Doctrinal Mastery Review 10

Apply Doctrinal Mastery Passages

illustration of young adults

One of the purposes of doctrinal mastery is to help you learn how to apply the doctrine taught in the doctrinal mastery passages to real-life situations. This lesson will give you opportunities to practice applying some of the passages you have studied this year.

Student preparation: Invite students to review the four doctrinal mastery passages shown in the following chart. Ask them to be prepared to share some specific ways they could apply the truths in these passages.

Possible Learning Activities

A doctrinal mastery passage lesson may need to be taught in place of this review lesson. Refer to the pacing schedule provided by the area or region director or coordinator to ensure that each doctrinal mastery passage lesson will be taught while seminary is in session.

Doctrine for real life

Review the four doctrinal mastery passages in the following chart. As you read the scenarios below, determine which doctrinal mastery passage might help in each scenario.

Scripture Reference	Key Scripture Phrase
Scripture Reference Matthew 22:36–39	Key Scripture Phrase “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God. … Thou shalt love thy neighbour.”
Scripture Reference Luke 22:19–20	Key Scripture Phrase Jesus Christ commanded, partake of the sacrament “in remembrance of me.”
Scripture Reference Luke 24:36–39	Key Scripture Phrase “For a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.”
Scripture Reference John 17:3	Key Scripture Phrase “And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ.”

Display the following scenarios on the board for students to see as they come in. If needed, adjust the scenarios to make them more relevant to students. Depending on time, students could do one or both of the activities in this lesson.

Encourage students to use their thoughts from the student preparation activity here and throughout the remainder of the lesson.

1. Carlos has a friend of another Christian faith who expresses his belief that Jesus Christ is a spirit and that He does not have a physical body.

2. Liz sees herself as inclusive, including accepting any behavior as long as it is sincere. This has led her to question Heavenly Father’s doctrine of marriage and family. Because of her questions, Liz has recently stopped attending church and living other commandments.

3. Maria wonders how she can make taking the sacrament a more meaningful experience.

4. Frank has stopped paying attention in his seminary class and Sunday School meetings because he feels he already knows enough about Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ.

Select one of the scenarios, and think about the doctrinal mastery passage you matched with it.

• How does the doctrinal mastery passage you chose apply to this scenario?

• What can this passage help the person in the scenario understand about Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ and Their desires for us?

• What actions might you suggest this person take in order to apply the truths in the passage you chose? Why?

Applying doctrinal mastery passages to personal circumstances

In your study journal, draw a stick figure of a teenager, and write down their age, gender, and family situation. This person could be either real or imagined. Include a few specific questions, problems, or challenges this person is currently facing.

Consider inviting students to do this on a piece of paper rather than in their study journals. They could turn in their papers with a symbol in the corner of the page to help them identify their papers but not reveal to others whose papers are whose. Distribute the papers to other class members so that they can answer the following questions based on the scenario provided. Alternatively, students could use the scenario from their own paper.

Review the doctrinal mastery passages below (and any others of your choice) and determine which passages might be helpful in the scenario.

Display the following chart so students can refer to it throughout the lesson. If helpful, consider using additional or different doctrinal mastery passages than the ones emphasized in this lesson.

Doctrinal Master - Matthew - John

Scripture Reference	Key Scripture Phrase
Scripture Reference Luke 2:10–12	Key Scripture Phrase “For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.”
Scripture Reference John 3:5	Key Scripture Phrase “Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.”
Scripture Reference John 3:16	Key Scripture Phrase “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son.”
Scripture Reference Matthew 5:14–16	Key Scripture Phrase “Let your light so shine before men.”
Scripture Reference Matthew 11:28–30	Key Scripture Phrase “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”
Scripture Reference Matthew 16:15–19	Key Scripture Phrase Jesus said, “I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom.”
Scripture Reference John 7:17	Key Scripture Phrase “If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine.”
Scripture Reference Matthew 22:36–39	Key Scripture Phrase “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God. … Thou shalt love thy neighbour.”
Scripture Reference Luke 22:19–20	Key Scripture Phrase Jesus Christ commanded, partake of the sacrament “in remembrance of me.”
Scripture Reference John 17:3	Key Scripture Phrase “And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ.”
Scripture Reference Luke 24:36–39	Key Scripture Phrase “For a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.”

Write a brief note to the teenager in the scenario. Include the following:

• The doctrinal mastery passage you feel would best help them understand Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ’s desires for them and why.

• A personal experience, scripture story, or example from the Savior’s life that relates to what is taught in the passage and might encourage this person.

• Actions they might take to apply the truths in the doctrinal mastery passage you suggested. (For example, for Luke 22:19–20 you could include advice about inviting the influence of the Holy Ghost and things to remember about the Savior during the sacrament, or for John 7:17 you could suggest talks they could read to better understand Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ.)

• Your own testimony of Jesus Christ and the truths taught in the passage you selected.

If students did this activity with another person’s scenario, invite them to spread the papers out so that each student can retrieve their own paper. Invite students to share what they learned from this experience. Consider sharing a related personal experience or testimony.

If you wrote the note to a real person, consider giving it to them or talking with them about your note.