Why Do We Have Prophets?

Learning & Living the Gospel #4 ~ Read a recent conference address given by the prophet. Decide what you can do to follow the prophet, and do it.

 

This month is our church semi annually General Conference again. So, I am thinking of teaching the children about our prophets and apostles, at the same time study the recent talks of our prophet.

 

We started our first part of the lessons by watching this small video clip from our church website, briefly how God has followed a pattern to give us guidance and direction through prophets.

 

Who is Prophet?

 

What do Prophet do?

And till today, we have our living Prophet whom still teach, guide and testify to us that Jesus is the Christ and what Jesus wants us to do.

 

It was quite an interesting kick start for the children as the video clip itself is colourful and informative.

 

We learned about the Prophets from past, like Noah, Moses, Abraham and Joseph Smith our Prophet of Restoration, apostles during Jesus Christ ministry such as Paul, Peter, James and John. Of coarse not forgetting our living Prophet President Thomas S. Monson.

 

After which we learned about Prophet, Seer, and Revelator: A Prophet speaks for God; A Seer can see the past, present, and the future; A Revelator reveals (or shows) us the will of God.

 

The members of the First Presidency are all prophets, seers and revelators. So are all the Apostles.But, only the President of the church has the authority from God to lead the whole Church.

 

We discussed about why is it important to follow the Prophet? A Prophet is like someone watching from a tower. He can see danger that is coming and tells us how to be safe. He helps us follow Jesus Christ.

 

After which we talked about it is important for us to follow our living prophet today, President Thomas S. Monson. and what has he ask us to do?

• Follow Jesus’s example and love everyone.
• Pay tithing and donate to the missionary fund.
• Stay away from bad movies, TV, and other media.
• Put a picture of the temple in our bedroom.
• Study general conference talks.
• Visit the elderly and be a good neighbour.

 

And, I asked Issac and Annabelle pick one thing from the list that they can do. What will you do?

 

And How the Prophets Being Called?

 

• When a prophet dies, Heavenly Father has a way to call a new prophet. He calls the new prophet from the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
• The man who has served as an Apostle the longest, besides the Prophet, is the President of the Quorum of the Twelve.
• When a prophet dies, the President of the Quorum of the Twelve becomes the next prophet. He prays and calls two new counsellors.
• In general conference, we raise our hand to sustain the new prophet. This means that we promise to do our best to follow what he teaches.

Finally, I attached the photos of our current First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

This first lesson of the Prophets and Apostles is quite straight forward as the kids already knew some of it as they learned during their Sunday primary cIass and sharing time.

 

We love the illustration by Susan Fitch from her website. Made our lesson more fun and interesting! Her website is here: http://susanfitchdesign.blogspot.my. And, you can also visit her shop at etsy at https://www.etsy.com/shop/SusanFitchDesign.