1. I lived in heaven a long time ago, it is true;1. I lived in heaven a long time ago, it is true;Lived there and loved there with people I know. So Lived there and loved there with people I know. So did you.did you.Then Heav’nly Father presented a beautiful plan,Then Heav’nly Father presented a beautiful plan,All about earth and eternal salvation for man.All about earth and eternal salvation for man.

2. Father said he needed someone who had enough 2. Father said he needed someone who had enough loveloveTo give his life so we all could return there above.To give his life so we all could return there above.There was another who sought for the honor divine.There was another who sought for the honor divine.Jesus said, “Father, send me, and the glory be thine.”Jesus said, “Father, send me, and the glory be thine.”

3. Jesus was chosen, and as the Messiah he came,3. Jesus was chosen, and as the Messiah he came,Conquering evil and death through his glorious name,Conquering evil and death through his glorious name,Giving us hope of a wonderful life yet to be—Giving us hope of a wonderful life yet to be—Home in that heaven where Father is waiting for me.Home in that heaven where Father is waiting for me.*Words and music: Janeen Jacobs Brady, b. 1934 © 1987 by Janeen Jacobs Brady. This song may be copied for incidental, noncommercial church or home use.

“Lesson 2: Jesus Christ Volunteered to Be Our Savior,” Primary 7: New Testament, 5

*Can you guess who this is?Can you guess who this is?

*Why was this not the Why was this not the beginning of this person’s life?beginning of this person’s life?

Before we Before we were born were born on earth we on earth we all lived all lived with with Heavenly Heavenly Father as Father as spirit spirit children. children.

Our spirit Our spirit bodies look bodies look like our like our physical physical bodies, with bodies, with arms, legs, arms, legs, eyes, and so eyes, and so on, but are on, but are not flesh and not flesh and blood. blood.

*Life as Life as spirit spirit children children is called is called premortpremortal life. al life. *During this premortal During this premortal life our heavenly parents life our heavenly parents taught us the gospel and taught us the gospel and the plan of life.the plan of life.

Brigham Young said:Brigham Young said:

““You are well You are well acquainted with God acquainted with God our Heavenly Father…our Heavenly Father…

There is not a soul of you but There is not a soul of you but what has lived in his house what has lived in his house and dwelt with him… and dwelt with him… There is not a person here There is not a person here today but what is a son or a today but what is a son or a daughter of that Being” daughter of that Being” ((Discourses of Brigham Young,Discourses of Brigham Young, p. 50). p. 50).

*Who loves Who loves you?you?

*How can you How can you tell that tell that someone someone loves you?loves you?

*Whom do you Whom do you love?love?

This lesson This lesson is about is about what Jesus what Jesus did in the did in the premortal premortal life that life that shows his shows his great love great love for each of for each of us.us.

In the In the premortal premortal life we were life we were spirit spirit children and children and lived with lived with our heavenly our heavenly parents parents (Hebrews (Hebrews 12:9).12:9).

*Jesus was the Jesus was the firstborn spirit firstborn spirit child of child of Heavenly Father Heavenly Father (D&C 93:21) and (D&C 93:21) and is the older is the older brother of our brother of our spirits.spirits.*Lucifer, who became Lucifer, who became

Satan, was also a spirit Satan, was also a spirit child of Heavenly child of Heavenly Father.Father.

*At this At this meeting he meeting he explained his explained his plan for us to plan for us to become like become like him. him.

*Heavenly Father called a Heavenly Father called a meeting for all his spirit meeting for all his spirit children. children.

*Heavenly Father told us that Heavenly Father told us that he wanted us to go to earth to he wanted us to go to earth to get a physical body. get a physical body.

*Heavenly Father explained Heavenly Father explained that on earth we would be that on earth we would be tested to see if we would tested to see if we would keep his commandments.keep his commandments.

*At this meeting At this meeting Heavenly Father Heavenly Father also explained also explained that on earth we that on earth we would all sin and would all sin and we would all die. we would all die.

Heavenly Heavenly Father needed Father needed someone to be someone to be the Savior, to the Savior, to suffer for our suffer for our sins, and to sins, and to die for us so die for us so that we could that we could be be resurrected.resurrected.

*Lucifer wanted Heavenly Lucifer wanted Heavenly Father to change his plan. Father to change his plan.

*Lucifer said he would save Lucifer said he would save everyone by taking away everyone by taking away their freedom to choose, their freedom to choose, which would have made it which would have made it impossible for us to make impossible for us to make mistakes or be righteous. mistakes or be righteous.

*Lucifer also wanted all the Lucifer also wanted all the honor (Moses 4:1).honor (Moses 4:1).

*Because he loved us (John Because he loved us (John 15:13), Jesus volunteered to be 15:13), Jesus volunteered to be our Savior. our Savior.

*He wanted to follow Heavenly He wanted to follow Heavenly Father’s plan and give the glory Father’s plan and give the glory to Heavenly Father (Moses 4:2).to Heavenly Father (Moses 4:2).

*Heavenly Father chose Jesus to Heavenly Father chose Jesus to be our Savior. be our Savior.

*Lucifer was angry and rebelled Lucifer was angry and rebelled against Heavenly Father against Heavenly Father (Revelation 12:7–9; Moses 4:3–(Revelation 12:7–9; Moses 4:3–4).4).

Heavenly Heavenly Father’s Father’s spirit spirit children children had to had to decide decide whether to whether to follow follow Jesus or Jesus or Lucifer.Lucifer.

