Jesus institutes the sacrament

They are Hungry for the things of the
Spirit
 The youth of the church, your students, are in great
majority sound in thought and spirit…the youth of
the church are hungry for the things of the spirit; they
want to gain testimonies of truth… they are eager to
learn the gospel, and they want it straight and
undiluted…they are not doubters but inquirers,
seekers after truth…doubt must not be planted in
their hearts…

 These students crave the faith of their and mothers
have; they want it in their simplicity and purity. There
are few indeed who have not seen the manifestations
of its divine power; they wish to not be only the
beneficiaries of this faith; but they want to be able to
call it forth to work. They want to believe in the
ordinances of the gospel;…
 J.Rueben Clark Jr. The Charted Course of the Church
in Education

Companion Principles
see D&C 42:11-14
• Teaching By the Spirit Learning By Faith

The Lord’s Law of Teaching:
D&C 42:12-14
12And again, the elders, priests and teachers of this church shall teach
the principles of my gospel, which are in the Bible and the Book of
Mormon, in the which is the fulness of the gospel.
13 And they shall observe the covenants and church articles to do
them, and these shall be their teachings, as they shall be directed by the
Spirit.
14 And the Spirit shall be given unto you by the prayer of faith;
and if ye receive not the Spirit ye shall not teach.

1. Teach the Word by the Spirit
 D&C 42:14
 The Word
Inspired words from the First Pres. & the 12
Scripture
Conference Reports
Personal Revelation
Inspired Hymns and Music
2 Ne.32:3

the Holy Ghost carrieth it unto…
• (Book of Mormon | 2 Nephi 33:1)
• 1 AND now I, Nephi, cannot write all
the things which were taught among my
people; neither am I mighty in writing,
like unto speaking; for when a man
speaketh by the power of the Holy
Ghost the power of the Holy Ghost
carrieth it unto the hearts of the children
of men.

A Current Teaching Emphasis
We are to help students
understand the scriptures and
the words of the prophets,
identify and understand the
doctrines and principles found
therein, and apply them in their
lives in such a way as to lead to
personal conversion

2. Prayer-
Invite them to pray for the
spirit as they listen
 2 Kings 6:15…
 1 Ne. 15:8, 11
 1 Ne. 11:1
 Spencer W. Kimball I’ve never been to a
boring mtg.
 What is the real meeting-Elder Cook?
 Teach them to pray for the speaker
 Video clip Elder Eyring

Teach them to use their spiritual
senses
 Teach your students to see with the eyes they possessed
before they had a mortal body; teach them to hear with
the ears they possessed before they were born; teach
them to push back the curtains of mortality and see into
the eternities. Youth must be taught to expand their
minds and to think in spiritual terms. They must know
that there was no beginning and there will be no end.
Then they will begin to understand the plan of
redemption. (Boyd K. Packer, BYU-CES Symposium 1993)

3. Help them Discover Doctrines &
Principles
 The Scriptures have been written to preserve principles. (Marion G.
Romney, The Messages of the Old Testament, A Symposium on the Old
Testament)
 D&C 42:12-14

A principle is an enduring truth, a law, a
rule you can adopt to guide you in
making decisions. That leaves you free to
find your way with an enduring truth, a
principle, as your anchor. (Boyd K.
Packer, En. May 1996, p. 17)


The first step in living by correct principles
is knowing what a principle is and how to
use it. Gospel principles include doctrine,
commandments, ordinances, and precepts.
In this manual, however, the term principle
refers to a gospel truth that gives us counsel
and guidance for conduct.

• When the Prophet Joseph
Smith was asked how he
governed his people, he
replied, "I teach them correct
principles, and they govern
themselves" (in John Taylor,
"The Organization of the
Church," Millennial Star, 15
Nov. 1851, 339).

 Elder Boyd K. Packer explained,
"From doctrine, we learn
principles of conduct, how to
respond to problems of
everyday living, even to failures,
for they too are provided for in
the doctrines" (in Conference
Report, Apr. 1994, 26; or Ensign,
May 1994, 20).


