Lds Mf Test #1

Front 1

Elder Eyring testified the Savior had always been a protector of whom?

Back 1

Of those who would accept His protection.

Front 2

In our day, prophets give warnings to help us find safety from sin and sorrow. What did Elder Eyring say is one of the keys to recognizing those warnings?

Back 2

When the warnings are repeated

Front 3

Elder Eyring said that since the beginning of time, men and women have believed that to take counsel from the servants of God is to surrender God-given rights of independence. But he said this idea is false because it misrepresents reality. How?

Back 3

Because they are choosing to follow Satan which is less independence and freedom

Front 4

Some in the Church believe the fallacy that the choice to accept or not accept the counsel of prophets is no more than deciding whether to accept good advice and gain its benefits or to stay where we are. What three things did Elder Eyring say would happen to us if we set aside prophetic counsel?

Back 4

1. Ground on which we stand will change
2. It becomes dangerous
3. Less power to take inspired counsel in the future

Front 5

One of the sweetest comforts a person could have in mortality is to know he/she has been an instrument in the hands of God to bring another person to safety. What is required of those who desire to have that kind of ability?

Back 5

Faith to follow counsel when it is hard to do

Front 6

Sometimes we will receive counsel that we cannot understand or that seems not to apply to us, even after careful prayer and thought. What did Elder Eyring counsel us to do on those occasions?

Back 6

Don't discard it -- hold it close.

Front 7

How did Elder Scott define a “principle”?

Back 7

Concentrated truth

Front 8

To acquire spiritual knowledge and to obey it with wisdom, Elder Scott said we must do four things. Name them.

Back 8

1. Seek divine light in humility
2. Exercise faith in Jesus Christ
3. Hearken unto His counsel
4. Keep His commandments

Front 9

As we seek spiritual knowledge and that knowledge begins to unfold to us, we must use it if we want to be blessed by it. Elder Scott suggested five things we should do when spiritual knowledge is given to us. Name them.

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1. Understood
2. Valued
3. Obeyed
4. Remembered
5. Expanded

Front 10

Spiritual truths generally come a piece at a time as we exercise faith and exert diligent effort. At times, what else may we be required to go through before we are given precious truth?

Back 10

Wrenching struggles

Front 11

Powerful spiritual direction in our lives can be overcome or forced into the background unless we provide a way to retain it. What did Elder Scott suggest we do if we want to be able to have knowledge available to us in time of need?

Back 11

Carefully record it

Front 12

Using the scriptures and the declarations of the prophets is an excellent way to expand our knowledge, Elder Scott said. Another excellent way to increase our understanding and facilitate the flow of additional light is by doing what?

Back 12

By sharing knowledge

Front 13

To keep life’s demands in balance, Elder Ballard suggested we do eight things. Name them.

Back 13

1. Use an eternal perspective to set priorities
2. Set Reasonable Short-Term Goals
3. Become Financially Responsible and Secure
4. Build close relationships with family and friends
5. Study the scriptures
6. Rest, exercise, relax
7. “Teach One Another the Gospel”
8. Pray often

Front 14

All things, Elder Ballard said, must be done in wisdom and order. There are two things he said that can throw us off-balance? Name them.

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1. Too much of anything
2. Too little of important things

Front 15

In the council in heaven, all of Heavenly Father’s spirit children were taught the plan of salvation—the great plan of happiness. But we eventually reached the point where _______ was no longer possible without obtaining a physical body and having a mortal experience.

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Progression

Front 16

Towards what is Satan's most strenuous opposition directed?

Back 16

Towards whatever is most important to the Father's plan.

Front 17

Elder Oaks said three things are essential to the great plan of happiness. Name them:

Back 17

1. Gender
2. Marriage
3. Childbearing

Front 18

We live in a day, Elder Oaks said, when there are many political, legal, and social pressures for changes that confuse gender and homogenize differences between men and women. When we have an eternal perspective, how do we view those pressures for change?

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We are against them

Front 19

Over the last generation or two, there have been significant increases in the number of working mothers of young children, which have signaled a reduced commitment of parents to nurture their young children. These reductions, Elder Oaks said, have led to rising numbers in four areas. Name them:

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1. Abortions
2. Divorces
3. Child Neglect
4. Juvenile Crime

Front 20

To what did President Kimball refer to as "an act of extreme selfishness?"

Back 20

For a married couple to refuse to have children when they are able.

Front 21

To any son or daughter of God who keeps the commandments, is true to his/her covenants, and desires what is right, what has the Lord promised?