*One-third of Heavenly One-third of Heavenly Father’s spirit Father’s spirit children chose to children chose to follow Lucifer, and follow Lucifer, and they were all cast out they were all cast out of heaven. of heaven. *Lucifer became Satan, and the Lucifer became Satan, and the spirits who followed him spirits who followed him became evil spirits, who try to became evil spirits, who try to get us to do wrong things. get us to do wrong things.

*These spirits who followed These spirits who followed Satan did not receive physical Satan did not receive physical bodies.bodies.

All of the spirits All of the spirits who chose who chose Heavenly Heavenly Father’s plan Father’s plan and followed and followed Jesus in the Jesus in the premortal life premortal life have been or have been or will be born on will be born on earth with earth with physical bodies physical bodies of flesh and of flesh and blood.blood.

All of the children in this All of the children in this classroom chose to follow classroom chose to follow Heavenly Father’s plan and Heavenly Father’s plan and have been born on earth have been born on earth with mortal bodies.with mortal bodies.

*What do you What do you think it was like think it was like

to live in heaven to live in heaven with Heavenly with Heavenly

Father?Father?

*How does it How does it make you feel to make you feel to

know that know that Heavenly Father Heavenly Father is the Father of is the Father of

your spirit?your spirit?

What does What does it mean it mean that Jesus that Jesus is the older is the older brother of brother of our spirits?our spirits?

*How did How did Lucifer Lucifer want to want to change change Heavenly Heavenly Father’s Father’s plan?plan?

*How does it make you feel How does it make you feel to know that Jesus to know that Jesus volunteered to suffer and volunteered to suffer and die for you?die for you?

*Why are Why are you glad you glad you made you made that that choice?choice?

*How do you know that How do you know that you chose to follow Jesus you chose to follow Jesus in the premortal life? in the premortal life?

What does What does the fact the fact that you that you chose to chose to follow Jesus follow Jesus in the in the premortal premortal life tell you life tell you about about yourself?yourself?

Now that we have been Now that we have been born on earth, why is it born on earth, why is it important that we still important that we still choose to follow Jesus?choose to follow Jesus?

The New The New Testament in Testament in the Bible the Bible tells about tells about the things the things Jesus and his Jesus and his Apostles did Apostles did while they while they lived on the lived on the earth. earth.

*This year’s lessons are based This year’s lessons are based on the life and teachings of on the life and teachings of Jesus and his Apostles. Jesus and his Apostles.

*I I encouragencourage each of e each of you to you to bring bring your your Bibles to Bibles to class class each each Sunday.Sunday.

*Let’s divide into smaller groups. Let’s divide into smaller groups.

*Each group will discuss one or Each group will discuss one or more of these concepts and more of these concepts and prepare to tell the class what prepare to tell the class what they remember about them. they remember about them.

Enr. Act. 1

One-thirdOne-third

Firstborn

Firstborn

Older brotherOlder

brother

Father of our spiritsFather of our spirits

Meeting in Heaven

Meeting in Heaven

LuciferLucifer

*Open your Open your Bibles to the Bibles to the list of books in list of books in the New the New Testament. Testament.

Enr. Act. 2

*How are the books of How are the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John similar? John similar?

*How are they different? How are they different?

*What is the What is the book of Acts book of Acts about? about?

Enr. Act. 2

*Why are most of the rest Why are most of the rest of the books called of the books called epistles? epistles?

*Let’s get to Let’s get to know some of know some of the books of the the books of the New Testament New Testament better.better.

Enr. Act. 2

*I’m going to put some I’m going to put some scripture references on the scripture references on the board. board.

*Locate the references in Locate the references in your copies of the Bible.your copies of the Bible.

*Let’s memorize the books of the Let’s memorize the books of the New Testament in order!New Testament in order!

Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, the Acts Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, the Acts and Romans,and Romans,First and Second Corinthians,First and Second Corinthians,Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians,Colossians,First and Second Thessalonians,First and Second Thessalonians,Timothy, Timothy, Titus, PhilemonTimothy, Timothy, Titus, PhilemonThen to the Hebrews, Epistle of James,Then to the Hebrews, Epistle of James,Peter, Peter, John, John, John, Jude, Peter, Peter, John, John, John, Jude, Revelation—Revelation—These are the books of the New These are the books of the New Testament.Testament.Words:Words: Anon. © 1978 IRI Anon. © 1978 IRI Music:Music: Scottish folk song; adapted W. W. Phelps, 1792–1872 (tune of “Praise to Scottish folk song; adapted W. W. Phelps, 1792–1872 (tune of “Praise to the Man”)the Man”) Enr. Act. 4

Let’s memorize Let’s memorize John 15:13John 15:13

Enr. Act. 3

Greater love hath Greater love hath no man than this, no man than this,

that a man lay down that a man lay down his life for his his life for his

friends.friends.

*You and I are You and I are spirit children spirit children of Heavenly of Heavenly Father. Father.

*Jesus loves us Jesus loves us so much that in so much that in the premortal the premortal life he life he volunteered to volunteered to be our Savior. be our Savior.

*We loved We loved Heavenly Heavenly Father so much Father so much that we chose that we chose to follow his to follow his plan. plan.

*It is very It is very important that important that we continue to we continue to follow Heavenly follow Heavenly Father’s plan Father’s plan here on earth. here on earth.

I testify that I testify that following following Jesus and Jesus and obeying his obeying his commandmecommandments are the nts are the only ways to only ways to be truly be truly happy.happy.

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