 Elder Neal A. Maxwell of the Quorum of the Twelve
Apostles taught: "Orthodoxy ensures balance
between the gospel's powerful and correct
principles. … and their interprettion… the gospel's
principles do require synchronization. When pulled
apart from each other or isolated, men's
interpretations and implementations of these
doctrines may be wild" (in Conference Report, Apr.
1993, 97; or Ensign, May 1993, 78). Because
principles are presented in many different ways,
extracting them may require much labor and
meditation. All principles are conditioned on our
faithfulness and are eternal, consistent, and true.

 Bishop Glenn L. Pace said:"Programs blindly followed
bring us to a discipline of doing good, but principles
properly understood and practiced bring us to a
disposition to do good" (in Conference Report, Apr.
1986, 29; or Ensign, May, 1986, 24). C. S. Lewis wrote
of the danger of being dependent on specific rules:
"We might think that God wanted simply obedience
to a set of rules: whereas He really wants people of a
particular sort" (Mere Christianity [1960], 63).

 A principle is an enduring truth, a law, a rule you can adopt to guide you in
making decisions. Principles help us apply the doctrines of the gospel to
everyday living and give us a light to illuminate the path before us in this
ever-darkening world.


Principles
• As you seek for spiritual knowledge, search for
principles. Carefully separate them from the details
used to explain them. Principles are concentrated
truth, packaged for application to a wide variety of
circumstances ... it is worth a great deal of effort to
organize the truth we gather into simple statements of
principle. (Richard G. Scott, Oct. CR, 1993, p. 117; or
En. Nov. 1993, p. 86)
•

The Battle inside
While easy to find, true principles are not easy to live
until they become an established pattern of life. They
will require you to dislodge false ideas. They can
cause you wrenching battles within the secret
chambers of your heart and decisive encounters to
overcome temptation, peer pressure, and the false
allure of the ‘easy way out’.

 Yet as you resolutely follow correct principles, you will forge
strength of character available to you in times of need. Your
consistent adherence to correct principles overcomes the
alluring yet false lifestyles that surround you. Your faithful
compliance to correct principles will generate criticism and
ridicule from others, yet the results are so eternally worthwhile
that they warrant your every sacrifice. (Richard G. Scott, Oct. CR,
1993, p. 117; or En. Nov. 1993, p. 86)

4. Teach them to write while in the spirit
• D&C 76:12, 19, 28, 49, 80, 113;
2Cor.3:3,12-14
• Doctrines of Christ
• Prayers
• Impressions
• Principles
• Covenants
• Promises
• Great Oneliners, poetry, quotes, lyrics
• Is there any thing else…RGS
• Were I a teacher of young
students, I would have them
commit to apply this principle:
I will seek to learn by what I
hear, see, and feel. I will write
down the things I learn and I
will do them-Elder Richard g.
Scott, Helping Others to be
spiritually led

Write it down
 As we have talked, some of you have been prompted
by the spirit about private things the Lord wants you
to do something about. You have been impressed to
know what to do. Those feelings are the very most
important part of our time together. They are the
Lord’s personal message to you. Remember that
message. Follow it precisely now, for your happiness.
(Write it down) - (Elder Richard G. Scott )

Growing in the principle
• A person may profit by noticing the first intimation of the
spirit of revelation; for instance, when you feel pure
intelligence flowing into you, it may give you sudden
strokes of ideas, so that by noticing it, you may find it
fulfilled the same day or soon; (i.e.) Those things that
were presented unto your minds by the Spirit of God, will
come to pass; and thus by learning the spirit of God and
understanding it, you may grow into the principle of
revelation, until you become perfect in Christ Jesus.
(Teachings, p. 151)
•

5. Receive principles by Covenant
The gospel is so arranged that principles and
ordinances are received by covenant placing
the recipient under strong obligation and
responsibility to honor the commitment Bible.
(Dictionary, Covenant, p.651)
D&C 42:13

6. Help them choose to Obey
It won’t be enough for them to simply hear the word of
God. They must choose to keep the commandments
because they feel at least a beginning desire to know the
will of Our Heavenly Father and submit to it. That feeling
of surrender is not likely to come unless they experience
some feeling of being loved and some value in their
being meek and lowly of heart. You can help with your
example. If you love them because you feel God’s love for
them they will feel that.
(Elder Henry B. Eyring, To Draw Closer to God, p.186)

