DM: Plan of Salvation
READING ASSIGNMENT for class on Oct 30 (Ascent): Doctrinal Mastery Core Document, The Plan of Salvation (all)
1. The Plan of Salvation (first 3 paragraphs) AND
2. 2 Nephi 2:27 (Mark and study carefully)
3. The paragraphs under the sections “Premortal Life,” “The Creation,” and “The Fall”
4. 2 Nephi 2:22-25
5. The paragraphs under the sections: “Mortal Life” and “Life After Death”
Read this quote from Elder Christofferson and include it in your scriptures by 2 Nephi 2:27
“Using our agency to choose God’s will, and not slackening even when the going gets hard, will not make us God’s puppet; it will make us like Him. God gave us agency, and Jesus showed us how to use it so that we could eventually learn what They know, do what They do, and become what They are” (D. Todd Christofferson, “Moral Agency,” Ensign, June 2009, 53).
1. The Plan of Salvation (first 3 paragraphs) AND
2. 2 Nephi 2:27 (Mark and study carefully)
3. The paragraphs under the sections “Premortal Life,” “The Creation,” and “The Fall”
4. 2 Nephi 2:22-25
5. The paragraphs under the sections: “Mortal Life” and “Life After Death”
Read this quote from Elder Christofferson and include it in your scriptures by 2 Nephi 2:27
“Using our agency to choose God’s will, and not slackening even when the going gets hard, will not make us God’s puppet; it will make us like Him. God gave us agency, and Jesus showed us how to use it so that we could eventually learn what They know, do what They do, and become what They are” (D. Todd Christofferson, “Moral Agency,” Ensign, June 2009, 53).
Elder Dallin H. Oaks
“It was Eve who first transgressed the limits of Eden in order to initiate the conditions of mortality. Her act, whatever its nature, was formally a transgression but eternally a glorious necessity to open the doorway toward eternal life. Adam showed his wisdom by doing the same. And thus Eve and ‘Adam fell that men might be’ [2 Nephi 2:25].
“Some Christians condemn Eve for her act, concluding that she and her daughters are somehow flawed by it. Not the Latter-day Saints! Informed by revelation, we celebrate Eve’s act and honor her wisdom and courage in the great episode called the Fall. … Elder Joseph Fielding Smith said: ‘I never speak of the part Eve took in this fall as a sin, nor do I accuse Adam of a sin. … This was a transgression of the law, but not a sin … for it was something that Adam and Eve had to do!’ (Joseph Fielding Smith, Doctrines of Salvation, comp. Bruce R. McConkie, 3 vols., Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1954–56, 1:114–15)” (Dallin H. Oaks, “The Great Plan of Happiness,” Ensign, Nov. 1993, 73).