Driving the Saints (DOCTRINE & COVENANTS 101:2-8, 41)

Ask: Who owns a special piece of jewelry?

  1. Why did Lord compare the Saints to jewelry? vs 1-3
  2. To whom did the Lord compare their chastenings? vs 4-5
  3. How were the Saints acting in Jackson, MO? vs 6,8
  4. They were found ______and; therefore, they must needs be chastened. vs 41

Mercy, Mercy (DOCTRINE & COVENANTS 101:9-19)

1. What message does the Lord give inverse9that can help us when we suffer the consequences of our sins?

2. Which people will be saved in the last days? vs 12

3. Who will make it to the Celestial Kingdom? vs 15

4. What does the Lord mean by saying, ‘Be Still’? vs 16

Invite a member of your group to read: President GordonB. Hinckley told of a time when he was comforted by the principles inDoctrine and Covenants 101:16. “Recently while wrestling in my mind with a problem I thought to be of serious consequence I went to my knees in prayer. There came into my mind a feeling of peace and the words of the Lord, ‘Be still and know that I am God.’ I turned to the scripture and read this reassuring statement spoken to the ProphetJoseph Smith150 years ago: ‘Let your hearts be comforted concerning Zion; for all flesh is in mine hands; be still and know that I am God.’ (D&C 101:16). It is our responsibility and our opportunity to be at peace in our minds and in our hearts, and to know that he is God, that this is his work, and that he will not permit it to fail. We have no need to fear. We have no need to worry. Our imperative need is to be found doing our duty individually in the callings which have come to us.” (“He Slumbers Not, nor Sleeps,”Ensign,May 1983, 6).

Millennium (DOCTRINE & COVENANTS 101:22-34)

1. Where does the Lord want the faithful to go to prepare for the second coming? vs 22

2. How will all flesh see the Lord together? vs 23

3. What will be consumed and what will melt? vs 24,25

4. How old will we live to be during the millennium? vs 30

5. List at least 5 things the Lord will reveal during the millennium. vs 32,33,34

6. Discuss: What things do you look forward to in the millennium?

Promises, Promises (DOCTRINE & COVENANTS 101:35-40)

1. What three things will help guarantee our return to Heavenly Father’s presence? vs 35

2. What life are we to care for? vs 37

3. Seek and ye shall find what? vs 38

4. How does Salt lose its savor? vs39-41

6. Who is a person that you know who is like the ‘salt of the earth’?

Invite someone to read: Elder CarlosE. Asay of the Seventy taught: “Salt will not lose its savor with age. Savor is lost through mixture and contamination…When the Lord used the expression ‘savor of men,’ he was speaking of those who represent him. He was referring to those who have repented, who have been washed clean in the waters of baptism…He was speaking of you and me” (“Salt of the Earth: Savor of Men and Saviors of Men,”Ensign,May 1980, 42).

Constitution (DOCTRINE & COVENANTS 101:77-89)

  1. Invite someone to complete this statement after they finish readingDoctrine and Covenants 101:78: God has given us agency, but we are…
  2. Invite someone to read: Elder D.Todd Christoffersontaught: “We are moral beings, free to choose but also responsible for our choices” (“Moral Agency” [Brigham Young University devotional address, Jan. 31, 2006],
  3. Who caused the U.S. Constitution to be established? vs 77
  4. Yes or No: Is slavery allowable under the Lord's constitution? vs 79
  5. Try to recite the Preamble to the Constitution…(hint: We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish…)
  6. What U.S. laws are you grateful for?

You know it’s true (DOCTRINE & COVENANTS 101:23-27)

1. Will only church members living in Jackson County MO will see Christ? (v. 23)

2. What will happen to corruption during the millennium? (v. 24)

3. What will happen to the Earth during the millennium? (v. 25)

4. Will Big Mac sales at McDonald’s tripleor quadruple during the millennium? (v. 26)

5. Will God say‘No’ to prayers during the millennium? (v. 27)

Invite someone to read: President Joseph F. Smith taught: “When Christ comes the saints who are on the earth will be quickened and caught up to meet him…They will be quickened so that they will not be subject unto death until they are old. Men shall die when they are one hundred years of age, and the change shall be made suddenly to the immortal state. Graves will not be made during this thousand years” (The Way to Perfection[1931], 298–99).

Don’t forget my number (DOCTRINE & COVENANTS 101:28-32)

1. Will people's righteousness cause Satan to work overtime to tempt them during the millennium? (v. 28)

2. Will mortuaries be a booming business during the millennium? (v. 29)

3. Will infant deaths increase or decrease during the millennium? (v. 30)

4. Will the earth run out of burial space? (v. 31)

5. Will we ever find out why the dinosaurs disappeared? (v. 32)

The Parable (DOCTRINE & COVENANTS 101:43-45)

In D&C 101:43–45, mark the six elements and note the interpretations found in the parable

ElementInterpretation

NoblemanJesus Christ

Choice piece of landJackson County, Missouri

ServantsChurch members

Olive treesSettlements of the Saints in Missouri

WatchmenChurch leaders

TowerThe temple

Read and discuss the parable: vs. 44; vss. 4546; vss. 4750; vs. 51; vss. 5254; vss. 5558.

What are some principles in this parable that we can apply in our lives?