7. Obtain Divine Nature
 32 Yea, come unto Christ, and be perfected in him,
and deny yourselves of all ungodliness; and if ye shall
deny yourselves of all ungodliness, and love God with
all your might, mind and strength, then is his grace
sufficient for you, that by his grace ye may be perfect
in Christ; and if by the grace of God ye are perfect in
Christ, ye can in nowise deny the power of God.
2 Peter 1:4-8

 Elder Richard G. Scott, a member of the Quorum
of the Twelve Apostles, stated: "As you seek
spiritual knowledge, search for principles. Carefully
separate them from the detail used to explain
them. Principles are concentrated truth, packaged
for application to a wide variety of circumstances.
A true principle makes decisions clear even under
the most confusing and compelling circumstances.
It is worth great effort to organize the truth we
gather to simple statements of principle" (in Conference
Report, Oct. 1993, 117; or Ensign, Nov. 1993, 86).

A Current Teaching Emphasis
We are to help students learn to explain, share and testify of the
doctrines and principles of the restored gospel. We are to give
them opportunities to do so with each other in class. We are to
encourage them to do so outside class with family and others.

Principles
 Identify
 Understand
 Apply
 Access the power of your covenant relationship with your Heavenly Father
through the atonement and power of the Holy Ghost

Church of St. Anne’s and Pool of
Bethesda (Sheep’s pool)

Just inside Lions Gate or Stephens Gate is the Crusader Church of
St. Anne … the traditional home of Anne and Joachim Mary’s
parents…all three major religions of the Holy land have owned this
property at some point…1856 the Ottoman Turks in gratitude for help
in the Crimean war gave the church back to the French Christians

John 5:1-16…by the sheep market a
pool…a certain man was there which
had an infirmity 38 years…

She kept all these things in her heart… (The Early Christian Prayer
Circle by Hugh Nibley Fn, BYU Studies, vol. 19 (1978-1979), Number 1 - Fall 1978 45.)
• Having taken position in the circle, Mary begins to speak:
• When I was in the Temple of God [a number of early sources report
that Mary served in the Temple, like Samuel, as a Child] fn . . . there
appeared to me one day a manifestation like an angel of unfamiliar
aspect. . . . And suddenly the veil of the Temple was a great
earthquake and I fell on my face unable to bear the sight of him. But
he stretched forth his hand and raised me up, and I looked up to
heaven and a dewy cloud came

• …"Greetings, thou favored one, chosen vessel!"
and he grasped my right hand. And there was
bread in abundance and he set it out on the altar of
the Temple (cf. the shewbread), and he ate first
and then gave to me. And he put forth his hand
from his garment and there was drink in
abundance, and he drank first and then gave to me,
and I beheld and saw a full cup and bread. And he
said to me, "In three years' time I shall send to
you my Logos and you will bear a son, and
through him the creation will be saved. . . .
Peace to thee, my beloved, forever and ever."
And suddenly he was gone from me, and the
Temple was as it was before.
• At this point the Lord himself appeared and
commanded Mary "to utter no more of this
mystery,“…

What do we know about Jesus Mortal family?

What do we know about Jesus Family?
• He was the oldest son of at least 7 children (Matt.13:55-56)
• 2 of his brothers would author scripture (James, Jude)
• He had a wonderfully humble step Father who was visited
by an angel (Matt. 1:20)
• His Mother was choice among women and grew up in the
temple she had visions and divine visitations (Luke 1:28-35)
• They were poor (Luke 2:41, 22-42)
• They went to the Temple (Luke 2:21-28)
• They labored Joseph and Mary with the boys and girls
• They lived the simple life in a small town

He was blessed as a child…
• Luke 2:21-28

He was sent to experience mortality
• As a babe he began to grow, normally and
naturally… there was nothing supernatural about
it. He learned to crawl… walk… run. He spoke his
first word, cut his first tooth, took his first step—
the same as other children do. He learned to speak;
he played with toys like those of his brothers and
sisters; and he played with them and with the
neighbor children. He went to sleep at night and
he awoke with the morning light. He took
exercise, and his muscles were strong because he
used them.

