Joshua 1–8; 23–24: Lesson 64

Doctrinal Mastery Practice 4

Apply the Principles of Acquiring Spiritual Knowledge

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Doctrinal mastery can help you build your life on Jesus Christ and His gospel. This lesson will help you apply truths found in doctrinal mastery passages and learn and apply the principles of acquiring spiritual knowledge.

Review the Doctrine

Think about things that you don’t know how to use, but you know what they are used for. Here are a couple possible examples:

Why is it important to know not only what something is but also how to use it? How can this principle apply to our study of doctrinal mastery passages?

Today you will practice using doctrinal mastery passages and the principles of acquiring spiritual knowledge in real-life situations. Seek inspiration from the Holy Ghost to help you learn these passages and principles and apply them in your life.

Review the first 10 doctrinal mastery passages and key scripture phrases for the Old Testament. Make sure they are marked and tagged in your scriptures.

Doctrinal mastery scripture reference	Key scripture phrase
Doctrinal mastery scripture reference Moses 1:39	Key scripture phrase “This is my work and my glory—to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.”
Doctrinal mastery scripture reference Moses 7:18	Key scripture phrase “The Lord called his people Zion, because they were of one heart and one mind.”
Doctrinal mastery scripture reference Abraham 2:9–11	Key scripture phrase The Lord promised Abraham that his seed would “bear this ministry and Priesthood unto all nations.”
Doctrinal mastery scripture reference Abraham 3:22–23	Key scripture phrase As spirits we “were organized before the world was.”
Doctrinal mastery scripture reference Genesis 1:26–27	Key scripture phrase “God created man in his own image.”
Doctrinal mastery scripture reference Genesis 2:24	Key scripture phrase “A man … shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one.”
Doctrinal mastery scripture reference Genesis 39:9	Key scripture phrase “How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?”
Doctrinal mastery scripture reference Exodus 20:3–17	Key scripture phrase The Ten Commandments
Doctrinal mastery scripture reference Joshua 24:15	Key scripture phrase “Choose you this day whom ye will serve.”
Doctrinal mastery scripture reference Psalm 24:3–4	Key scripture phrase “Who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart.”

Select three of these doctrinal mastery passages. Create a scenario for each doctrinal mastery passage. The doctrine in the passage should help the person in the scenario. For example, for Joshua 24:15, a scenario could be:

A girl is tempted at a party to do something everyone else is doing but that she knows the Lord would disapprove of.

Note: Choose passages other than Joshua 24:15.

Share your scenarios with someone you know. Tell them how the doctrinal mastery passage could help the person in the scenario.

Learn and Apply

Take time to review the principles of acquiring spiritual knowledge from the Doctrinal Mastery Core Document (2022).

Complete the following scenario in your notebook. Consider how the principles of acquiring spiritual knowledge can help the person in this situation.

A young man named feels pressure from to break the Lord’s commandment of . He’s often told it’s not a big deal to break this commandment because . He feels confused and doesn’t know what to do.

Review the following study options. Complete one or more. Then complete the “Now What?” section at the end of the lesson.

Option A

How can I act in faith?

Beneath the completed scenario in your notebook, create a possible response to this young man. Use the principle of “Act in Faith” to help him know what to do.

Option B

How can I examine concepts and questions with an eternal perspective?

Beneath the completed scenario in your notebook, create a possible response to this young man. Use the principle of “Examine Concepts and Questions with an Eternal Perspective” to help him know what to do.

Option C

How can I seek further understanding through divinely appointed sources?

Beneath the completed scenario in your notebook, create a possible response to this young man. Use the principle of “Seek Further Understanding through Divinely Appointed Sources” to help him know what to do.

Now What?

Write a few thoughts about the following questions:

• Which doctrinal mastery passage or other scripture passages do you feel could help the young man in the scenario? Why?

• How could the principles of acquiring spiritual knowledge help the young man in the scenario choose to follow Jesus Christ?

• What do you know about Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ that could be important for the young man in the scenario to remember?

Share Your Thoughts

Lesson Purpose: To help you apply truths found in doctrinal mastery passages, as well as to help you learn and apply the principles of acquiring spiritual knowledge.

Share one or more of the following with your teacher or class:

• The scenarios you wrote and the doctrinal mastery passages that go with them.

• How the principles of acquiring spiritual knowledge could help the young man in the scenario you completed.

• Something specific you did to achieve the purpose of this lesson.

• Any questions this lesson raised for you. How will you try to find answers to your questions?