Doctrinal Mastery Review 25

Apply Doctrinal Mastery Passages

In the Church, we are invited to grow as the Savior did—spiritually, socially, physically, and intellectually. Setting goals can help you progress. Scriptures are given by Heavenly Father to help you become like Jesus Christ in these ways. This lesson will give you an opportunity to practice applying the doctrinal mastery passages to your goals to become like the Savior.

Help learners be active participants. For some students, putting forth effort to learn from the scriptures may seem unfamiliar and somewhat difficult. However, students can grow in their abilities and gradually take more and more responsibility for their own learning. Look for opportunities to help students take a more active role in class, and praise their efforts and progress.

Student preparation: Consider inviting students to talk to their parents or a Church leader about goals they have set. They could discuss successes and challenges they are experiencing.

Possible Learning Activities

A doctrinal mastery passage lesson may need to be taught in place of this review lesson. Refer to the pacing schedule provided by the area or region director or coordinator to ensure that each doctrinal mastery passage lesson will be taught while seminary is in session.

Grow as Jesus Christ did

Consider showing students the Personal Development: Youth Guidebook and discussing the goals they can set. You could also display the following image:

In Luke 2:52 we read that Jesus Christ grew “in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.” Our Heavenly Father desires for us to grow like the Savior did in all these same aspects. Church leaders have asked us to set goals to help us develop spiritually, socially, physically, and intellectually.

Think about the goals you have set or would like to set.

• What are some successes you have experienced?

• What are some challenges you’ve faced as you have strived to achieve these goals?

Speaking about these goals, President Russell M. Nelson taught:

Instead of giving you many specific assignments, … we are inviting you to counsel with the Lord about how you can grow in a balanced way. It will be rewarding and fun, but it will also take some effort on your part. You will need to seek personal revelation. You will need to choose for yourself how to act on it. Sometimes the Spirit may prompt you to do things that are difficult. I think you are up to the challenge. You can do hard things. (Russell M. Nelson, “Special Children and Youth Broadcast Featuring President M. Russell Ballard” [introduction to the new Children and Youth initiative, Sept. 29, 2019], broadcasts.ChurchofJesusChrist.org)

• What do you think about President Nelson’s counsel?

As you study today, you will be able to apply doctrinal mastery passages to your goals to become more like the Savior spiritually, socially, physically, or intellectually.

Doctrinal mastery passages can help

Students could be asked to list as many doctrinal mastery passages from memory as they can or share ones that have impacted their lives. List the passages they share on the board.

Help students locate the doctrinal mastery passages from Alma to Moroni in the Doctrinal Mastery Core Document (2023), or display the following chart.

Book of Mormon Doctrinal Mastery: Alma–Moroni

Book of Mormon Teacher Manual (2024)

Scripture Reference	Key Scripture Phrase
Scripture Reference Alma 7:11–13	Key Scripture Phrase “And he shall go forth, suffering pains and afflictions and temptations of every kind.”
Scripture Reference Alma 34:9–10	Key Scripture Phrase “There must be an atonement made, … an infinite and eternal sacrifice.”
Scripture Reference Alma 39:9	Key Scripture Phrase “Go no more after the lusts of your eyes.”
Scripture Reference Alma 41:10	Key Scripture Phrase “Wickedness never was happiness.”
Scripture Reference Helaman 5:12	Key Scripture Phrase “It is upon the rock of our Redeemer … that ye must build your foundation.”
Scripture Reference 3 Nephi 11:10–11	Key Scripture Phrase “I have suffered the will of the Father in all things from the beginning.”
Scripture Reference 3 Nephi 12:48	Key Scripture Phrase “Be perfect even as I, or your Father who is in heaven is perfect.”
Scripture Reference 3 Nephi 27:20	Key Scripture Phrase “Come unto me and be baptized … that ye may be sanctified by the reception of the Holy Ghost.”
Scripture Reference Ether 12:6	Key Scripture Phrase “Ye receive no witness until after the trial of your faith.”
Scripture Reference Ether 12:27	Key Scripture Phrase “If men come unto me … then will I make weak things become strong unto them.”
Scripture Reference Moroni 7:45–48	Key Scripture Phrase “Charity is the pure love of Christ.”
Scripture Reference Moroni 10:4–5	Key Scripture Phrase “Ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ … [and] by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things.”

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Invite students to find doctrinal mastery passages that can help them reach their goals.

Discuss the scriptures students found and how they are helpful. Consider using some of the following questions.

Students do not need to share personal details about their goals. Encourage them to share more about scriptures and principles and less about specifics of the goal.

• Which doctrinal mastery passages can help you reach your goal? How?

• Which doctrinal mastery passages can help you grow “in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man” like the Savior did?

• How could one or more doctrinal mastery passages help you apply one or more principles of acquiring spiritual knowledge?

Consider sharing your testimony of ways doctrinal mastery passages have helped in your life.