Doctrinal Mastery Helps Spring 2022�Old Testament

• Moses 1:39
• Moses 7:18
• Abraham 2:9-11
• Abraham 3:22-23
• Genesis 1:26-27
• Genesis 1:28
• Genesis 2:24

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• 1st Term Quiz

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• Genesis 39:9
• Exodus 19:5-6
• Exodus 20:3-17
• Joshua 24:15
• Psalm 24:3-4
• Proverbs 3:5-6

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• 2^nd Term Quiz

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Books of the Old Testament �(Tanakh)

Genesis

Exodus

Leviticus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

1^st Kings

Ruth

1^st Samuel

2^nd Samuel

Judges

Joshua

Esther

Nehemiah

2^nd Chronicles

Ezra

1^st Chronicles

2^nd Kings

Job

Psalms

Ecclesiastes

Proverbs

Song of Solomon

Malachi

Micah

Lamentations

Ezekiel

Jeremiah

Isaiah

Joel

Hosea

Obadiah

Amos

Jonah

Zephaniah

Habakkuk

Nahum

Zechariah

Haggai

The Law (Torah)

Historical Writing

Poetic Writings

Major Prophets

Minor Prophets

Daniel

“While I was Reading” Wednesday

3 minutes

A Little Explanation

• With Doctrinal Mastery, although memorization is not emphasized as it was, we are still to help our students know the passages, understand them, and help them be able to know the references to the passages. By studying the Doctrinal Mastery Materials, you will see that they give time to each topic according to how many Doctrinal Mastery Passages there are for that topic. In other words, you can take a week to spotlight each passage and help your students get to know that passage better.
• To spotlight a scripture for the week, it takes about 5 minutes each day. It is good to have the class recite the verse in unison each day (first slide). Then do one of the following on different days.
• Ask the class why that verse is important and why it was chosen. How does it support the Doctrinal Mastery Topic? Have them highlight the verse(s) in their scriptures, and underline key words
• Share the mnemonic (second slide). See helps to sharing a mnemonic on the next slide.
• Share a scenario, questions, or some activity to help them explain and apply the doctrine. With this they can discuss or roleplay with their partner (third slide).
• There are about 36 weeks in a school year and 25 Doctrinal Mastery Passages, so you can review and quiz with the students to help them on weeks without a passage, or spend extra time on some passages. We might also look at Doctrinal Mastery Passages from other years. I have also included as quiz and review after ever 6 or 7 passages learned.

Steps To Using The Doctrine & Covenants�Doctrinal Mastery Mnemonics

1. Keep the key words of the scripture in mind (especially the underlined words).
2. Link the key words to an idea or image in the cartoon mnemonic.
3. Link the idea to the reference embedded in the cartoon mnemonic.
4. Practice with a friend, with them saying the key words, and you giving the reference.
5. Give hints from the mnemonic.

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Doctrinal

Mastery

Moses 1:39

39 For behold, this is my work and my glory—to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.

The Plan Of Salvation

God’s Work And Glory Is To Bring To Pass The Immortality And Eternal Life Of Man.

• According to this scripture, what gives God satisfaction?
• Where does God put His efforts?
• What is God’s goal for you?
• What is the difference between Immortality & Eternal Life?
• How can you assist God in His work?
• How can you help others seek Eternal Life?

Moses 7:18

18 And the Lord called his people ZION, because they were of one heart and one mind, and dwelt in righteousness; and there was no poor among them.

The Restoration

Zion -One Heart And One Mind In Righteousness

• What are the 4 characteristics of a Zion like society?
• What does it mean to be of one heart, or one mind?
• How can you build unity in your family, school, community?
• How do you promote righteous living around you?
• How can we assist those in poverty?
• What brings to pass this kind of society according to Moses 7:69?

