Gospel Art Picture Kit

The stick of Judah is the Bible, which records the covenants the Lord made with Adam and his posterity, especially the covenants with the house of Israel (see 1 Nephi 13:23). These records, the Bible and the Book of Mormon, both testify that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.

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Aaronic Priesthood Manual 1

JST is the abbreviation for the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible. Have the young men look up “Joseph Smith Translation” in the Bible Dictionary, and review it with them.

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Doctrine and Covenants and Church History Gospel Doctrine Teacher’s Manual

During the centuries that followed, many parts of the Bible were changed and many plain and precious truths were lost.Soon after the Church was restored, the Lord instructed the Prophet Joseph to begin making inspired corrections to the King James Version of the Bible. Longer excerpts are included in the appendix following the Bible Dictionary.To help class members gain a greater appreciation of the Joseph Smith Translation, you may want to briefly compare some passages with the King James Bible.

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Primary 5: Doctrine and Covenants: Church History

Explain to the children that just as their message changed as it was passed from person to person, over many years some of the scriptures in the Bible had been changed as people translated the Bible and made copies of it by hand. In preparing this translation of the Bible, Joseph was not translating from an ancient language, as he did with the Book of Mormon, but was restoring the Bible to its original meaning.

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Gospel Art Picture Kit

He visited the different church meetings and studied the Bible, reading often from its pages. He carefully studied the Bible as he searched for truth.

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Primary 7: New Testament

What two major sections is the Bible divided into? If the children in your class have the English LDS edition of the Bible, briefly explain the following sections of the Bible: footnotes, Topical Guide, Bible Dictionary (including the Harmony of the Gospels), Gazetteer, and Maps.5.

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Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith

The Prophet had long known that the Bible was not always clear on some important matters. These inspired revisions to the text of the Bible are known as the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible.

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Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Brigham Young

We consider the Bible … as a guide … pointing to a certain destination. We have a holy reverence for and a belief in the Bible (DBY, 124).

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Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Wilford Woodruff

While libraries, like the library of Alexandria … have perished, the Bible has been preserved unto us, and we have it to read. Because the promises and prophecies it contains are being fulfilled in the sight of all the earth. 16Does the Book of Mormon contain a different gospel to that contained in the Bible?

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Primary 5: Doctrine and Covenants: Church History

Wycliffe helped translate the Bible into English so more people could read it. Protected by his friends, Luther went on to translate the Bible into German.

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Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Teacher’s Manual

The Bible.) What did the great and abominable church do to this book? What are some doctrines that are difficult to understand in the Bible but plain and precious in the Book of Mormon?

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Gospel Principles

The Bible is divided into two sections: the Old Testament and the New Testament. Still others, such as sections 29 and 93, shed light on teachings in the Bible.

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Doctrine and Covenants and Church History Gospel Doctrine Teacher’s Manual

Publication of new Latter-day Saint editions of the scripturesExplain that in 1979, after years of careful work under the direction of the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve, the Church published a Latter-day Saint edition of the Bible.

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Primary 3: Choose the Right B

Materials needed: a. A Bible and a Pearl of Great Price. b. Crayons and paper. c. Picture 3-8, Joseph Smith Seeks Wisdom in the Bible (Gospel Art Picture Kit 402); and picture 3-10, The First Vision (62470; Gospel Art Picture Kit 403). 5. Show the children a Bible and explain that Joseph often read the Bible.

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Primary 4: Book of Mormon

Explain that the Bible and Book of Mormon were written by several different prophets. Express gratitude for having the Bible and the Book of Mormon as witnesses of Jesus Christ’s life and mission.

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Primary 1: I Am a Child of God

Show the Bible and have the children repeat its name. Explain that Jesus taught in the Bible that we should take the sacrament to remember him.

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Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith

A Aaronic Priesthood administers in outward ordinances, 109 holders must be called of God, 110 John the Baptist held, 84–85 made without an oath, 109 magnifying offices in, 111–12 quorums established, 13 restoration of, xv, 7–8, 78–80, 85, 89

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Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Teacher’s Manual

The book of Moses is an extract from the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible. Note also that selections from the Joseph Smith Translation are included after the Bible Dictionary in the Latter-day Saint edition of the King James Bible.

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Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Spencer W. Kimball

He recalled: “She gave a rousing talk on the reading of the scriptures and making them our own; then she stopped her dissertation to ask this mixed congregation, about a thousand of us, ‘How many of you have read the Bible through? There I opened my Bible and began on Genesis, first chapter and first verse, and I read well into the night with Adam and Eve and Cain and Abel, and Enoch and Noah and through the flood even to Abraham.”1 Approximately one year later, Spencer finished reading the Bible: “What a satisfaction it was to me to realize I had read the Bible through from beginning to end!

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New Testament Gospel Doctrine Teacher’s Manual

Additional reading: Mark 7:24–9:10; Luke 9:18–36; 12:54–57; Bible Dictionary, “Revelation,” 762; “Transfiguration, Mount of,” 786.3. Suggestion for teaching: The LDS edition of the King James Bible contains many scripture study aids, including footnotes, chapter headings, maps, the Topical Guide, the Bible Dictionary, and excerpts from the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible.

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