Lesson 32—Doctrine and Covenants 19:1–24, Part 2: “I, [Jesus Christ], Have Suffered These Things for All”
“Lesson 32—Doctrine and Covenants 19:1–24, Part 2: ‘I, [Jesus Christ], Have Suffered These Things for All,’” Doctrine and Covenants Seminary Teacher Manual (2025)
“Doctrine and Covenants 19:1–24, Part 2,” Doctrine and Covenants Seminary Teacher Manual
“I, [Jesus Christ], Have Suffered These Things for All”
The Lord taught powerful truths about His Atonement to Martin Harris in Doctrine and Covenants 19. Repentance for our sins is possible through Jesus Christ. Because of Him and His merciful and loving Atonement, we can be made clean through our repentance. This lesson can help students appreciate more deeply the Savior’s gift of repentance, which is made possible through His great atoning sacrifice.
Possible Learning Activities
Truths or myths?
Are the following statements truths or myths?
The main purpose of repentance is to punish sinners.
Those who don’t repent will be unworthy to return to live with God.
Even though it can be hard, repentance is worth it.
Repentance is a gift from God.
Heavenly Father cannot really love me until I repent.
Repentance is a painless process.
What makes these statements truths or myths?
Why might some people believe one of the myths is true?
In Doctrine and Covenants 19, the Lord responded to Martin Harris’s concerns about potentially losing his farm to pay for the printing of the Book of Mormon. The Lord taught Martin about repentance and about His great atoning sacrifice. As you study today, you may want to record in your study journal the truths you learn about the Savior and the blessing of repentance He offers us.
His suffering eases our suffering
Read Doctrine and Covenants 19:15–20 and look for what the Savior wants you to learn about Him and about repentance. You may want to pray and invite the Holy Ghost to help you understand what the Lord wants you to know and feel from these verses.
How can the Savior’s teachings help us more easily identify truths and myths about repentance?
How could you correctly rewrite these myths to reflect truths about repentance?
How do the Savior’s own words about His Atonement influence the way you feel about Him? Why?
How does the Lord’s commandment to repent demonstrate His love for us?
In what ways can understanding the Savior’s love for us increase our desire to repent?
The Savior’s gift of repentance
Video
Statements from Church Leaders
Hymns about the Savior
If you use this option, you might allow students to share phrases about the Savior from different hymns that teach about His gift of repentance. Depending on the needs and abilities of your students, you may choose to sing a few of the hymns as a class. You might suggest that students link these hymns to Doctrine and Covenants 19:16–19 in their scriptures.
Personal reflection
Give students time to reflect on what they have learned and felt. You might invite them to record their thoughts and impressions in their study journals. You could invite students to consider how they could more fully invite the Savior’s blessing of repentance into their lives.
Be sensitive to the promptings of the Spirit. You may want to invite students to share their testimonies with one another.
Memorize
You may want to help students memorize the doctrinal mastery reference and key scripture phrase during this lesson and review them in future lessons. The key scripture phrase is “I, [Jesus Christ], have suffered these things for all.” Ideas for memorization activities are in the appendix materials under “Doctrinal Mastery Review Activities.”