Reading Assignment Lesson 35 "Be Ye Reconciled"

"Lesson 35: “Be Ye Reconciled to God”," New Testament Class Member Study Guide, (1997)

2 Corinthians

• Why were Paul and Timothy able to avoid despair despite being troubled, perplexed, persecuted, and cast down? (See 2 Corinthians 1:3–5; 4:5–15.) How have Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ helped you during adversity?
• Paul admonished the Saints to forgive each other (2 Corinthians 2:5–8). Why is it important that we forgive others? (See Matthew 6:14–15; 2 Corinthians 2:7–8; D&C 64:9–10.) What can we do to become more forgiving?
• What does it mean to have “godly sorrow” for our sins? (2 Corinthians 7:9–10). Why is godly sorrow an important part of repentance?

Suggestion for Family Discussion

Read 2 Corinthians 1:3–4, giving special attention to Paul’s efforts to comfort others “by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.” Arrange to visit a local hospital, shelter, or care center. Help serve a meal, entertain residents, or donate food, clothing, or other needed items.

As part of this family discussion, you may want to sing together “Because I Have Been Given Much” (Hymns, no. 219).

Scripture Chain: Characteristics of Disciples of Christ
2 Corinthians 1:3–5

2 Corinthians 1:11

2 Corinthians 2:5–8

2 Corinthians 4:5–10

2 Corinthians 5:17–21

2 Corinthians 7:9–10

Keep the Ordinances, As I Delivered Them - Lesson Outline

Lesson 34: “Keep the Ordinances, As I Delivered Them”," New Testament Gospel Doctrine Teacher’s Manual, (2002)

1. Introduction

a) Continue with Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians

b) Remember, Paul is dealing with some significant doctrinal problems, apostasy of the type he will battle over and over

c) As we consider the problems he identifies and the advice he gives, we should remember that these are time-tested mistakes that lead us away from the Gospel.

i) We can point to many ways in which our society is more advanced than that of early Christians in Corinth,

ii) Human nature never changes.

iii) Human weaknesses never change

iv) Satan is the same today as he was during Paul’s time

(1) He is happy to re-use all the tricks that worked before.

d) READ 1 Corinthians 11:2

2 Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.

2. The purpose of the sacrament

a) Reading 1 – 1 Corinthians 11:17-20, 23-29

17 Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.

18 For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.

19 For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.

20 When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord’s supper.

NOTE: Footnote A: Is it not to eat the Lord’s supper?

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23 For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:

24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.

25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.

26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come.

27 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.

28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.

29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body.

i) Paul is asking, “How can you come together on the sabbath and have division among you? How can there be divisions when you take the sacrament if there are not apostate doctrines as well?

(1) If this was the case, some of the Corinthians were unworthy to take the Sacrament – another apostasy

(2) The Corinthians are not keeping the ordinances as Paul delivered them

ii) Why was Christ’s body broken and His blood shed? Was it for Christ’s benefit?

iii) It was for us this happened, because of Christ’s pure love for us.

iv) The Sacrament is an ordinance that includes a powerful reminder of how much Christ loves us.

v) When Christ was visiting the Nephites, he repeatedly lead them in the Sacrament

b) Reading 2 – Doctrine and Covenants 59:8-9

8 Thou shalt offer a sacrifice unto the Lord thy God in righteousness, even that of a broken heart and a contrite spirit.

9 And that thou mayest more fully keep thyself unspotted from the world, thou shalt go to the house of prayer and offer up thy sacraments upon my holy day;

c) Reading 3 – Elder Jeffrey R. Holland taught: “With so very much at stake, [the sacrament] should be taken more seriously than it sometimes is. It should be a powerful, reverent, reflective moment. It should encourage spiritual feelings and impressions. As such it should not be rushed. It is not something to ‘get over’ so that the real purpose of a sacrament meeting can be pursued. This is the real purpose of the meeting” (in Conference Report, Oct. 1995, 89; or Ensign, Nov. 1995, 68).

