How was your week this week?
Any questions from your other class?
Who is not here that should be in our class?
How did the Savior compare gospel truths to familiar objects and experiences?
" We can use stories to teach like the Savior as we relate our personal experiences and relate gospel principles to the world around us." - from the lesson outline
" Which of the parables of Jesus are most memorable to you, and why?" - from the lesson outline
Matthew 18:1-6
1 At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
2 And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them,
3 And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
5 And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me.
6 But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
Jesus took a child from the group. Maybe it was a child he knew, we don't know.
He placed the child in the midst of them. What does in the midst of them mean? Maybe it means he placed the child where they could all see it?
Are there things in the modern church where children are placed in the midst of us to show us an example to teach us something?
What about when the bishop calls a child to the pulpit and the child for graduating primary? It is to show the child that they have done something important and let the child perhaps share with us an article of faith
Is this just about the child? Or is it also about us being reminded that something important happened? And reminding us of our articles of faith and of when we were little children, before we became caught up in our friends, our technology, our school, our jobs.
What about when a child stands and is recognized for being baptized? Is that placing a child in our midst and Heavenly Father giving us the opportunity to remember and be taught by that child?
What about the part in Matthew 18 where he talks about offending a little child? Is this just about being mean to kids or acting in a way you should act in front of a child? Or is it a symbol of offending that which is innocent, like the spirit. Or is it about being a grown up, but not forgetting that we need to come to Father as a little child and if our behavior prevents that then we will not have lasting happiness and joy.
If a person does not have boundaries on their behavior they will not have not joy.
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