-Daily scripture study is a lifetime pursuit.
-Secular knowledge without a spiritual foundation is "like the foam upon the milk, the fleeting shadow". (Spencer W. Kimball)
-How to acquire spiritual knowledge and obey it with wisdom: in humility, seek divine light, exercise faith in Jesus Christ, hearken to His counsel, keep His commandments.
-As you gain spiritual knowledge it must be understood, valued, obeyed, remembered, and expanded.
1. Understood: Examine elements of truth in the light of prior knowledge to see if it fits. Ponder and study it from every vantage point to discover hidden meaning. View it in perspective so that you don't jump to false conclusions. Prayerfully reflect for further understanding; especially if the knowledge came by revelation.
2. Valued: Show your knowledge is valued by expressing heartfelt prayers of gratitude to the Lord.
3. Obeyed: Obedient application of truth is the surest way of making it eternally yours.
4. Remembered: Write down the knowledge you gain. This ensures that you have it in times of need and it also shows the Lord that you treasure that knowledge. This will make it more likely in the future that you receive more spiritual knowledge.
5. Expanded: Use scriptures and words from the prophets to expand your knowledge. Efforts to share knowledge are often rewarded with more understanding as additional light flows into your mind and heart.
-Gain so much spiritual knowledge that there is no way and no person in the world who could ever make you doubt.
-Humility is central to the acquiring of spiritual knowledge.
-To be humble is to be teachable.
-Gaining spiritual knowledge takes intense personal effort. You should carefully select the vital areas where you can focus your effort to learn and to share.
-The word of the Lord = truth = light = spirit (spirit of Jesus Christ).
-Obedience is crucial to gaining spiritual knowledge. To keep the commandments, you must know them.
-All of the principles of the gospel are principles of promise.
-Learning absolute truth is a privilege.
"Gospel Doctrines: Anchors to Our Souls"-Marlin K. Jensen
-Gospel doctrines are powerful shapers of human behavior.
-"True doctrine, understood, changes attitudes and behavior". (Boyd K. Packer)
-Joseph didn't give in to Potiphar's wife because he was concerned about what the Lord would think; not about how Potiphar would react or unwanted pregnancy or disease.
1. Learning The Doctrine
-You cant teach what you haven't learned.
-Our knowledge will help save us, but we must pay the price to obtain it.
2. Applying The Doctrine
-Learning and teaching doctrine to our families is the greatest service we can do for them.
-As we study gospel doctrines, we come to better understand their relationships with each other (justice/mercy, agency/love, repentance/punishment).
3. The Power Of Doctrine
-The best measurement of how well we understand gospel principles is how clearly and simply we teach and live them.
-There is a special spirit and power present when gospel doctrines are taught that isn't necessarily there in other topics.
-What we teach can help others during critical times in their lives and can even help them change behaviors for the better.
*The point of learning is to teach and serve others.
*Elder Bednar's Model
- -Doctrines: Gospel Doctrines answer the question of "why". They do not change and they always pertain to our eternal progression.
- -Principles: Doctrinally based guidelines for the righteous exercise of moral agency. Principles provide direction and answer the question of "what".
-Both doctrines and principles provide basic behavioral guidelines.
- -Applications: Answer the question of "how". They are the actual behaviors, actions, or procedures.
*If applications are disconnected from doctrines and principles, they are empty.
*Knowing is not understanding.
*Coming to understand the doctrines and principles behind certain applications will change the way you view and do those applications. The answers are always in the doctrine.
*We need to teach our children more of the doctrines and principles rather than just the applications.
*Applications alone do not have the power to save.
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