Doctrinal Mastery Review 12

Understand and Apply

Christ teaching in the synagogue

This lesson will help you review and practice understanding and applying doctrinal mastery passages you have studied.

Understanding doctrinal mastery passages

Imagine you have the opportunity to talk with someone who thinks they do not understand the scriptures and is not sure they want to try.

• Why is it important to strive to understand the scriptures?

• If you were to give advice about what someone can do to increase their understanding, what would you say?

Some ways to deepen your understanding include

• looking up words you do not understand;

• reading the chapter heading or verses that come before or after the passage you are studying for context;

• reading cross-references in the footnotes;

• looking up important words in the Topical Guide or Guide to the Scriptures;

• asking a parent, teacher, or Church leader for help;

• identifying truths about Jesus Christ; and

• pondering how living by those truths can help you come closer to the Savior.

Select two doctrinal mastery passages from 1 Nephi to Mosiah that you feel inspired to know more about. Then take a few minutes to read them carefully and use one of the skills listed above to deepen your understanding. You might try one or two skills that you have not tried before.

First 12 Doctrinal Mastery Passages and Key Phrases

Book of Mormon Teacher Manual (2024)

Scripture Reference	Key Scripture Phrase
Scripture Reference 1 Nephi 3:7	Key Scripture Phrase “I will go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded.”
Scripture Reference 2 Nephi 2:25	Key Scripture Phrase “Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy.”
Scripture Reference 2 Nephi 2:27	Key Scripture Phrase “They are free to choose liberty and eternal life … or … captivity and death.”
Scripture Reference 2 Nephi 26:33	Key Scripture Phrase “All are alike unto God.”
Scripture Reference 2 Nephi 28:30	Key Scripture Phrase God “will give unto the children of men line upon line, precept upon precept.”
Scripture Reference 2 Nephi 32:3	Key Scripture Phrase “Feast upon the words of Christ; for behold, the words of Christ will tell you all things what ye should do.”
Scripture Reference 2 Nephi 32:8–9	Key Scripture Phrase “Ye must pray always.”
Scripture Reference Mosiah 2:17	Key Scripture Phrase “When ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God.”
Scripture Reference Mosiah 2:41	Key Scripture Phrase “Those that keep the commandments of God … are blessed in all things.”
Scripture Reference Mosiah 3:19	Key Scripture Phrase “[Put] off the natural man and [become] a saint through the atonement of Christ the Lord.”
Scripture Reference Mosiah 4:9	Key Scripture Phrase “Believe in God; … believe that he has all wisdom.”
Scripture Reference Mosiah 18:8–10	Key Scripture Phrase Be “baptized in the name of the Lord, as a witness … that ye have entered into a covenant with him.”

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1. Share which doctrinal mastery passages you chose, the skill you used to deepen understanding, and any insights you gained from your study.

Applying doctrinal mastery passages

2. Choose either activity A or B to practice applying one of the doctrinal mastery passages you selected.

Activity A. Create a scenario

1. On one side of a piece of paper, write a gospel question that could be answered or a circumstance that could be helped using this doctrinal mastery passage.

2. On the other side, write the doctrinal mastery reference, key phrase, and a brief explanation of how it can help.

Activity B. Make a video outline

Imagine your stake has selected one of the doctrinal mastery key scripture phrases as the theme for youth conference. They have asked you to plan a video to introduce the theme. Create an outline for a video that includes

• the key scripture phrase and reference,

• a creative way to explain what the doctrinal mastery passage means and why it is important to youth, and

• how it might apply to our lives and help us come closer to the Savior. (You could include an example or story from the scriptures, general conference, or your own life.)