Youth – 5 CFM Ideas for NOV 04 – 10, 2024

by | Oct 16, 2024

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5 TEACHING IDEAS FOR COME FOLLOW ME LESSONS

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Mormon 7 – 9

This week’s lesson is full of meaningful discussion and focuses on Jesus Christ, peace, doubts, growth and the Godhead.

Lesson Notes

You can find the full Come, Follow Me lesson here. Unless you opt to spend a lot of time on a particular quote, try to pick around 2 questions per quote. Choose the questions that resonate the most with you and make a meaningful discussion for your group of personalities.

All blue quotes from the Book of Mormon (unless otherwise noted).

Lesson Prep

  • If you want the discussion to be more meaningful, hand out reading assignments ahead of time and ask the reader to answer one question about them (pick one of the questions below and give it to them, along with the assigned quote). The sooner you do this, the better, but if possible, at least show it to them before the Sacrament meeting. You can also text or email it.
  • Ask various people to read and participate – especially those who aren’t asked as much.

Lesson Delivery

You can arrange the quotes in any order that makes sense to you. I suggest starting with the most important ones and working your way down. Don’t worry about covering all the quotes.

  • Make sure you assign others to read the quotes. You’re talking enough already. Letting others read allows more people to participate.
  • Encourage discussion by accepting all reasonable answers. Validate people for participating and be thankful they spoke up. Engage with the answer in a conversational way whenever it feels natural. Never say, “That’s not the right answer,” or “We haven’t got to that part of the lesson yet.”
  • Remember, spiritual discussion is golden. We want people to talk about the gospel together.
  • If a lesson takes a different turn than you planned, roll with it. The Spirit intends for you to be successful.
  • If the discussion gets too non-spiritual, pull it back by going to the following quote or question.
  • Avoid videos – they shut down discussion. Save them for personal study.

Quote #1 (jesus)

Mormon leaves an essential message to the Latter-day House of Israel.

Whenever someone tells me we worship a different Jesus Christ than the one in the Bible, I share these verses from the Book of Mormon and ask them, “What is different?” (They usually cannot answer that question with anything significant.) I’ve changed a few people’s perspectives of us with these verses.

Possible discussion questions: How important is Christ to the Book of Mormon? (Accept all reasonable answers – it’s the sole purpose of the Book of Mormon…to bring us to Christ.) What are some of the things Mormon tells us we need to do?

Possible activity: Write a to-do list from Mormon on the board or pull it out verbally – it does not have to be worded the same or have as many items.

  • Come to a knowledge of your fathers (know where the House of Israel comes from)
  • Repent of your sins and iniquities
  • Believe Jesus Christ is the Son of God
  • He was slain and resurrected by the power of the Father
  • He made redemption possible
  • He made it possible for all of us to be resurrected
  • We will stand before the Judgment Seat
  • We can become guiltless because of His redemption
  • We can live with God
  • We can have happiness forever

Possible discussion questions: Is there anything from this list that stands out for you today? What are your thoughts?

Deepen the Understanding

What does “one God” from verse 7 mean? A. It symbolizes the unity between the Father, His Son Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost. To clarify the meaning, you can replace “One God” with “One Godhead” whenever it appears in scripture. Try it with the end of Mormon 7:7

…to sing ceaseless praises with the choirs above, unto the Father, and unto the Son, and unto the Holy Ghost, which are one Godhead, in a state of happiness which hath no end.

Jesus explains the concept of ‘one’ meaning ‘unity’ with unmistakable detail in John 17:

Possible discussion question: How would you explain our “One God” belief to a friend? What would you say?

Quote #2 (peace)

Possible intro: Moroni keeps the records under tragic and extreme circumstances.

Note: Can be divided between two or more readers.

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Can you imagine the difficulty of Moroni’s loneliness and trials?

Possible discussion questions: Have you ever been in a life as difficult as Moroni? (Accept all reasonable answers – some people have had harrowing experiences because of war and other tragic episodes.) What does it say about him – that he remained so faithful after losing everybody and being hunted down as he speaks? Are our present circumstances a gift – that we don’t live in war-torn lands and are not hunted down by extreme enemies? Can that change? (Accept all reasonable answers – in an instance that can change.)

Deepen the Understanding

Possible important question: Who gifts this land with a reasonably peaceful existence? Can it come to an end?