d) Reading 4 – President David O. McKay wrote: "The partaking of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper is one of the most sacred ordinances of the Church of Jesus Christ. Associated with it are principles fundamental in character building and essential to man's advancement and exaltation in the kingdom of God. Too few communicants attach to this simple though sublime rite the importance and significance that it merits. Unfortunately, the form of worship is frequently an outward—compliance without the true soul acknowledgment of its deep spiritual significance." (Gospel Ideals, p71)

3. The importance of all spiritual gifts

a) The Saints in Corinth may have placed too much importance on the gift of tongues

i) In some instances, the baptism of the Holy Ghost was accompanied by the gift of tongues

(1) Pentecost

(2) Baptism of Appolos

ii) The Saints somehow placed this gift above other gifts of the spirit

b) Reading 5 – 1 Corinthians 12:1,7-11

1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.

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7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.

8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;

9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;

10 To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:

11 But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.

i) The gifts of the spirit are many and varied

ii) Reading 6 – Elder Bruce R. McConkie wrote: "If the saints are to be saved, they must accept, understand, and experience the gifts of the Spirit. Since religion itself is of the Spirit, and deals with spiritual things, it can be received and known only by the power of the Spirit. Thus where the gifts of the Spirit are manifest, there is true religion; and where the gifts of the Spirit are not manifest, there true religion is not." (DNTC, 2:366)

“These gifts are infinite in number and endless in their manifestations because God himself is infinite and endless, and because the needs of those who receive them are as numerous, varied, and different as there are people in the kingdom. All saints are commanded to seek earnestly the best gifts.” ((Bruce R. McConkie, A New Witness for the Articles of Faith, p.270 – p.271)

c) ASK: Is it wrong to seek for spiritual gifts? Is this like seeking for a sign?

i) READ Doctrine and Covenants 46:8-9

8 Wherefore, beware lest ye are deceived; and that ye may not be deceived seek ye earnestly the best gifts, always remembering for what they are given;

9 For verily I say unto you, they are given for the benefit of those who love me and keep all my commandments, and him that seeketh so to do; that all may be benefited that seek or that ask of me, that ask and not for a sign that they may consume it upon their lusts.

d) ASK: With all the spiritual gifts, is there one that is placed above all others?

i) Reading 7 – 1 Corinthians 13:1-3,8,13

1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

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8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.

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13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

e) ASK: If Charity is the greatest of all the gifts of God, who possesses more of it than any other mortal who ever walked the earth?

f) READ – 3d Article of Faith: We believe that through the Atonement of Christ, all mankind may be saved, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel.

i) The ordinances of the Gospel are expressions of the Savior’s love for us. Each ordinance bestows on us one of the blessings of the Atonement that He made possible for us. Through each ordinance we accept His expression of love and covenant to return His love by obeying his commandments.

(1) Baptism

(a) Water for repentance

(b) Gift of the Holy Ghost

(2) Sacrament

(a) Renew baptismal covenants

(3) Temple Ordinances

(a) Initiatories

(b) Endowment

(c) Sealing

4. The Resurrection and the degrees of glory

a) Many of the Corinthians had begun to dispute the reality of the Resurrection

b) READ 1 Corinthians 15:12

12 Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?

c) Paul teaches the Resurrection in detail

i) Reading 8 – 1 Corinthians 15:3-8

3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;

4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

5 And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:

6 After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.

7 After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles.

8 And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.

(1) Many witnesses to the resurrection

ii) Reading 9 – 1 Corinthians 15:20-23

20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.

21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.

22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.

(1) The necessity of a Savior and a resurrection

iii) READ Romans 6:3-6

3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?

4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:

6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

iv) READ: 1 Corinthians 15:29,32

29 Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?

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32 If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.

(1) Paul cites baptism for the dead as evidence of the resurrection

(2) Paul’s own courage in going in with the beasts in Ephesus is evidence of his belief in resurrection

d) Three Degrees of Glory

i) As Paul teaches of the Resurrection, he teaches what happens after the resurrection as well

ii) Reading 10 – 1 Corinthians 15:35-44

35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?

36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:

37 And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:

38 But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.

39 All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.

40 There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.

41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.

42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption [mortality]; it is raised in incorruption [immortality]

43 It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:

44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.

