Doctrinal Mastery: The Godhead (9/28)

READING ASSIGNMENT for class on Friday 9/29: Please read and ponder the following scriptures:


  1. 3 Ne. 12:48 (compare and contrast it with Matthew 5:48) Why are they similar? What is different?
  2. 3 Nephi 18:15, 20-21 
  3. Reread and study 2 Nephi 26:33 & 3 Nephi 11:10-11

Points to Ponder:

  1. What attributes does the Savior have that you admire?
  2. What can you do to be like Him?
  3. What example did He set for us in 3 Nephi 18?
  4. What do you better understand about the Godhead from these verses?

Enjoy these two videos and ponder what they teach you about Christ


Some quotes to enrich your study.  Consider adding them to your scriptures:

3 Nephi 12:48

President Howard W. Hunter
“Let us follow the Son of God in all ways and in all walks of life. Let us make him our exemplar and our guide. We should at every opportunity ask ourselves, ‘What would Jesus do?’ and then be more courageous to act upon the answer. We must follow Christ, in the best sense of that word. We must be about his work as he was about his Father’s. … To the extent that our mortal powers permit, we should make every effort to become like Christ—the one perfect and sinless example this world has ever seen” (Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Howard W. Hunter [2015], 309).

3 Nephi 18:15, 20-21

Elder Holland taught: "Prayer is worship in its simplest and most powerful form, as the unknown Zenos taught (see Alma 33:3). It is "the soul's sincere desire, Uttered or unexpressed" ("Prayer Is the Soul's Sincere Desire," Hymns, no. 145). "Therefore, hold up your light that it may shine unto the world. Behold I am the light which you shall hold up--that which you have seen me do. Behold ye see that I have prayed unto the Father, and ye all have witnessed" (3 Nephi 18:24; emphasis added).
The praying Christ. That is the example to which we are to point others. The Christ of humility. The Christ of spiritual communion. The Christ who is dependent upon his Father. The Christ who asks for blessings upon others. The Christ who calls down the powers of heaven. The Christ who is one with the Father in at least one way that we too can be united with him--through prayer.
Of the many aspects of his life that you teach your students, be absolutely certain you teach them of the praying Christ. Along with putting the scriptures in their hands, there is no more certain help you can give them in this difficult world in which they live and in the increasingly destructive times which they will face. Hold up that light to them--Christ seeking the guidance and support and protection of the Father. Christ submitting, kneeling, yielding, obeying the will of his Heavenly Father.
That is the light we are to show the world and you are to show your students. It is the image of Christ praying unspeakable things. Give your students this promise, as Christ gave it to the Nephite multitude: "And whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, which is right, believing that ye shall receive, behold it shall be given unto you" (3 Nephi 18:20). They need to believe that and they will if you believe it." (Elder Holland, CES Symposium August 9, 1994)