Back 21

No blessing will be denied them.

Front 22

What price had to be paid to provide us with moral agency?

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The atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ.

Front 23

Each time we misuse our moral agency, there are at least three penalties attached. Name them.

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1. Withdraw from the Spirit's companionship
2. Spiritual death
3. Unhappiness

Front 24

Alma taught his son Corianton that there are basically two things we are to do with our time on this earth. What are they?

Back 24

1. Repent
2. Serve God

Front 25

Elder Condie spoke of four enemies of agency. Name them.

Back 25

1. Addiction
2. Debt
3. Discouragement
4. Cultural tradition

Front 26

Why, did Elder Condie say, do addictions such as endless hours of television, pornography, alcohol, tobacco, and drugs creep into a person’s life?

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Because their lives are empty

Front 27

If we are in bondage to bad habits or unkind thoughts, what is one of the most powerful and important ways to break the bands of weakness or wickedness?

Back 27

Through fasting

Front 28

What did Elder Holland say are among the ultimate blessings that the gospel of Jesus Christ brings to a troubled world and the troubled people who live in it? There are three. Name them.

Back 28

1. Peace
2. Strength
3. Hope

Front 29

There are times, in all of our lives, when deep sorrow or suffering or fear or loneliness make us cry out for the peace which only God Himself can bring. Heavenly Father will send help through His Beloved Son, through ministering angels, and through prophets. Additionally, Elder Holland said, there are three things we can do to access that peace. Name them.

Back 29

1. Obedience
2. Repentance
3. Forgiveness

Front 30

When problems, sorrows or sadness come and they don’t seem to be our fault, time and perspective will help us recognize that such problems in life do come for a purpose. What, according to Elder Holland, might that purpose be?

Back 30

Help people realize they need assistance, forgiveness, etc...

Front 31

What two things did Elder Holland say often follow those who feel no need for mercy?

Back 31

They never seek it
They never bestow it

Front 32

Elder Hafen emphasized that the Atonement is not just for sinners and the healing power of the Atonement does not apply just to sin. To what other three things does the Atonement apply?

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1. Carelessness
2. Inadequacies
3. Moral bitterness

Front 33

Elder Hafen said the Savior was able to atone unconditionally for Adam and Eve’s transgression and for physical death, and to atone conditionally for our personal sins because he possessed three characteristics. Name them.

Back 33

1. Sinless
2. Only Begotton of the Father
3. Willing to drink the bitter cup of justice

Front 34

True or False: If we refuse to repent in this life, we will be required to suffer, in spirit prison, the full extent of our sins in order to satisfy the demands of justice. But, once we have paid that price and satisfied justice, we will be able to qualify for the celestial kingdom.

Back 34

False

Front 35

President Faust related the account of a tragedy on an Amish community. He said they were able to forgive because they applied what teaching from the Sermon on the Mount?

Back 35

"Do good to them that hate you, pray for them which despitefully use you."

Front 36

We can all find many reasons for postponing forgiveness. What did President Faust say is one of the most common?

Back 36

Waiting for wrong-doers to repent

Front 37

What benefits, has researched found, come to those who learn to forgive.

Back 37

- Less angry
- More hopeful
- Less depressed
- Less anxious
- Less stressed
- Greater physical well-being

Front 38

What is the consequence of hatred?

Back 38

It retards spiritual growth

Front 39

President Hinckley suggested no virtue is more in need of application in our time that the virtue of forgiving and forgetting. He went on to say that if we continue to brood in anger over wrongs suffered or to go through life with a spirit of vindictiveness, what three things will decrease in our lives?

Back 39

Happiness
Peace
Abilities

Front 40

President Hinckley taught three main points or requirements in the process of repentance? Name them.

Back 40

1. Avoid bitterness
2. Seek peace through forgiveness
3. Bind up wounds

Front 41

What is an essential characteristic of individual premortal, mortal, and eternal identity and purpose?

Back 41

Gender

Front 42

What makes it possible for individuals to return to the presence of God and for families to be united eternally?

Back 42

Sacred ordinances and covenants

Front 43

What was the first commandment given to Adam and Eve?

Back 43

Multiply and replenish the earth.

Front 44

God has commanded that the sacred powers of procreation are only to be used when individuals meet what two conditions?

Back 44

Between a man and a woman
Within bonds of marriage

Front 45

All children, the Proclamation says, are entitled to 2 things. Name them.

Back 45

Born within the bonds of matrimony

Raised by parents who are faithful to each other.

