Doctrinal Mastery Review 12

Locate and Mark: 1 Corinthians 6:19–20 to Revelation 20:12

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One of the purposes of doctrinal mastery is to help you locate and mark the scripture references and key scripture phrases of the doctrinal mastery scripture passages. This lesson will give you opportunities to locate and mark 13 doctrinal mastery scripture passages found in the second half of the New Testament.

Marking doctrinal mastery passages. Marking doctrinal mastery scripture passages will help students more easily remember and locate these passages. Invite students to consider marking the scripture passages in a way that is unique from the other markings in their scriptures. Students using the Gospel Library app could also create a tag for 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.

Scripture references and key scripture phrases

Imagine that your friend happens to see you studying and marking your scriptures. After seeing a page with many markings on it, he asks you why you make markings in your scriptures.

• How would you respond to your friend?

Consider providing an opportunity for students to share some different ways they mark their scriptures and why they mark their scriptures like they do. Remind students that there is not a right or wrong way to mark scriptures.

Marking or underlining scriptures is an effective way to distinguish certain scripture passages from others, and it enables you to more easily locate those scripture passages in the future. In this lesson you will have an opportunity to locate and mark 13 doctrinal mastery passages found in the second half of the New Testament. To help you do this, consider copying the following chart into your study journal.

Display the following chart or share a copy of it with the class.

New Testament Doctrinal Mastery: 1 Corinthians–Revelation

1 Corinthians 6:19–20	“Your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost.”
1 Corinthians 11:11	“Neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.”
1 Corinthians 15:20–22	“As in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.”
1 Corinthians 15:40–42	In the Resurrection, there are three degrees of glory.
Ephesians 1:10	“In the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ.”
Ephesians 2:19–20	The Church is “built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone.”
2 Thessalonians 2:1–3	“The day of Christ … shall not come, except there come a falling away first.”
2 Timothy 3:15–17	“The holy scriptures … are able to make thee wise unto salvation.”
Hebrews 12:9	Heavenly Father is “the Father of spirits.”
James 1:5–6	“If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God.”
James 2:17–18	“Faith, if it hath not works, is dead.”
1 Peter 4:6	“The gospel [was] preached also to them that are dead.”
Revelation 20:12	“And the dead were judged … according to their works.”

Doctrinal Mastery

Display the following three instructions for students to follow. Invite students to move around the classroom and work with partners to locate and, if they so choose, to mark the 13 doctrinal mastery scripture passages and key scripture phrases from the previous chart. Have students switch partners every couple of minutes.

For the first question, consider providing a few questions for students to choose from, such as “What type of songs do you listen to?” and “What sports do you enjoy playing?”

1. Ask a question to get to know each other better.

2. Help each other locate the doctrinal mastery scripture passage and, if applicable, the key scripture phrase. Consider marking the passage in your scriptures.

3. Share why you think the truth in the key scripture phrase is important.

When students finish, encourage them to begin memorizing these references and key scripture phrases.

Supplemental Learning Activity

An alternate activity

For another way to help students engage in this lesson, questions more closely related to each doctrinal mastery passage could be written on slips of paper. Students could work in pairs to answer these questions. The following are examples of how this might look for some of the doctrinal mastery passages:

1 Corinthians 6:19–20 Locate 1 Corinthians 6:19–20. Consider marking the key scripture phrase “Your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost.” Be sure to mark this key scripture phrase in your scriptures.

• What is your favorite temple? Why?

• Why do you think your body is like a temple?

1 Corinthians 11:11 Locate 1 Corinthians 11:11. Consider marking the key scripture phrase “Neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.” Be sure to mark this key scripture phrase in your scriptures.

• Where have you seen a good example of a strong marriage?

• Why do you think marriage between a man and a woman is important to Heavenly Father?