"The Spirit of the Lord is Upon Me"
January 30 - February 5
FAIR Faithful Resources for Come, Follow Me 2023 January 30 – February 5. Matthew 4; Luke 4-5: “Be it unto Me according to Thy Word.” Find answers to difficult questions to help you in your learning and teaching. Here is a collection of reliable resources to supplement your study of Matthew 4 and Luke 4-5. FAIR Resources link to relevant questions which have been answered on the FAIR website. Under Church Resources you’ll find links to the different Come, Follow Me manuals, as well as other helpful links as applicable. Other Resources link to resources outside of FAIR that are trustworthy and helpful.
Main points to ponder
Communing with God prepares me to serve Him. Joseph Smith Translation, Matthew 4:1 [in Matthew 4:1, footnote b]; Matthew 4:1–2; Matthew 4:1–11; Luke 4:1–13.
Jesus Christ set the example for me by resisting temptation. Hebrews 4:15; Hebrews 2:18; Alma 7:11–12. Matthew 4:1–11; Luke 4:1–13; Joseph Smith Translation of Matthew 4 (see footnotes throughout Matthew 4). See also 1 Corinthians 10:13; Alma 13:28; Moses 1:10–22; Gospel Topics, “Temptation.”
Jesus Christ is the prophesied Messiah. Luke 4:16–32 (especially Luke 4:18–19); Isaiah 61:1–2; Luke 4:20–30 (see also Mark 6:1–6); See also Mosiah 3:5–12
As I trust in the Lord, He can help me reach my divine potential. Matthew 4:18–22; Luke 5:1–11
Faithful Resources on the FAIR website:
- Question: Do Latter-day Saints consider Jesus to be the brother of Satan?
- Question: Do Mormons believe that Satan can read our minds?
- “the devil has sought to lay a cunning plan” – Doctrine and Covenants 10-11[1]
- Question: Can the Holy Ghost not be fully God, because he does not have a physical body?
- Question: Will the Holy Ghost ever receive a physical body?
- Question: Is Jesus the promised Messiah of the Old Testament?
- The Latter-day Saint view of the atonement of Jesus Christ
- Do We Have the Potential to Become Like God?
- Question: What scriptures explain the Latter-day Saint view of Jesus’ divine Sonship?
Resources on the Church website:
Come, Follow Me—For Individuals and Families
Come, Follow Me—For Sunday School
Jesus Declares He is the Messiah
“Come, Follow Me,” Hymns, no. 116.
Faithful Resources from other reliable websites:
- Come, Follow Me Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 5: January 23–29, Jonn Claybaugh
- The New Testament in Context: Come, Follow Me Lesson 5
- Audio Roundtable: Come, Follow Me New Testament Lesson 5
- Who were the Pharisees and Sadducees?, Hales Swift
- The Gospel of Mark with Julie Smith
- Scripture Roundtable: New Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 4, “Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord”
- Scripture Roundtable: New Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 7, “[He] Took Our Infirmities, and Bare Our Sicknesses”
- John the Baptist: The Miracle and the Mission, RoseAnn Benson
- Baptism, Terry B. Ball
- The Doctrine of Baptism: Immersions at Qumran and the Baptisms of John, the Earliest Christians, and Book of Mormon Peoples, Daniel L. Belnap
- Simon Peter in Capernaum: An Archaeological Survey of the First-Century Village, Frank F. Judd Jr.
- Come Follow Me – Matthew 3; Mark 1; Luke 3, Book of Mormon Central Archive
- Our Savior in the Gospels: Matthew 3-4 & John 1-2: The Baptism of Jesus
- Come Follow Me 2019: Matthew 3; Mark 1; Luke 3, Book of Mormon Central
- Tyler Griffin & Taylor Halverson – Matthew 4; Luke 4–5 | Jan 30-Feb 5 | Come Follow Me Insights
- Lynne Hilton Wilson – Matt 4, Luke 4-5: New Testament with Lynne Wilson (Come, Follow Me)
- Teaching Tips – Teaching Tips for Come Follow Me | Jan 30-Feb 5 | Matthew 4; Luke 4–5
- Kent Brown – Synagogue and Church (Come, Follow Me: Luke 4)
- John Hilton III – Jesus Calls Peter When the Nets are Full (Come, Follow Me: Luke 5)
- Messages of Christ – The Temptations of Jesus
- Messages of Christ – Jesus Heals Peter’s Mother-in-Law
- Follow Him Dr. Jan Martin – “THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS UPON ME” PART I, Part 2, Youth
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