Week 1
Share and Report Assignment Week 1
1.
How did you and what did
you do to complete the assignment?
In heaven the Savior had the support
and was in the physical presence of our Father in Heaven. When he came to
earth he lost that physical presence, and was also not known and rejected by
his own people. I find his story very tragic. Had he not been the
son of God, I don’t know how he could have found joy in his time on earth.
My daughter and I related this to how she felt when she went away to college
for the first time. It was a difficult
and lonely transition for her and often she would drive several hours, just to
be home in our presence for a few days.
We talked how the challenges of being away from home were similar to the
challenges we face from being away from our heavenly home. Choices that seem easy at home were harder at
college, somewhat like what the Savior experienced being away from his Father in
Heaven’s physical presey well.
1.
Why did you decided to
do the assignment you did?
I decided to do this assignment because in the
past, as I have studied the scriptures for a class, my family has also been
blessed by those insights and teachings. I want to share what I learn
with them.
1.
What do you think is the
best thing about your assignment, and how do you think it could be improved?
I like that the reading is short, but
important. I get the most out of the scriptures when I am able to focus
on just a few verses and really ponder them. I don’t see a need for
improvement.
Unit 1 Topic 1– Search John 1:1-14; John 17:1-5)
and ponder the doctrinal connect between the two references. List at
least five truths you learn about the premortal Jesus Christ and five truths
you learn about his mortal life.
The Premortal Savior
Helped create the world
Is the light of men
Was ordained by God to
be the redeemer of the world
Was humble and wanted
the glory to go to Heavenly Father
Was known by all
The Mortal Savior
Was not known by the
world
Was rejected by his own
Shared his light and
power to be resurrected to those who would believe on him
Was born of God
Had a special witness in
John the Baptist
2. Learn
more about the following names or titles of the Savior. Use the Bible Dictionary and the institute
student manual commentary for John 1:1, “How is Jesus the Word of God?”(pg 15)
and the commentary for “What is the meaning of the titles, “Christ, Messiah,
and Jehovah, immanuel, The Word? ( p.18) Write one or two sentences about the
meaning of each title.
2-8) What Is the
Meaning of the Titles “Christ,” “Messiah,” and “Jehovah”?
Jesus was the given
name of our Savior. As we spell it, the name is of Greek derivation. Its Hebrew
equivalent was Yehoshua or Jeshua, or as we render it in English, Joshua. In its original form, the name literally
meant “Help of Jehovah,” “Savior-Deliverer,” or “Jehovah Is Salvation.” The
name was made known to Joseph by the angel who appeared to him. (SeeMatthew 1:21.)
“Christ is a sacred title, and not an ordinary
appellation or common name; it is of Greek derivation, and in meaning is
identical with its Hebrew equivalent Messiah or Messias, signifying the Anointed One. Other titles, each possessing a
definitive meaning, such as Emmanuel, Savior, Redeemer,
Only Begotten Son, Lord, Son of God, Son of Man, and many more,
are of scriptural occurrence; the fact of main present importance to us is that
these several titles are expressive of our Lord’s divine origin and Godship. As
seen, the essential names or titles of Jesus the Christ were made known before
His birth, and were revealed to prophets who preceded Him in the mortal state.”
(Talmage, Jesus the Christ, pp. 35–36.)
The name Jehovah means the “Self-Existent One” or “The Eternal.”
It is written in our Old Testament as Lord in capital letters. According to
ancient Jewish practice, the name Jehovah or I Am (the Self-Existent One) was
not to be spoken for fear of incurring divine wrath.
“Jesus, when once
assailed with question and criticism from certain Jews who regarded their Abrahamic
lineage as an assurance of divine preferment, met their abusive words with the
declaration: ‘Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.’ The
true significance of this saying would be more plainly expressed were the
sentence punctuated and pointed as follows: ‘Verily, verily, I say unto you,
Before Abraham, was I Am’; which means the same as had He said—Before Abraham,
was I, Jehovah. The captious Jews were so offended at hearing Him use a name
which, through an erroneous rendering of an earlier scripture, they held was
not to be uttered on pain of death, that they immediately took up stones with
the intent of killing Him.” (Talmage, Jesus the Christ, p. 37.)Who
followed ancient Israel in the wilderness?
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