
Heber J.
Grant
Match the name to the picture!
Challenge: Put the Presidents in the
order they served!
Enr. Act. 2
Enr. Act. 2
Ezra Taft Benson, the
thirteenth President
of the Church, said:
I would now like to
speak to the children
of the Church. …
“Today I desire to teach you what our
Heavenly Father wants you to know
so that you can learn to do His will
and enjoy true happiness. It will help
you now and throughout your life …
Enr. Act. 3
“How pleased I am to
hear of your love for the
Book of Mormon.
“I love it too, and
Heavenly Father wants
you to continue to learn
from the Book of
Mormon every day.
“It’s Heavenly Father’s special gift to
you. By following its teachings you will
learn to do the will of our Father in
Heaven”
(in Ensign, May 1989, pp. 81–82).
Enr. Act. 3
We talked earlier about the sixth
Article of Faith. Let’s memorize it!
We believe in the same
organization that existed in the
Primitive Church, namely, apostles,
prophets, pastors, teachers,
evangelists, and so forth.
W b i t s o t e i t P C n a p p t e a s f
Enr. Act. 5
I bear testimony
that because
Heavenly Father
loves us He has
given us a living
prophet.
I testify that we will be blessed if
we follow the living prophet.
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