Thursday, August 31, 2017

Acquiring Spiritual Knowledge Part 1

Doctrinal Mastery is all about learning to Acquire Spiritual Knowledge (ASK).  We do this best by following the Savior's counsel to:


Ask and ye shall receive
Seek and ye shall find
Knock and it shall be opened unto you.  See (3 Nephi 14:7)

In preparation for tomorrow's lesson, please read the section in the Doctrinal Mastery Core Document about acquiring spiritual knowledge (4 paragraphs).  You can CLICK HERE TO LINK TO IT ONLINE or follow this path in your Gospel Library on your phone/tablet and then bookmark it so you can find it quickly in class tomorrow. 
The path is

LIBRARY
--SEMINARIES AND INSTITUTES
---SEMINARY
----DOCTRINAL MASTERY CORE DOCUMENT
-----ACQUIRING SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE


As you read, you will come across the following scriptures that I would invite you to read, mark, and ponder in preparation for our class:

Mosiah 4:9
Moroni 10:4-5
2 Nephi 32:8-9
2 Nephi 32:3


President Russell M. Nelson

“‘Real intent’ means that one really intends to follow the divine direction given” (“Ask, Seek, Knock,” Ensign or Liahona, Nov. 2009, 81).

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