Keep the Ordinances, As I Delivered Them

Lesson 34: “Keep the Ordinances, As I Delivered Them” –Scriptures and Quotes

1Corinthians 11:2

Reading 1 –1 Corinthians 11:17-20, 23-29

Reading 2 – Doctrineand Covenants 59:8-9

Reading 3 –Elder Jeffrey R. Holland taught: “With so very much at stake, [the sacrament]should be taken more seriously than it sometimes is. It should be a powerful,reverent, reflective moment. It should encourage spiritual feelings andimpressions. As such it should not be rushed. It is not something to ‘get over’so that the real purpose of a sacrament meeting can be pursued. This is the realpurpose of the meeting” (in Conference Report, Oct. 1995, 89; or Ensign, Nov.1995, 68).

Reading 4 –President David O. McKay wrote: "The partaking of the sacrament of theLord's Supper is one of the most sacred ordinances of the Church of JesusChrist. Associated with it are principles fundamental in character building andessential to man's advancement and exaltation in the kingdom of God. Too fewcommunicants attach to this simple though sublime rite the importance andsignificance that it merits. Unfortunately, the form of worship is frequentlyan outward—compliance without the true soul acknowledgment of its deepspiritual significance." (Gospel Ideals, p71)

Reading 5 –1 Corinthians 12:1,7-11

Reading 6 – Elder Bruce R. McConkie wrote: "If thesaints are to be saved, they must accept, understand, and experience the giftsof the Spirit. Since religion itself is of the Spirit, and deals with spiritualthings, it can be received and known only by the power of the Spirit. Thuswhere the gifts of the Spirit are manifest, there is true religion; and wherethe gifts of the Spirit are not manifest, there true religion is not."(DNTC, 2:366)

“These gifts are infinite innumber and endless in their manifestations because God himself is infinite andendless, and because the needs of those who receive them are as numerous,varied, and different as there are people in the kingdom. All saints arecommanded to seek earnestly the best gifts.” ((Bruce R. McConkie, A New Witnessfor the Articles of Faith, p.270 – p.271)

Doctrine and Covenants 46:8-9

Reading 7 –1 Corinthians 13:1-3,8,13

Third Article of Faith

1 Corinthians 15:12

Reading 8 – 1 Corinthians 15:3-8

Reading 9 –1 Corinthians 15:20-23

Romans 6:3-6

1Corinthians 15:29,32

Reading 10 –1 Corinthians 15:35-44

Keep the Ordinances, As I Delivered Them

"Lesson 34: “Keep the Ordinances, As I Delivered Them”," New Testament Class Member Study Guide, (1997)

1 Corinthians 11–16

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  What does it mean that “neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord”? (1 Corinthians 11:11). Why is the relationship of husband and wife so important in the kingdom of God? What does this teach us about how husbands and wives should treat each other?

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  According to Paul, what are the purposes of the sacrament? (See 1 Corinthians 11:23–26; see also Luke 22:19–20.) Why is examining our worthiness an important part of the sacrament?

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  The scriptures counsel us to seek spiritual gifts (1 Corinthians 12:31; D&C 46:8). What should be our reasons for seeking spiritual gifts? (See 1 Corinthians 14:12; D&C 46:9.)

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  What did Paul teach about the kingdoms of glory? (See 1 Corinthians 15:35–44; see also D&C 88:27–32.) How does your knowledge of the Resurrection and the kingdoms of glory influence the way you live?

Suggestion for Family Discussion

Read some of the passages in the scripture chain in this section. Then discuss the questions in the third paragraph in this section. Have family members comment on the spiritual gifts they see in each other that help strengthen the family as a whole. Help each family member know that he or she is an important part of the family.

