2 Nephi 26-30

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“A Marvelous Work and a Wonder”

Scripture:

Activity #1: Follow a recipe! (So you can learn line upon line)

Chocolate Chip Cookies (shhh don’t tell them what it is)

Get out the ingredients:

  • 2/3 cup Crisco
  •  2/3 cup Butter (softened)
  •  1 cups White Sugar
  •  1 cups Brown Sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp Vanilla
  • 1 tsp Baking Soda
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 3 cups Flour
  • 2 cups Semi-sweet chocolate chips

Follow these instructions step by step (line upon line):

  1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees
  2. Put 2/3 cup Crisco in bowl
  3. Add 2/3 cup softened butter to the bowl
  4. Add 1 cups White Sugar
  5. 1 cups Brown Sugar
  6. Cream together until light and fluffy (this is the most important step. You want to make sure it is very light and fluffy).
  7. Add 1 egg
  8. Mix in egg
  9. Add 2nd egg
  10. Mix in
  11. Add 1 tsp vanilla
  12. Mix
  13. Add 1 tsp baking soda
  14. Add 1 tsp salt
  15. Add 1 cup flour
  16. Mix
  17. Add 1 cup flour
  18. Mix
  19. Add 1 cup flour
  20. Mix
  21. Add 2 cups Semi-sweet chocolate chips.
  22. Mix
  23. Spoon out ball of dough.
  24. Roll into a ball
  25. Place on baking sheet.
  26. Repeat steps 23-25 until there are 12 cookie dough balls are on the baking sheet.
  27. Put the baking sheet with cookies into the oven for 10 minutes.
  28. Remove tray from oven.
  29. Wait two minutes to cool and transfer cookies onto cookie rack.
  30. Enjoy!

As I’ve been thinking about this activity I feel like you can take it a step further and talk about receiving revelation and how that works. I think for my family we are going to talk about how we can know for ourselves that the Book of Mormon is the word of God. 2 Nephi 27 talks about the Book of Mormon coming forth. I feel like we all need to learn for ourselves if it is the word of God or not. We can learn line upon line. Even if I believe that it is true and I have received revelation from God about it I can still learn more.

I think that I’m going to label my ingredients to enforce this idea of how we can learn line upon line:

  • 2/3 cup Crisco = going to church
  •  2/3 cup Butter (softened) = softening our hearts to hear what God wants to teach us
  •  1 cups White Sugar = reading the Book of Mormon
  •  1 cups Brown Sugar = studying the Book of Mormon
  • 2 eggs = praying
  • 1 tsp Vanilla = listening to the Holy Ghost and the testimony of others
  • 1 tsp Baking Soda = studying it out in your mind
  • 1 tsp Salt = pondering the words read
  • 3 cups Flour = applying the teaching in the Book of Mormon in your life
  • 2 cups Semi-sweet chocolate chips = Sharing your thoughts and feelings

Follow these instructions step by step (line upon line):

  1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees = Be prepared for results!
  2. Put 2/3 cup Crisco in bowl = go to church
  3. Add 2/3 cup softened butter to the bowl = soften heart to hear what God wants to teach us
  4. Add 1 cups White Sugar = read the Book of Mormon
  5. 1 cups Brown Sugar = study the Book of Mormon
  6. Cream together until light and fluffy (this is the most important step. You want to make sure it is very light and fluffy). = keep a soft heart as you attend church, read & study the Book of Mormon. Do this for a prolonged period of time.
  7. Add 1 egg = pray about it
  8. Mix in egg = pray about the Book of Mormon as you keep a soft heart as you attend church, read & study the Book of Mormon
  9. Add 2nd egg = pray about it again
  10. Mix in = keep a soft heart as you attend church, read & study the Book of Mormon
  11. Add 1 tsp vanilla = listen to the Holy Ghost and the testimony of others
  12. Mix = listen, pray, keep a soft heart as you attend church, read & study the Book of Mormon
  13. Add 1 tsp baking soda = study it out in your mind
  14. Add 1 tsp salt = ponder the words read
  15. Add 1 cup flour = apply the teaching in the Book of Mormon in your life
  16. Mix= apply the teachings, listen, pray, listen, pray, keep a soft heart as you attend church, read & study the Book of Mormon
  17. Add 1 cup flour = apply the teaching in the Book of Mormon in your life some more
  18. Mix = apply the teachings, listen, pray, listen, pray, keep a soft heart as you attend church, read & study the Book of Mormon
  19. Add 1 cup flour = continue to apply the teaching in the Book of Mormon in your life
  20. Mix = apply the teachings, listen, pray, listen, pray, keep a soft heart as you attend church, read & study the Book of Mormon
  21. Add 2 cups Semi-sweet chocolate chips = Share your thoughts and feelings
  22. Mix = share, apply, listen, pray, listen, pray, keep a soft heart as you attend church, read & study the Book of Mormon
  23. Spoon out ball of dough = take part of what you have learned and felt
  24. Roll into a ball = form thoughts about what you have learned and felt
  25. Place on baking sheet = place your thoughts and feelings about it out
  26. Repeat steps 23-25 until there are 12 cookie dough balls are on the baking sheet = repeat above
  27. Put the baking sheet with cookies into the oven for 10 minutes = allow for a time of trial and refinement
  28. Remove tray from oven = remove from trial and refinement process
  29. Wait two minutes to cool and transfer cookies onto cookie rack = wait and be patient
  30. Enjoy! = Enjoy knowing for yourself that the Book of Mormon is the word of God (“And as I partook of the [cookie] thereof it filled my soul with exceedingly great joy; wherefore I began to be desirous that my family should partake of it also” -1 Nephi 8: 12 [with slight wording changes])

Activity #2:

Book of Mormon is of great worth (2 Nephi 28:2). Picture of the Bible and the Book of Mormon and a world map and play “Pin the tail on the Donkey” but put where the Bible and Book of Mormon came from. Then talk about truths learned from the Book of Mormon.

If you would like to print these out and play with your family, here is the free download:

bible-and-book-of-mormon

Another option would be to use a world map or globe and print out pictures of as many Book of Mormons and Bibles for each member of your family and see who can put them on the map closest to where they came from. (Pin the tail on the donkey)

Study insight:

As I was studying I noticed something new to me in 2 Nephi 29:11:

“For I command aall men, both in the east and in the west, and in the north, and in the south, and in the islands of the sea, that they shall bwrite the words which I speak unto them; for out of the cbooks which shall be written I will djudge the world, every man according to their works, according to that which is written.”

“For I command ALL MEN…that they shall write the words which I speak unto them”

I realized that meant ME too. I need to write in places such as my journal the words which I hear the Lord speak unto me.

I have the same command to write the things of God. Not for all men, like the prophets of old and new, but for me and for my family.

Happy studying! I hope you find some treasures for you this week too.

Activity ideas from the church:

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/2020/02/come-follow-me-book-of-mormon-support-articles-and-activities/2-nephi-26-30?lang=eng

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/2020/02/family-study-fun?lang=eng

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