What do we know about his mortality as a
youth?
• Though Jesus was the literal Son of God,
as a young child he needed to be taught
and cared for much like other children.
This would be necessary because "over his
mind had fallen the
veil of forgetfulness
• common to all who are born to earth, by
which the remembrance of primeval
existence is shut off" (James E. Talmage,
Jesus the Christ, p. 111).

He lived the Test of Mortality
• … he was subject to disease and illness on the same basis as we all
are. We know he was hungry, weary, and sorrowful;
• Isa.53:2-5
• Heb. 2:10-18
• Heb. 5:8-9

President J. Reuben Clark, Jr.—Wist Ye Not That I Must Be
About My Father's Business,
• "As we think of them moving slowly down into the valley with their
donkeys laden with necessary supplies," President Clark says,
"picking their way among the boulders that strewed the path, we
cannot escape wondering what were the thoughts of Jesus. That He
was exceeding wise, the experience in the Temple shows. But was
this wisdom earthborn from His studies, or did He have also a
spiritual memory that brought to Him a recollection of all that had
before happened,

• and a vision to show what was thereafter to
happen along this road to Jerusalem, a road richer
in incidents of God's dealings with His children,
than any other road on the face of the earth? . . .
• "One wonders if as He came to Nain, He saw a
vision of His future miracle of kindness there. . . .
• And did there also come before Him the iniquities
and tragic fate of Ahab and Jezebel, and the Lord's
vengeance worked through Elijah against the
priests of Baal, and the flight of Elijah to Carmel,
the passing of the Lord before Elijah in the 'still
small voice'? For Jesus was the Lord who spoke to
and commanded His ancient prophets."

The Gift of seership…
• "What must have been the feelings of the young Jesus as he looked at this
present magnificence and then recalled the past, and (it seems it must be)
visioned the future! . . . for we must believe there was with Him a spiritual
recollection, a divine knowledge, of the past . . . As Jesus looked at all these, . . .
there must have crowded in upon his consciousness the scenes of the actual
events."
•

• As the pilgrims pass Jacob's Well, the question is asked:
"As at twelve He now beheld the well, did He vision the
future meeting with the woman [of Samaria] and His
sermon on the living water?"

The Mortal Messiah
BRM p.369
• he was so highly endowed with talents and
abilities, so spiritually sensitive, so in tune with
the Infinite, that his learning and wisdom soon
excelled that of all his fellows. His knowledge
came to him quickly and easily because he was
building—as is the case with all men—upon the
foundations laid in preexistence. He brought with
him from that eternal world the talents and
capacities, the inclinations to conform and obey,
and the ability to recognize truth that he had there
acquired. …Jesus, when yet a child had spiritual
talents that no other man in a hundred lifetimes
could obtain.

What do you see in the prophecies concerning the coming
of Christ? (T.G. p.252)
• Isa. 7:14 (Matt. 1:23)
• Isa. 9:6-7 (Matt. 1:1-17)
• Micah 5:2 (Matt. 2:6)
• Hosea 11:1 (Matt. 2:15)
• Ps. 69:9 (John 2:13-17)
• Isa. 61:1-3 (Luke 4:21)
• Mosiah 3: 5-13 (John 5,6,9)
• Born of a Virgin
• Born of Davidic descent
• Born in Bethlehem
• Out of Egypt
• Cleansing of the Temple
• Bore testimony And
Rejected in Nazareth
• Miracles, Atonement

What are the prophecies concerning the coming of Christ?
(T.G. p.252)
• Zech. 9:9 (John 12:4)
• Ps. 22:1, 16, 18; 34:20;
Isa. 22:23
• Zech. 11:12(Matt. 27:9)
• Isa. 50:6
• Ps. 69:21 (Matt. 27:34,48)
• Ez. 37: 12 (Matt. 27:52
• Gal. 1:1
• Triumphal entry
• Betrayal Crucifixion
• The Price of Betrayal
• Whipped
• I thirst…
• Resurrection

