 Jesus Christ and the Everlasting Gospel
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Lesson 9
The Saviour's Profound Influence
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1. Cover page |
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The Saviour's Profound Influence
Background and Student Reading
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 2 Corinthians 5:21; Hebrews 2:17-18; 4:15-16; Doctrine and Covenants 20:22; Matthew 4:1-11; Luke 22:42, 44; John 6:38; 3 Nephi 11:11; John 4:1-29.
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Elevated Learning
As you go through this institute lesson make notes in your study journal of the things that impress on your mind and heart and expand your personal understanding. Take the time to review these notes and share with others after the lesson. This is an important part of your elevated learning experience and will help the gospel of Jesus Christ get down into your heart and contribute to your successful graduation of this institute course.
2. God's will |
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"For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me." (John 6:38)
• My will... God's will?
Matthew 4:1-11 - How did Jesus overcome temptation?
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Questions
What do you notice about how the Saviour responded to Satan's temptations?
How are the temptations the Saviour faced similar to the ones we face today?
3. Temptations in the wilderness |
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Nearly every temptation that comes to you and me comes in one of those forms. Classify them, and you will find that under one of those three nearly every given temptation that makes you and me spotted, ever so little may be, comes to us as (1) a temptation of the appetite; (2) a yielding to the pride and fashion and vanity of those alienated from the things of God; or (3) a gratifying of the passion, or a desire for the riches of the world, or power among men.
David O McKay
Unspotted from the World, Ensign, Aug. 2009, 27
Questions
How have you observed this pattern to be true in our day?
4. Temptations |
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Read Hebrews 2:17-18; 4:15-16
Read Doctrine & Covenants 20:22
Jesus Christ lived a matchless life because he never gave in to temptation.
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Questions
Why did Jesus need to experience temptations?
Why is it important to know that Jesus experienced the same kind of temptations we face today?
5. He remained true |
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It is important to remember that Jesus was capable of sinning, that he could have succumbed, that the plan of life and salvation could have been foiled, but that he remained true. Had there been no possibility of his yielding to the enticement of Satan, there would have been no real test, no genuine victory in the result. He was perfect and sinless, not because he had to be, but rather because he clearly and determinedly wanted to be.
Howard W Hunter
The Temptations of Christ, Ensign, Nov. 1976, 19
Questions
How can this change the way we feel about the Saviour?
6. The pains of all men |
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He suffered the pains of all men in Gethsemane so they would not have to suffer if they would repent. He submitted Himself to humiliation and insults from His enemies without complaint or retaliation. And, finally, He endured the flogging and brutal shame of the cross. Only then did He voluntarily submit to death. He was perfectly obedient to our Heavenly Father.
Ezra Taft Benson
Jesus Christ: Our Savior and Redeemer, Ensign, Nov. 1983, 7, 8
Questions
Why was it necessary for Jesus to be perfectly sinless and submissive to the will of Heavenly Father?
How does this knowledge strengthen your faith in the Saviour?
7. Profound an influence |
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"None other has had so profound an influence upon all who have lived and will yet live upon the earth."
The Living Christ: The Testimony of the Apostles
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Which of the Saviour's characteristics enabled him to have such an influence on ALL who have lived and will yet live?
8. The Samaritan women |
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Summarise John 4:1-8
"Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans." (John 4:9)
Read John 4:10-15
Samaritan woman at the well
Questions
How would you describe the interaction between Jesus and the woman?
What was Jesus offering her?
9. The Saviour's influence |
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Read John 4:16-19
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Questions
What thoughts would the Samaritan woman have had?
What evidence is there that the Saviour had an influence on her?
10. The Christ |
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Read John 4:20-29
What are some of the titles of the Saviour?
What did the Saviour do over this short interview with the Samaritan woman to change her perception of him?
Samaritan woman at the well
Questions
What parallels are there between the influence the Saviour had on the Samaritan woman and our lives?
How can we recognise the Saviour's influence in our lives?
11. Summary |
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• Jesus Christ lived a sinless life
• The Saviour's profound influence
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Questions
What can we do to show gratitude for the influence of the Saviour in our lives?
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