Abraham 2:9-11

9 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee above measure, and make thy name great among all nations, and thou shalt be a blessing unto thy seed after thee, that in their hands they shall bear this ministry and Priesthood unto all nations;

10 And I will bless them through thy name; for as many as receive this Gospel shall be called after thy name, and shall be accounted thy seed, and shall rise up and bless thee, as their father;

11 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse them that curse thee; and in thee (that is, in thy Priesthood) and in thy seed (that is, thy Priesthood), for I give unto thee a promise that this right shall continue in thee, and in thy seed after thee (that is to say, the literal seed, or the seed of the body) shall all the families of the earth be blessed, even with the blessings of the Gospel, which are the blessings of salvation, even of life eternal.

Priesthood & Priesthood Keys

The Lord promised Abraham that his seed would “bear this ministry and Priesthood unto all nations.” 

I Abraham, learned that my posterity

would bless the whole earth.

An opposite example was when

the 2 towers came down on 9-11.

Adriana has been hearing a lot of teachings lately in which the youth of the Church are invited to help fulfill the Abrahamic covenant by participating in the gathering of Israel. This sounds exciting to her, but she doesn’t really know where to start. She also wonders if she will have enough time to do what is required of her with all the other things she has going on in her life.

Use the doctrine taught in Abraham 2:9–11 to help guide Adriana through her situation.

Abraham 3:22-23

22 Now the Lord had shown unto me, Abraham, the intelligences that were organized before the world was; and among all these there were many of the noble and great ones;

23 And God saw these souls that they were good, and he stood in the midst of them, and he said: These I will make my rulers; for he stood among those that were spirits, and he saw that they were good; and he said unto me: Abraham, thou art one of them; thou wast chosen before thou wast born.

The Plan Of Salvation

Abraham Was Chosen Before He Was Born.

• How does the truth that God knew you before you were born inspire you to follow Him during mortality?

Genesis 1:26-27

26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

The Plan Of Salvation

God Created Man In His Own Image.

• What hints about the nature of the Godhead are in these verses?
• What hints about what God looks like are in these verses?
• What responsibilities has God given mankind in these verses?
• ROLEPLAY: When talking about God, your friend mentions that God is a nonphysical entity without a body or form. Kindly help your friend using these verses.

Genesis 1:28

28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

Marriage & Family

Multiple And Replenish The Earth.

Genesis means to begin. As the Genesis of the 1^st family starts, we can Multiply and Replenish the Earth. The Sun’s surface gravity is 28 times that of Earth.

• Your friend feels like, with how terrible the world can be at times, it would be better to never have kids.
• How can you answer her concern with an eternal perspective?
• What scripture could you use?

Genesis 2:24

24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

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Marriage & Family

Husband And Wife Are To Be One.

With the Genesis of our family, the 2 of us

must be One each day (24 hours).

• What will you do now to prepare for marriage in the future?
• What standards will you follow to honor the union with your future spouse?
• What family relationship is most important?
• Who are the only people we are commanded to “cleave” to in scripture?

Genesis 39:9

39 There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?

Marriage & Family

Joseph Resisted Temptation.

Genie has a dirty mind ( 39 )

full of slime ( 9 ).

• Identify specific standards in the For the Strength of Youth pamphlet that can help you stay morally pure.
• Metaphorically, how do we run from sexual sin like Joseph did?

Exodus 19:5-6

5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:

6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.

Ordinances & Covenants

Keep My Covenant And Ye Shall Be A Holy Nation.

Some might find it Peculiar that I can make Covenants

with God and make my Exodus onto my mission

when I am 19. But I’ve been preparing since

I was in Kindergarten (5-6 years old).

Wherever I serve, I’ll make it a more Holy Nation.

• What is the Lord teaching by using the word, “peculiar”?
• What is the condition for being God’s people?

Exodus 20:3-17

3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth…

7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. …

12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

13 Thou shalt not kill.

14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.

15 Thou shalt not steal.

16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

17 Thou shalt not covet…

Commandments

God Revealed The Ten Commandments.

