Plan of Salvation

1. Plan of Salvation • 2 Nephi 2:22-25 • 2 Nephi 2:27

2. Doctrinal Mastery Core Document The Plan of Salvation Read the first three paragraphs Underline additional important parts of the Plan

3. 2 Nephi 2:27 • We are free to choose.

4. Plan of Salvation • 2 Nephi 2:27 • We are free to choose

5. D. Todd Christofferson, “Moral Agency,” Ensign, June 2009, 53 • “Using our agency to choose God’s will, and not slackening even when the going gets hard, will not make us God’s puppet; it will make us like Him. God gave us agency, and Jesus showed us how to use it so that we could eventually learn what They know, do what They do, and become what They are.”

6. Plan of Salvation • 2 Nephi 2:27 • We are free to choose

7. The Plan of Salvation True or False 1. Only the Savior and a few other chosen individuals participated in the premortal Council in Heaven. 2. All of our Father in Heaven’s children will experience mortality. 3. All human beings—male and female—are created in the image of God. 4. In the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve were married by God. 5. Spiritual death is the separation of the spirit from the mortal body. 6. As a result of the Fall, Adam and Eve could have children, and they and their posterity could experience joy and sorrow, know good from evil, and progress.

8. Doctrinal Mastery Core Document The Plan of Salvation Read sections: “Premortal Life”, “The Creation”, “The Fall” to check your answers

9. The Plan of Salvation True or False 1. Only the Savior and a few other chosen individuals participated in the premortal Council in Heaven. 2. All of our Father in Heaven’s children will experience mortality. 3. All human beings—male and female—are created in the image of God. 4. In the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve were married by God. 5. Spiritual death is the separation of the spirit from the mortal body. F F T T 6. As a result of the Fall, Adam and Eve could have children, and they and their posterity could experience joy and sorrow, know good from evil, and progress. F T

10. Plan of Salvation • 2 Nephi 2:27 • We are free to choose

11. 2 Nephi 2:22-25 • As a result of the Fall, Adam and Eve could have children. They and their posterity could experience joy and sorrow, know good from evil, and progress.

12. “It was Eve who first transgressed the limits of Eden in order to initiate the conditions of mortality. Her act, whatever its nature, was formally a transgression but eternally a glorious necessity to open the doorway toward eternal life. Adam showed his wisdom by doing the same. And thus Eve and ‘Adam fell that men might be’ [2 Nephi 2:25]. Elder Dallin H. Oaks

13. “Some Christians condemn Eve for her act, concluding that she and her daughters are somehow flawed by it. Not the Latter-day Saints! Informed by revelation, we celebrate Eve’s act and honor her wisdom and courage in the great episode called the Fall. … Elder Joseph Fielding Smith said: ‘I never speak of the part Eve took in this fall as a sin, nor do I accuse Adam of a sin. … This was a transgression of the law, but not a sin … for it was something that Adam and Eve had to do!” Elder Dallin H. Oaks

14. Write a 3 Minute Talk • You have been asked to speak at a funeral. You know that many of the people there know little about the church’s teachings about the Plan of Salvation. • Read the sections: “Mortal Life” and “Life After Death” in the Core Document. Underline the truths that you find • Write a 2-3 minute talk on truths that would bring those at the funeral comfort. This talk will be used as part of your next devotional

15. Plan of Salvation • 2 Nephi 2:22-25 • Adam fell that man might be • 2 Nephi 2:27 • We are free to choose