The Father Raised up the Son
(Acts 2:24; Acts 2:32, 3:15,26; 4:10; 5:30; 10:40; Acts 13:30,33,34,37; Romans 4:24;
8:11; 10:9; 1 Cor. 6:14; 15:15; Gal. 1:1)

• It is the grand truth that in all that
Jesus came to say and do,
including and especially in His
atoning suffering and sacrifice, He
was showing us who and what
God our Eternal Father is like,
how completely devoted He is to
His children in every age and
nation. In word and in deed Jesus
was trying to reveal and make
personal to us the true nature of
His Father, our Father in Heaven.
(CR Oct. 2003 JRH)

Jesus Christ Instituted the Sacrament
JESUS CHRIST AND THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL TEACHER MANUAL, 2015
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What is the power that flows through influence of
the Holy Ghost..during and after the sacrament?
 The Father’s plan, the Savior’s Atonement, and the
ordinances of the gospel provide the grace we need
to press forward and progress line upon line and
precept upon precept toward our eternal destiny.
 1-Justification
2-Sanctification
3-Activate Tender Mercies
4-Prepare us for a celestial resurrection

Always Retain a Remission of Your Sins
By Elder David A. Bednar
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
 In mortality we experience physical birth and the opportunity for spiritual
rebirth.We are admonished by prophets and apostles to awake unto God,
be “born again,”and become new creatures in Christ by receiving in our
lives the blessings made possible through the Atonement of Jesus Christ.
 The “merits, and mercy, and grace of the Holy Messiah”can help us
triumph over the self-centered and selfish tendencies of the natural man
and become more selfless, benevolent, and saintly. We are exhorted to so
live that we can “stand spotless before [the Lord] at the last day.”

 The Holy Ghost is referred to as the …
 Comforter,
 a teacher,
 and a revelator.
 Additionally, the Holy Ghost is a sanctifier who cleanses
and burns dross and evil out of human souls as though by
fire.

 May I respectfully suggest that our Heavenly Father and His Beloved Son
do not intend for us to experience such a feeling of spiritual renewal,
refreshment, and restoration just once in our lives. The blessings of
obtaining and always retaining a remission of our sins through gospel
ordinances help us understand that baptism is a point of departure in our
mortal spiritual journey

Can you explain the relationship
between….
 To comprehend more fully the process whereby we
may obtain and always retain a remission of our sins,
we need first to understand the inseparable
relationship among three sacred ordinances that
provide access to the powers of heaven: baptism by
immersion, laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy
Ghost, and the sacrament.

Initial vs. ongoing cleansing…
 As members of the Lord’s restored Church, we are blessed both by our
initial cleansing from sin associated with baptism and by the potential for
an ongoing cleansing from sin made possible through the companionship
and power of the Holy Ghost—even the third member of the Godhead.

 Nephi declared, “For the gate by which ye should
enter is repentance and baptism by water; and then
cometh a remission of your sins by fire and by the
Holy Ghost.”24
 The Savior Himself proclaimed, “Now this is the
commandment: Repent, all ye ends of the earth, and
come unto me and be baptized in my name, that ye
may be sanctified by the reception of the Holy Ghost,
that ye may stand spotless before me at the last day.”

 …the act of partaking of the sacrament, in and of
itself, does not remit sins. But as we prepare
conscientiously and participate in this holy ordinance
with a broken heart and a contrite spirit, then the
promise is that we may always have the Spirit of the
Lord to be with us. And by the sanctifying power of
the Holy Ghost as our constant companion, we can
always retain a remission of our sins.

“The Living Christ: The Testimony of the
Apostles” reads:
 “[Jesus Christ] instituted the sacrament as a reminder
of His great atoning sacrifice”
 (Ensign or Liahona, Apr. 2000, 2).
 When we partake of the sacrament, we are reminded
that the Savior bled at every pore and died for us; we
also renew our covenants with the Lord.

How would you feel if the Savior
Himself prepared, blessed, and gave
you the sacrament?