Scripture Chain: Gifts of the Spirit

1 Corinthians 12:1–11

1 Corinthians 12:31

James 1:17

3 Nephi 29:5–6

Moroni 10:8–19

D&C 46:8–26

Ye Are the Temple of God - Lesson Outline

Lesson 33: “Ye Are the Temple of God”, New Testament Gospel Doctrine Teacher’s Manual, (2002)

1. Introduction

a) Paul’s Activities

i) Paul will serve long and hard for about 20 years

ii) Two sources of Biblical information about Paul

(1) Last half of Acts, written by Luke, missionary companion

(2) Collected letters of Paul

iii) Traveling Constantly

(1) Proselyting new branches of the Church

(2) Visiting and strengthening existing branches

(3) Suffered great physical hardships

(a) Imprisoned

(b) Beaten

(c) Shipwrecked

iv) Writing letters to distant branches

(1) Dealing with problems

(2) Answering questions

(3) Teaching doctrine

b) Corinth

i) Located in Southeastern Greece

ii) Population of 250,000 citizens and 400,000 slaves

iii) Greece is an irregularly-shaped peninsula with lots of islands

(1) On the west is the Ionian Sea

(2) On the east is the Agean Sea

(3) Corinth is located on the Greek equivalent of Panama

(a) Gulf of Corinth on the Ionian Sea

(b) Narrow peninsula – 4 miles - divides the Ionian Sea from the Aegean Sea

(i) Today, there is a canal

(ii) In ancient times, ships were portaged over a stone road

(4) Corinth had two ports, one on the Ionian Sea and the other on the Agean Sea

iv) In classical times, Corinth rivaled Athens and Thebes in wealth because of all the trade that passed through the city

(1) Main corridor for trade between Asia and Western Europe

v) Destroyed by the Romans after a siege in 146 BC, then rebuilt into a large city

vi) When Paul was there, Corinth had a mixed population of Greeks, Romans and Jews

vii) Famous temple of Aphrodite – goddess of love

viii) Corinth was the Las Vegas of the ancient world

c) Letters to the Corinthians

i) Constitute about 25% of the total content of Paul’s epistles

ii) Paul had spent about two years in Corinth

iii) Made a second visit of unknown duration before writing 1 Corinthians

iv) Had also been visited by Apollos and, possibly, Peter

v) Most of converts were Greeks

(1) Weaker converts brought Hellenistic influences into the Church that would cause many problems and were one of the factors in the great apostasy

2. Avoid contention and be unified

a) Reading 1 – 1 Corinthians 1:10-13

10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

11 For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.

12 Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.

13 Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?

i) ASK: Who is Cephas? Cephas and Peter both mean a rock, the one being Aramaic and the other Greek.

ii) Greek philosophical tradition of debating – philosophers on Mars Hill in Athens

iii) Problems of contention

iv) Problems of pride – one convert setting himself above another

v) Problems of doctrine – did not understand the role and position of Christ

(1) As if the followers of Pres. Monson contended with the followers of Pres. Hinckley

vi) Not in the spirit of the Atonement because contenders are not one with Christ and one another

vii) Does this mean all followers of Christ will be the same?

b) Reading 2 – John 17:20-21 – Christ’s prayer

20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;

21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

c) Consequences of Contention

i) Reading 3 - 1 Corinthians 3:1-3

1 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.

2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.

3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?

(1) Doctrine withheld

(2) Commandments and accompanying blessings withheld

(3) More knowledge would only condemn the wrongdoers further

d) Whose work is this?

i) Reading 4 – 1 Corinthians 3:5-11

5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?

6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.

8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.

9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.

10 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.

11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

3. Rely on the Spirit rather than the wisdom of the world.

a) Reading 5 – 1 Corinthians 1:18-21

18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.

19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.

20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.

i) Many of us have a hope that if we just explain ourselves carefully, the world in general will come to understand Mormons and their doctrine

ii) Paul says the world in general will always regard what we preach as foolishness

iii) Conversion is almost always individual or in small groups, where the Spirit can work in the hearts of those being taught

iv) That said, we must continually speak what we know to be true even as we understand that it will be foolishness to most who hear it.

b) READ 1 Corinthians 1:25-31

25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:

27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;

28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:

29 That no flesh should glory in his presence.

30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

31 That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

c) Reading 6 – 1 Corinthians 2:1-5,9

1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.

