Genesis 5 Moses 6-7

Today we discussed the importance of journal writing. "Old" people are not the only ones who do it.

There are no rules to journal writing. You mainly want to discuss your feelings and thoughts so that your grand children and future generations can get to know you and learn from you.

We are fortunate to have written records from our ancestors. It helps us overcome personal struggles that we may be having. It helps us know the truth, gain a testimony and understand ordinances.

It's also important to learn about our ancestors so that we have a better understanding of our family history but more importantly so that we can do temple work for them.

We learned about Enoch and discussed the reasons why the Lord calls prophets.

We spoke about the importance of having prophets.

Please read Genesis 6-10 for tomorrow.

Adam and Eve and their family

On Thursday we learned more about Adam and Eve and their two sons, Cain and Abel.

We discussed the offerings that Cain and Abel gave to the Lord.

We discussed that Cain felt jealous of Abel b/c the Lord was pleased with Abel's offering and not Cain's.

We discussed the reasons why the Lord must have felt displeased with Cain's offerings. The Lord might have been displeased with his attitude.

We likened this to our life. How do we offer service or make offerings?? Are we complaining and murmuring??

We discussed Cain killing Abel. We read in Moses that Satan influenced Cain to do this (this fact is missing in the Old Testament).

What can we do to prevent Satan from influencing our lives?

Please read Genesis 5-10 Moses 6-8 for this week.

The Fall

Today we reviewed Genesis 3 Moses 4.

We reviewed the consequences that came after Eve partook of the fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
We discussed why the fall was necessary.

We discussed why freedom is not really free.

We discussed "Free Agency".

Why is our agency not free??

The Creation

Today we discussed the creation.

God created everything. His creations are so immense it is beyond our comprehension.

The known Universe is 40,000,000,000 light years in diameter. A light-year is the distance light travels in one year at the speed of 186,000 per second which is about 5.9 trillion miles.

I point this out not just to spit out fact but to emphasize God's hand.

Some may get hung up on superficial such as how long creation took or how did it all begin. Focusing on this can distract us from what is important. (reasons why God created all this).

Our existence is not an accident. We have a purpose.

Please make sure to read Genesis 3 and Moses 4

Abraham 3 and Moses 1

Today we were able to get to know each other.

Who are we? Why are we here?

We are from Santo Domingo, Richmond Virginia, Mexico, Peru, El Salvador, Puerto Rico, Italy, and Indonesia.

We are bothers and sisters.

We love alternate type of music, hip hop, heavy metal, and dead metal.

We are members of the church.

Mainly, WE are SONS and DAUGHTERS of our Heavenly Father and b/c of this we have great worth.

We learned that Abraham had been chosen to come to earth just like we have been chosen to come to earth during this time period.

Knowing this also allows us to see our worth. We were and still are special spirits in our pre mortal lives.

How does this make you feel?

The Plan of Salvation

Today we practiced our study skills and learned how to make use of the footnotes.  Make sure to practice!! I have a small quiz for you.

We also learned about the Plan of Salvation.  Below is an illustration I used in class to help explain.

Reading assignments for September and October.

Tomorrow we will Cover Abraham 3 and Moses 1. Since we do not meet on Friday and Monday you are assigned to read Genesis 1-2; Moses 2-3; Abraham 4-5. Please email me a reflection to rego.seminary@gmail.com for your readings (one reflection for each day missed). If you have questions or would like to discuss please post a comment. We will discuss Genesis 3 and Moses 4 on Tuesday.