Matthew 26:26–28; Luke 22:15
 26 ¶And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake
it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
 27 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying,
Drink ye all of it;
 28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for
the remission of sins.
 GR- “Testament” translated from a Greek is a word that means “covenant”

Luke 22: 15-18
X Ref. D&C 27
 15 And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover
with you before I suffer:
 16 For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in
the kingdom of God.
 17 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and
divide it among yourselves:
 18 For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the
kingdom of God shall come.

If Jesus was instituting a new
testament, or covenant, what covenant
would it replace?

The Blood of the Covenant
 Anciently, when Jehovah made His covenant
with the children of Israel, Moses taught them
Jehovah’s words and the people covenanted
to obey those words. Then Moses offered an
animal sacrifice, took blood from the animal,
and sprinkled it on the people, saying, “Behold
the blood of the covenant, which the Lord
hath made with you.” (See Exodus 24:3–8.)

A New Covenant
 Jesus alluded to Moses’s statement when He taught
that He was about to establish a new covenant with
God’s children by the shedding of His blood (just as
the sprinkling of the blood of animals symbolized the
children of Israel entering the old covenant with
Jehovah). When Jesus presented the cup of wine to
His Apostles, He signaled the fulfillment of the old
covenant and the establishment of the new (see
Hebrews 9:12–15).

The Old Covenant (The Old…)
 The Law of Moses (the old covenant) was, in many
ways, a grand prophecy of the Messiah. Jesus Christ
was the fulfillment of that prophecy (see 2 Nephi
11:4; Jacob 4:5; Alma 34:13–14), particularly in the
sense that He achieved the ultimate purpose of that
law through His atoning sacrifice.

 What does the offering of blood in both the
old and new covenants focus our attention
on?

 “The sacrament is the ordinance that
replaced the blood sacrifices and
burnt offerings of the Mosaic law,
and with it came the Savior’s
promise: ‘And whoso cometh unto
me with a broken heart and a
contrite spirit, him will I baptize with
fire and with the Holy Ghost’
(3 Nephi 9:20)”
 (“Sacrament Meeting and the Sacrament,”
Ensign or Liahona, Nov. 2008, 19).

How would you summarize the truths
we have discussed so far about the
Last Supper?

Luke 22:14–20; 3 Nephi 18:7, 11
 Read Luke 22:19–20 and 3 Nephi 18:7, 11.
 Please identify another reason
 (in addition to establishing a new covenant)
 why the Savior instituted the sacrament.

 Ordinances invite spiritual purpose and power into our lives as we strive to
be born again and become men and women of Christ.32 Our weaknesses
can be strengthened, and our limitations can be overcome.
 Although none of us can achieve perfection in this life, we can become
increasingly worthy and spotless as we are “cleansed by the blood of the
Lamb.”33 I promise and testify we will be blessed with increased faith in
the Savior and greater spiritual assurance as we seek to always retain a
remission of our sins and, ultimately, to stand spotless before the Lord at
the last day. I so witness in the sacred name of Jesus Christ, amen.

 What reason did the Savior give for instituting the sacrament?
 (Why is it important that we make the effort to remember the Savior as we
partake of the sacrament?

After reading Elder Hollands
Message…
 What counsel would you give to someone who struggles to focus on the
Savior and His sacrifice during the administration of the sacrament?
 What blessings have you felt as you have tried to remember the Savior and
His Atonement as you partake of the sacrament?

1 Corinthians 11:27–30; 3 Nephi 18:28–
29; 20:8–9
 Worthily partaking of the sacrament renews our covenants
 Invite students to read and compare
 1 Corinthians 11:27–30 and 3 Nephi 18:28–29; 20:8–9 silently. Ask them to
identify a caution given about the sacrament.

Why is it unwise to partake of the
sacrament unworthily?
 “If we desire to improve (which is to repent) and are not
under priesthood restriction, then, in my opinion, we are
worthy. If, however, we have no desire to improve, if we
have no intention of following the guidance of the Spirit,
we must ask: Are we worthy to partake, or are we making
a mockery of the very purpose of the sacrament, which is
to act as a catalyst for personal repentance and
improvement?”
 (“The Beauty and Importance of the Sacrament,” Ensign, May 1989, 38).

What are the blessings for those who
partake worthily?
(see 3 Nephi 20:8–9).

