Lesson 94

Prophets and Revelation (Part 4)

Introduction

The teaching materials for this doctrinal mastery topic are divided into four parts. In part 4, students will participate in a comprehensive doctrinal mastery review. This review is designed to last 20 to 40 minutes. If you have material that you did not have time to teach previously, you could teach this material and then spend 20 minutes or so on the doctrinal mastery review. If you do not have other material you need to teach, you could spend the full 40 minutes on this cumulative doctrinal mastery review in order to let students have a greater opportunity to review doctrinal mastery passages.

Suggestions for Teaching

Cumulative review activities

Cumulative review activities review all of the doctrinal mastery passages studied up to a given point in the course of study. It is important that these review activities are done in class. The more students see and work with doctrinal mastery passages, the more likely they will be to remember them and their associated key statements of doctrine. You may want to encourage students to continue studying the doctrinal mastery passages outside of class.

Doctrinal Mastery Cumulative Review (20 minutes)

Read the following scenarios aloud to the class. Each scenario is related to one or more Old Testament doctrinal mastery passages that students have studied so far. As students listen to each scenario, ask them to write down the reference to an Old Testament doctrinal mastery passage that they feel relates to the scenario (they may use their scriptures and the Doctrinal Mastery Reference Guide if they choose). After each scenario, invite various students to share the doctrinal mastery passage they identified and to explain how the passage relates to the scenario. Be sure to structure the activity in such a way that many students are called on to provide answers rather than just a few students. The doctrinal mastery passages listed after each scenario are possible responses, but students may think of additional doctrinal mastery passages that relate well to the scenarios.

In order to include as many students as possible, you might invite specific students to participate after reading a scenario, or you might vary the activity by organizing students into pairs or small groups and inviting them to discuss with each other which passages they identified.

Scenarios:

• Elizabeth feels the Savior’s love for her when she learns that she can be completely forgiven of a serious sin that she has committed. (Isaiah 1:18)

• Vincent has a strong testimony that the Lord reveals His will through prophets and apostles. (Amos 3:7; Ezekiel 3:16–17)

• Maya feels a deep sense of gratitude for the Savior after learning that He was despised and rejected by others and that He suffered for our sins. (Isaiah 53:3–5)

• Olivia, who is investigating the Church, asks you, “Are there any scriptures in the Bible that refer to the Book of Mormon?” (Ezekiel 37:15–17; Isaiah 29:13–14)

• Brandon wants to establish unity in his Aaronic Priesthood quorum, so he teaches his quorum members about Zion. (Moses 7:18)

• Jean was amazed to learn in Sunday School that the Church will continue to fill the earth and will stand forever. (Daniel 2:44)

• Shaylee is looking for a scripture that teaches that we were foreordained to do certain things before we were born. (Abraham 3:22–23; Jeremiah 1:4–5)

• Sage understands that God is not a formless mass of spirit because the scriptures teach that God created us in His own image. (Genesis 1:26–27)

• Cy has noticed that many in the world are celebrating evil behaviors and practices and mocking righteous ones. (Isaiah 5:20)

• Amelia is looking for a scripture that describes the restored gospel as “a marvellous work and a wonder.” (Isaiah 29:13–14)

• Marcus has struggled with many questions and concerns in the past, but as he has put his trust in the Lord, he has noticed that he is receiving much more clarity and direction in his life. (Proverbs 3:5–6)

• Eduardo has made a commitment to always serve and follow the Lord, even if others around him choose to engage in sinful behaviors. (Joshua 24:15)

• Alan often wonders why God created the earth and the people on it. (Moses 1:39)

• Joel taught his younger brother about the responsibilities of living prophets by comparing them to watchmen on a tower. (Ezekiel 3:16–17)