2 For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.

4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:

5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

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9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

d) Reading 7 - President Joseph Fielding Smith taught: “The Spirit of God speaking to the spirit of man has power to impart truth with greater effect and understanding than the truth can be imparted by personal contact even with heavenly beings. Through the Holy Ghost the truth is woven into the very fibre and sinews of the body so that it cannot be forgotten” (Doctrines of Salvation, comp. Bruce R. McConkie, 3 vols. [1954–56], 1:47–48).

e) READ - Elder Bruce R. McConkie wrote: "Pure religion is a thing of the Spirit and not of the intellect alone, and its truths must be carried into the hearts of hearers by the power of the Spirit, otherwise the human soul is not changed...and the seeker after salvation does not become alive in Christ." (DNTC, 2:318)

f) Reading 8 – President Spencer W. Kimball taught: “There is opportunity to get both [secular and spiritual learning] simultaneously. … If we spend our mortal days in accumulating secular knowledge to the exclusion of the spiritual then we are in a dead-end street, for this is the time for man to prepare to meet God; this is the time for faith to be built, for baptism to be effected, for the Holy Ghost to be received, for the ordinances to be performed. Contemporary with this program can come the secular knowledge, for even in the spirit world after death our spirits can go on learning” (The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, ed. Edward L. Kimball [1982], 390).

4. Be morally clean

a) Paul deals with a specific situation in which a man entered into a marriage that was forbidden by Mosaic law and which Paul also condemns

b) Reading 9 – 1 Corinthians 5:1-8,13

1 It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife.

2 And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you. - Excommunicated

3 For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed,

4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,

5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

6 Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?

7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:

8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

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13 But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.

c) READ 1 Corinthians 3:16-17

16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

d) Reading 10 – Elder Richard G. Scott said: “Satan tempts one to believe that there are allowable levels of physical contact between consenting individuals who seek the powerful stimulation of emotions they produce, and if kept within bounds, no harm will result. As a witness of Jesus Christ, I testify that is absolutely false. … Decide what you will and will not do. When temptation comes, do not change your standards” (in Conference Report, Oct. 1994, 51; or Ensign, Nov. 1994, 38).

Conclusion

Ye Are the Temple of God - Scriptures and Quotes

Lesson 33: “Ye Are the Temple of God” – Scriptures and Quotes

Reading 1 – 1 Corinthians 1:10-13

Reading 2 – John 17:20-21

1 Corinthians 3:1-3

Reading 4 – 1 Corinthians 3:5-11

Reading 5 – 1 Corinthians 1:18-21

1 Corinthians 1:25-31

Reading 6 – 1 Corinthians 2:1-5,9

Reading 7 - President Joseph Fielding Smith taught: “The Spirit of God speaking to the spirit of man has power to impart truth with greater effect and understanding than the truth can be imparted by personal contact even with heavenly beings. Through the Holy Ghost the truth is woven into the very fibre and sinews of the body so that it cannot be forgotten” (Doctrines of Salvation, comp. Bruce R. McConkie, 3 vols. [1954–56], 1:47–48).

Elder Bruce R. McConkie wrote: "Pure religion is a thing of the Spirit and not of the intellect alone, and its truths must be carried into the hearts of hearers by the power of the Spirit, otherwise the human soul is not changed...and the seeker after salvation does not become alive in Christ." (DNTC, 2:318)

Reading 8 – President Spencer W. Kimball taught: “There is opportunity to get both [secular and spiritual learning] simultaneously. … If we spend our mortal days in accumulating secular knowledge to the exclusion of the spiritual then we are in a dead-end street, for this is the time for man to prepare to meet God; this is the time for faith to be built, for baptism to be effected, for the Holy Ghost to be received, for the ordinances to be performed. Contemporary with this program can come the secular knowledge, for even in the spirit world after death our spirits can go on learning” (The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, ed. Edward L. Kimball [1982], 390).

Reading 9 – 1 Corinthians 5:1-8,13

1 Corinthians 3:16-17

Reading 10 – Elder Richard G. Scott said: “Satan tempts one to believe that there are allowable levels of physical contact between consenting individuals who seek the powerful stimulation of emotions they produce, and if kept within bounds, no harm will result. As a witness of Jesus Christ, I testify that is absolutely false. … Decide what you will and will not do. When temptation comes, do not change your standards” (in Conference Report, Oct. 1994, 51; or Ensign, Nov. 1994, 38).