I want to help students keep The Ten Commandments by

not killing someone when making their Exodus from school.

In school zones, you should drive 20 miles an hour.

But that is faster than driving 3-17 miles an hour.

The 10 Commandments

#1

How to teach the memory device

1. “We are #1” but who is really #1? God. No other Gods before me.
2. When you see a snake, it can look like a 2. Don’t make a graven image like a snake to worship.
3. What sin is with our lips and words we say? God’s name in vain. Top lip on its side looks like a 3.
4. A 4 upside-down looks like an uncomfortable wood chair at church. Sabbath day.
5. A 5 is square on the top and round on the bottom. Dads are square, Moms have more curves. Honor father and mother. Sign language for mom and dad is also top and bottom of face.
6. A 6 on its side can look like a gun. Shalt not kill.
7. A 7 on its side can look like a bed. Shalt not commit adultery.
8. When a person steals, they get put in handcuffs. Handcuffs put by each other make an 8. Shalt not steal.
9. A 9 can be made to look like a Bear. Shalt not bear false witness.
10. A 10 can look like the letters C O. Short for Covet.

• Consider each of the Ten Commandments and how well you are following them.
• In what areas do you need to commit to obey them more fully?
• Can you name each of the Ten?

Joshua 24:15

15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

The Plan Of Salvation

Choose You This Day Whom Ye Will Serve.

I, Joshua, Choose this Day (24 hrs.) to practice my Serve.

The first point in tennis is 15.

• When did you first choose to follow the Lord?
• When have you recommitted yourself to the Lord?
• What actions in your life demonstrate your choice to serve the Lord?
• Can people tell you have chosen to follow the Lord by the way you live your life?

Psalms 24:3-4

3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place?

4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.

Ordinances & Covenants

To Stand Worthy In The Lord’s Presence, We Must Have Clean Hands And A Pure Heart

If you wash your

palms (Psalms)

daily (24 hrs.) before

meals (3-4 Times),

you will have

Clean Hands and a

Pure Heart.

• What do these verses have to do with going to the Temple?
• What can you do to be clean and pure as you interact with media and technology?
• If you are able, make plans to attend the temple regularly.

Proverbs 3:5-6

5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

Acquiring Spiritual Knowledge

Trust In The Lord With All Thine Heart, And He Shall Direct They Paths.

Proverbs 3

Trust

Acknowledge

Direct

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As an English teacher, I Trust in

verbs, so you could say I am Pro-verbs.

Here is the list of my 3 favorite verbs

since I was in Kindergarten (5-6).

• How can you rely more on the Lord and less on your own understanding?
• As you learn to increase your trust in the Lord, how will your life have more divine direction and purpose?

Doctrinal Mastery Reference Quiz

1. ____ Abraham was chosen before he was born.
2. ____ Husband and wife are to be one.
3. ____ God’s work and glory is to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.
4. ____ Multiply and replenish the earth.
5. ____ Zion –one heart and one mind in righteousness
6. ____ God created man in His own image.
7. ____ The Lord promised Abraham that his seed would “bear this ministry unto all nations.”

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1. Moses 1:39
2. Moses 7:18
3. Abraham 2:9-11
4. Abraham 3:22-23
5. Genesis 1:26-27
6. Genesis 1:28
7. Genesis 2:24

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Doctrinal Mastery Reference Quiz

1. ____ Keep my covenant and ye shall be a holy nation.
2. ____ Trust in the Lord with all theine heart, and He shall direct thy paths.
3. ____ Choose you this day who ye will serve.
4. ____ God revealed the Ten Commandments.
5. ____ Joseph resisted temptation.
6. ____ To stand worthy in the Lord’s presence, we must have clean hands and a pure heart.

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1. Genesis 39:9
2. Exodus 19:5-6
3. Exodus 20:3-17
4. Joshua 24:15
5. Psalm 24:3-4
6. Proverbs 3:5-6

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