Front 46

There are three primary duties of a father, according to the Proclamation. Name them

Back 46

Preside over family
Provide necesities
Provide protection

Front 47

What is the primary duty of a mother?

Back 47

Nurture of their children.

Front 48

Husbands and wives, fathers and mothers are obligated to help one another as _______ ________.

Back 48

Equal partners

Front 49

Marriage is ordained of God, the Proclamation says. Elder Eyring said there are two assurances a mother and a father can receive when they know that to be true and are willing to ask for God’s help? Name them.

Back 49

1. Resolve differences

2. Love each other

Front 50

We want eternal life as families whatever its cost in effort, pain, and sacrifice. To obtain eternal life, it must then be more than our hope. What must it be?

Back 50

In our hearts

Front 51

Only in the highest degree of the celestial kingdom will there be families. That knowledge should motivate us to do what three things?

Back 51

1. Look toward temple/ordinances
2. Strive to be worth
3. Look for a companion that is worthy

Front 52

What caution did Elder Eyring give young men and women regarding career preparation?

Back 52

If you plan for the worst, you make the best less likely.

Front 53

Besides the responsibilities to preside, provide, and protect, Elder Nelson said fathers are also commanded to _________, which they can only do by employing __________ and remembering ___________.

Back 53

Set in order thy house
by employing the Lord's attributes
power/influence shouldn't be maintained by the priesthood...but by love, care, and persuasion.

Front 54

Parents have been given a divine mandate regarding the word of the Lord that includes two charges. Name them.

Back 54

1. Cling to the word of God
2. Teach your children

Front 55

No sacrifice, Elder Nelson said, is too great to have the blessings of an eternal marriage. To qualify, what two things did he say are required?

Back 55

1. Deny self of all ungodliness
2. Honor ordinances of the temple

Front 56

Elder Hales said that an eternal bond doesn’t just happen through sealings. It depends upon our conduct. Specifically, there are two things Elder Hales said that will determine whether or not we receive the blessings of the sealing? Name them.

Back 56

1. Keep the commandments
2. Conduct out lives in a way that our families will WANT to live with us.

Front 57

Because of the importance of the family to the eternal plan of happiness, Elder Hales said Satan does 3 things to destroy the family? Name them.

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1. Destroy the sanctity of the family
2. Demean the importance of the roles of men and women
3. Encourage moral uncleanliness

Front 58

While _______ is an individual matter, ________ is a family matter.

Back 58

Individual salvation, family exaltation

Front 59

For what reason did Elder Nelson say the earth was created and the gospel was restored?

Back 59

To allow families to live forever and have relationships beyond the grave

Front 60

Marriage is not only an exalting principle of the gospel. What else is it?

Back 60

A divine commandment

Front 61

How did Elder Nelson define immortality and eternal life?

Back 61

Immortality = resurrection of the dead
Eternal life = living forever in God's presence

Front 62

What three things does doctrine do?

Back 62

- Answers "why?"
- Deepens understanding
- Increases committment

Front 63

Principles address _____
Applications address _____

Back 63

What
How

Front 64

If you're struggling with motivation, what should you do?

Back 64

Ponder

Front 65

Characteristics of a principle:

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1. "If.....then"
2. Universal - applies to everyone
3. Timeless

Front 66

What does GPS stand for?

Back 66

Goals
Priorities
Standards

Front 67

Romance pyramid:

Back 67

Romance
Restraint
Respect
Understanding
Timing
Friendship

Front 68

Difference b/n what God asks Adam in Old Testament vs. Pearl of Great Price:

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OT: Where are you?
POGP: Where are you going?

Front 69

Succor

Back 69

To run to

Front 70

Redemptive power

Back 70

Save us from physical AND spriitual death

Front 71

Enabling power

Back 71

What God does for us that we cannot do for ourselves.

Front 72

What two powers does the atonement give us?

Back 72

1. Redemptive
2. Enabling

Front 73

What does the Greek word for repentace mean?

Back 73

To change mind

Front 74

Renunciation of sin involves what three things?

Back 74

1. Thoughts
2. Feelings
3. Actions

Front 75

Two types of sins

Back 75

Comission - things you do
Omission - things you don't do

Front 76

5 reasons patterns are important:

Back 76

1. prevent deception
2. consistency
3. exactness
4. safety
5. confidence

Front 77

nature:

Back 77

divine. inherited god’s capacity

Front 78

identity:

Back 78

son, daughter of god

Front 79

purpose.

Back 79

look at foreordained goals. roles!

Front 80

destiny:

Back 80

exaltation. eternal motherhood or fatherhood