New Testament Questions and Notes

  NT Come Follow Me Lesson 48 Introduction: “Rejoice with Joy Unspeakable and Full of Glory” Doctrine and Covenants 76:80  Promptly record spiritual impressions, while you are yet in the Spirit. John 21:18–19  Jesus told Peter, soon after He was resurrected, that Peter would be a martyr for Jesus Christ and His gospel. 2 Peter 1:14  Later Peter witnessed also that this would be so. 14  Knowing that shortly I must put off  this  my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me. 1 Peter 1:6–7, 9  Peter didn’t fear His death, and He taught us to “greatly rejoice,” even though they were “in heaviness through manifold temptations” and to remember that “the trial of [our] faith” [will} lead to “praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ” and to “the salvation of [our] souls.” 1 Peter 4:13  Am I a willing partaker “ of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, [I] may be g...

NT Come Follow Me Lesson 47 Introduction: “Be Ye Doers of the Word, and Not Hearers Only” James 1:22 Which verses of scripture have meant a lot to you? Which ones have the Spirit born truth to and given you enlightenment? It is interesting that James, the brother of Jesus, is the one who wrote the verse that helped to open this dispensation, James 1:5 , “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.” Joseph Smith said that this verse “ seemed to enter with great force into every feeling of [his] heart” ( Joseph Smith—History 1:12 ). I’m so thankful that Joseph followed the counsel of James and asked of God. The First Vision not only changed the course of Joseph’s life, it changed the course of the world in our day. The testimony of this event is bringing many people back to Jesus Christ. James 1:21–22 As you learn and value truth, set aside those things that turn you away from truth. Be a do...