That Ye May Have Fellowship with Us and with God

1. Read 1 John 1:1–4.
2. He wants us to recognize and find the way toward fellowship. To seek the connection between us and God and understand that connection.
• 1 John 1:8–10 Admit that we sin and ask for repentance
• 1 John 2:3–6 Follow the commandments and walk in the light
• 1 John 2:9–11; 3:11–19 Love everyone and want them to want in the light with them
• 1 John 2:15–17 Love and strive for the kingdom of god and leave the world away
• 1 John 2:20–21, 27 Seek for truth
• 1 John 3:4–6 Don’t sin
3. Choose one of the ways to greater joy and fellowship with God as you described it above and write a paragraph explaining how you can better implement those principles in your life.
• Love and strive for the kingdom of god and leave the world away
• Our eternal destiny is to inherit the kingdom of God, but we must be faithful to him or else his inheritance disappears. Our inheritance is earned through our hard work and pushing away the world and everything that keeps us away.

Living Our Religion

Read James 1:19; 3:1–13; 4:11 and the institute student manual commentary for James 3:8, “The Importance of Taming the Tongue” (p. 410). Using these resources, make two lists:

	Things We Say That Are Offensive to God	Things We Say That Are Pleasing to God
James 1:19	Wrath	Listening
		Slow to speak
James 3:1-13	Bossy
	If one is offensive
	boast
	An evili tongue	Good conversation
James 4:11	Harsh words
	Judging
ISMC James 3:8	Use the same tongue we prayer with to hurt	Self-control
	Hurt the ones we love

Referring to the following chart, read James 4:1–4 and identify four symptoms of people who are friends of the world. Read James 4:7–12 and write a prescription that would help people overcome the “world.” Write your responses in the appropriate column:

Symptoms of Being in the World (James 4:1-4)	Prescription for Being out of the World (James 4:7-12
Lust	Follow God’s will
Wars	Repent
Desire to kill	Pure
Commit adultery	Accept the heavy and see it as good
	Humble
	Sees people equally

Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ

In Hebrews 11 Paul recounted the faith of many ancient men and women. Read Hebrews 11 and fill in the chart below listing eight other people and how each person demonstrated his or her faith and what blessings the Lord gave each of them.

Name	Verse	How They Demonstrated Faith	Blessings They Received
Abel	4	Offered a “more excellent sacrifice”	A witness from God that he was righteous
Noah	7	Being warned he constructed an ark	He became an heir of righteousness
Abraham	8	Went looking for a place without knowing where to go	He found the place and received it as his inheritance
Sara	11	She believed that the Lord would deliver his promise	She conceived and gave birth.
Abraham	17	Offered his son Isaac as a sacrifice	His seed went forth through Isaac
Isaac	20	Blessed Jacob and Esau of things to come	They were blessed
Jacob	21	Blessed both sons of Joseph while dying	They were blessed
Moses	24-27	Suffered affliction and forsake Egypt	saved in infancy, Escaped Egypt, Passed through Red Sea
Rehab	31	Received spies upon Lord's direction	Perished not

Give at least three examples of other individuals found in scriptures or whom you know who could be included in this chapter.

Example	Faith	Blessing
Nephi	That God would deliver the plates that Laban had	They received them
Enos	Prayed unto God for strength	Found what needed and got through the wilderness
Moroni	Believed that God would protect the plates he hid	Joseph Smith brought them forth and translated them

Read Hebrews 12:1–2 and write what Paul encouraged the Saints to do to show their faith.

Set aside sins and natural tendencies to do evil once you do so gain patience and move forward to God’s will.

Read the institute student manual Points to Ponder sections “Developing Faith Is Active Belief, Which Is More than Just Belief” (p. 400); “Fully Developed Faith Is Power” (pp. 400–401). Describe in writing how faith is different than belief.

Belief is just a passive knowledge of a concept. Faith is 100% knowledge that compels one to act. Faith is a principle of continuous action. Faith is gradually lifted when we act. When we act we receive revelation of the truthfulness of that which we do.

Christ is Greater

Greater Than Angels:

Angels are servants whereas he is the Son.

Greater Than Moses:

Moses was a faithful servant, he is a faithful Son and redeemer.

Greater Than High Priest:

High Priest only have the Aaronic priesthood while Christ has the higher one, the Melchizedek

In Hebrews 1, Paul gives us three great truths about Jesus Christ:

Under the direction of God the Father, he created the world. (verse 2)

Jesus Christ paid the price for our sins. (verse 3)

Jesus Christ is literally the Son of God. (verse 6)

Reasons why Christ came to earth to gain a mortal experience

Hebrews 2:7-18

Chirst had to face temptations because to know any goodness one has to be presented to the bitter. He was the one who took our sins to make salvation an option unto us

Hebrews 4:13-16

Christ needs to receive personal experience to understand temporal trails. This way he help us through ours and give us comfort.

Alma 7:11-15

Christ had to take on all of our sicknesses, infirmities, temptations, and pain This way he can fully understand each of us. To make death crumble unto us and him and bring about life.

Doctrine & Covenants 122:8

Christ had to descend below all things in order to truly gain victory over sin and death.