Elder Oaks:
 “Without some provision for further cleansing after our baptism, each of us
is lost to things spiritual. We cannot have the companionship of the Holy
Ghost, and at the final judgment we would be bound to be ‘cast off
forever’ (1 Ne. 10:21). How grateful we are that the Lord has provided a
process for each baptized member of His Church to be periodically
cleansed from the soil of sin. The sacrament is an essential part of that
process” (“The Aaronic Priesthood and the Sacrament,” Ensign, Nov.
1998, 38).

Elder Oaks:
 “We are commanded to repent of our sins and to come to the Lord with a
broken heart and a contrite spirit and partake of the sacrament in
compliance with its covenants. When we renew our baptismal covenants in
this way, the Lord renews the cleansing effect of our baptism. In this way
we are made clean and can always have His Spirit to be with us. The
importance of this is evident in the Lord’s commandment that we partake
of the sacrament each week
 (see D&C 59:8–9)” (“The Aaronic Priesthood and the Sacrament,” Ensign,
Nov. 1998, 38).

 When we worthily partake of the sacrament, we “renew all covenants
entered into with the Lord” (Delbert L. Stapley, in Conference Report, Oct.
1965, 14; italics added; see also L. Tom Perry, “As Now We Take the
Sacrament,” Ensign or Liahona, May 2006, 41).

What truths have you learned
partaking of the Sacrament?

Elder Holland
 “If remembering is the principal task before us, what might come to our
memory when those plain and precious emblems are offered to us?
 “We could remember the Savior’s premortal life and all that we know him
to have done as the great Jehovah, creator of heaven and earth and all
things that in them are. We could remember that even in the Grand
Council of Heaven he loved us and was wonderfully strong, that we
triumphed even there by the power of Christ and our faith in the blood of
the Lamb (see Rev. 12:10–11).

Elder Holland
 “We could remember the simple grandeur of his mortal birth. …
 “We could remember Christ’s miracles and his teachings, his healings and
his help. We could remember that he gave sight to the blind and hearing
to the deaf and motion to the lame and the maimed and the withered.
Then, on those days when we feel our progress has halted or our joys and
views have grown dim, we can press forward steadfastly in Christ. …
 “We could remember that even with such a solemn mission given to him,
the Savior found delight in living; he enjoyed people and told his disciples
to be of good cheer. He said we should be as thrilled with the gospel as
one who had found a great treasure, a veritable pearl of great price, right
on our own doorstep. …

Elder Holland
 “We could remember that Christ called his disciples friends. …
 “We could—and should—remember the wonderful things that have come
to us in our lives and that ‘all things which are good cometh of Christ’
(Moro. 7:24). …
 “On some days we will have cause to remember the unkind treatment he
received, the rejection he experienced, and the injustice—oh, the
injustice—he endured. When we, too, then face some of that in life, we can
remember that Christ was also troubled on every side, but not distressed;
perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but
not destroyed (see 2 Cor. 4:8–9).

Elder Holland
 “When those difficult times come to us, we can remember that Jesus had
to descend below all things before he could ascend above them, and that
he suffered pains and afflictions and temptations of every kind that he
might be filled with mercy and know how to succor his people in their
infirmities (see D&C 88:6; Alma 7:11–12).
 “To those who stagger or stumble, he is there to steady and strengthen us.
In the end he is there to save us, and for all this he gave his life. …
 “… All this we could remember when we are invited by a kneeling young
priest to remember Christ always” (Ensign, Nov. 1995, 67–69).

How do I avoid seeing the sacrament
as routine?
 The sacrament is the only ordinance performed for ourselves more than
once in our lives. For most of us, we will participate in the sacrament
ordinance thousands of times before we die. Thus, taking the sacrament
can easily become routine—a quiet moment to ponder, but necessarily a
sacred moment or a true renewal.
 Speaking of the sacrament, David O. Mckay said, “No more sacred
ordinance is administered in the Church of Christ.” As we truly ponder and
expound upon these and other ideas, we will more fully appreciate the true
significance and deep symbolism of the sacrament. It will be a meaningful
sacred experience, every time.

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