Important Takeaway: Peace is a gift from Heaven, and when Heaven is rejected and withdraws itself, so does the peace. Moroni lived during such a time yet remained faithful.

Possible Question/Discussion: Why did Moroni remain faithful and true amid horrific circumstances? Does being in horrific circumstances mean you are not blessed or deeply loved by God?

Quote #3 (doubts)

Possible intro: Write “Doubt your doubts” on the board or post a word strip. Have the class think about the following question, “Do you give your doubts as much scrutiny as you give your faith?”

When Moroni invites us to ask the Father in Jesus’ name, “for what things soever ye shall stand in need,” he is also talking about answers to whatever questions. Pray about your questions, and have faith they will get answered in some fashion. The answers will come whether it’s an ah-hah moment in the scriptures, a General Conference talk, a passing comment by a friend, a Sunday lesson, or a conversation with a stranger.

Possible discussion questions: How would you sum up Moroni’s message to us in your own words – how would you explain it to a friend?

Optional 2nd Quote

Elder Uchtdorf does a beautiful job addressing doubts we might have.

Possible discussion question: What doubt have you worked through, and how did you work through it? What would you recommend to a friend who was having doubts or problems with their faith?

Deepen the Understanding

One secret to a strong testimony is to acquire the habit of making doubts second-class citizens instead of a priority. Don’t embrace them just because someone says it and you don’t have immediate proof they’re wrong. Don’t fall for the Burden of Proof Fallacy. That’s when someone asserts a challenging claim to you without providing quality, traceable evidence and then expects you to disprove it with hard, high-quality proof, unlike what they’ve provided.

When others come at you with condemning information but have no actual historical documents or manuscripts or verifiable/credible data or facts to back it up but challenge you to prove you’re right – call them on their fallacy. Ask for tangible proof of what they say, not just hearsay or second-hand information from an author. People make lots of money selling lousy information.

Let me give you an example of an exchange I had yesterday.

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He made some rather bold statements that we were going to hell because we didn’t believe the Trinity doctrine (3-in-1 God)

(Verse John 10:30 says: “I and my Father are one.”)

You can’t see the whole conversation, but it began with his strong accusation that we were “going to hell” (his words) for not believing the Trinity 3-in1 God doctrine. (I took the opportunity to teach and added John 17:20-22 from Quote #1 further down.)

The point is that as soon as the burden of proof was put back on his shoulders for his aggressive, condemning statements, he had nothing to back it up. You’ll find that happens often, or they come back with weak, unverified, questionable sources. Don’t be afraid of other people’s doubts. So often, people latch onto doubts without investigating or thinking about them twice. Do the opposite. You’ve worked hard and been through a lot for your faith – and it is worth preserving.

Quote #4 (mistakes)

Possible intro: Leaders make mistakes because they are mortal men and women who have learning curves. The gospel doesn’t stop being true because of mortal imperfections. The Lord didn’t promise a perfect experience at Church; He promised that all the essential knowledge, experiences, and ordinances needed to perfect YOU will be available in His Church.

The Book of Mormon was written for our day. As we read, ask yourself, “Why do you think Moroni included this message about condemning prophets for their mistakes?”

Possible discussion questions: Does the Book of Mormon stop being the true word of God if Moroni or others are flawed and stumble and have made mistakes? Does the Church stop being true because leaders are flawed, make bad calls, and make mistakes? What is Moroni’s last piece of advice? (Accept all reasonable answers – please learn from our mistakes rather than dwell on them.)

Deepen the Understanding

Likewise, in the very first section of the Doctrine and Covenants, the Lord guarantees that His servants, the top six Elders of the Church, will make mistakes and be chastised and corrected from time to time.

Line upon line, leaders progress just like each of us. As Moroni counsels, we learn from their mistakes rather than focus on them. Despite our mortality, the Lord’s scriptures are true, and the Church is empowered to move us closer to Christ through covenants and ordinances.

Possible discussion question: What can we do when we’re disappointed in something a leader says or does? Do we benefit from dwelling on it? How can we help ourselves move past it?

Summary

Summarize class discussion highlights and/or share your testimony and feelings about the lesson. Thank your class for their excellent contributions and insights.

Final Comment

As you study and teach, you can help others find more truths in the scriptures. Thank you for bringing powerful Book of Mormon teachings into other people’s lives.

If you would like some tips on how to feel more confident while teaching, try “9 Tips for More Class Participation.Please arrange the quotes in any order that makes sense to you.

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