Corinthians

From the Bible Dictionary:

Pauline Epistles. Paul’s 14 epistles found in our present N.T. were written to members of the Church who already had some knowledge of the gospel. They are not evangelistic; rather, they are regulatory in nature. The arrangement is neither chronological, geographical, nor alphabetical, but by length, in descending order form the longest (Romans) to the shortest (Philemon). This is the case except with the epistle to the Hebrews, which was placed last because some have questioned whether or not it was written by Paul. The dating and chronological grouping of the epistles as presented below is approximate, but seems consistent with the known facts.

An advantage in studying the epistles in chronological order is that the reader sees the differences in the types of problems the Church encountered as the years passed and circumstances changed. Early membership was mostly Jewish, and problems included questions about the law of Moses. Later, when the gentile membership had increased, problems involved items of Greek philosophy. Early persecution was from the Jews and the Judaizers. Later persecution came from the Roman government. These things are visible in the epistles not by sharp distinction, but by the gradual shift of emphasis.

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Epistles to the Corinthians. Corinth was the meeting point of many nationalities because the main current of the trade between Asia and western Europe passed through its harbors. Paul’s first visit lasted nearly two years; his converts were mainly Greeks, men gifted by race with a keen sense of the joys of physical existence, with a passion for freedom and a genius for rhetoric and logic, but reared in the midst of the grossest moral corruption, undisciplined and self-conceited. Some time before 1 Cor. was written he paid them a second visit (2 Cor. 12:14; 13:1) to check some rising disorder (2 Cor. 2:1; 13:2), and wrote them a letter, now lost (1 Cor. 5:9). They had also been visited by Apollos (Acts 18:27), perhaps by Peter (1 Cor. 1:12), and by some Jewish Christians who brought with them letters of commendation from Jerusalem (1 Cor. 1:12; 2 Cor. 3:1; 5:16; 11:23).

Analysis of 1 Corinthians

1. Salutation and thanksgiving (1:1–9).

2. Rebuke of the Corinthian Church for lack of unity (1:10–6:20).

a. The spirit of partisanship and insubordination (1:10–4:21).

b. The case of impurity (5:1–13; 6:9–20).

c. The lawsuits (6:1–9).

3. Paul’s reply to inquiries made by them as to

a. Marriage (7:1–40).

b. Meat offered to idols (8:1–11:1).

c. The order of worship, with special reference to the Lord’s Supper and the use of spiritual gifts (11:2–14:40). This section contains (12:31–13:13) a magnificent description of love, the greatest in the trio of things that abide forever.

4. Doctrine of the resurrection—

a. Of Christ (15:1–19).

b. Of the dead (15:20–34).

c. Degrees of glory (15:35–58).

5. Directions about a collection for the Christian poor at Jerusalem; information about Paul’s, Timothy’s, and Apollos’s plans; final exhortations and salutation (16:1–24).

Soon after writing the first epistle Paul was driven from Ephesus by a riot (Acts 19). In Macedonia he met Titus (2 Cor. 7:6), who brought him news from Corinth that his letter had been well received and had produced the desired effect; the Church had cleared itself of all complicity in a sexual offense and had excommunicated the offender (2:5–11). But Paul found that a personal coolness had sprung up between himself and his converts (7:2; 12:15), which unscrupulous opponents were turning to their own account.

Analysis of 2 Corinthians

1. Salutation and thanksgiving (1:1–11).

2. Personal, arising out of the report of Titus.

a. His own movements and feelings toward the Corinthian Church (1:12–2:17).

b. The characteristics of the Christian ministry as exemplified by true apostles (3:1–6:10).

c. An account of the impression produced on his own mind by the report of Titus (6:11–7:16).

3. Welfare collection for the churches of Judaea (8:1–9:15).

4. Assertion of his own position as an apostle (10:1–12:10).

5. Conclusion (12:11–13:14).