"It is Finished"
June 19–25
FAIR Faithful Resources for Come, Follow Me 2023 June 19–25. Matthew 27; Mark 15; Luke 23; John 19: “It is Finished.” 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 27; Mark 15; Luke 23; John 19. 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
The lesson observes: “In every word and deed, Jesus Christ exemplified pure love—what the Apostle Paul called charity (see 1 Corinthians 13). At no time was this more evident than during the final hours of the Savior’s mortal life.” Using Moroni 7:47 as your guide, consider how the Savior’s actions exemplify charity. You might also contemplate the following verses as you ponder “the pure love of Christ.”
Faithful Resources on the FAIR website:
- Latter-day Saints and the symbol of the cross
- Question: Do Latter-day Saints worship a “different Jesus”?
- Question: Do Latter-day Saints believe in a “different” Jesus than “mainstream” Christians?
- Question: Did Latter-day Saints only recently claim to be Christian?
- Question: How do Latter-day Saints understand the significance of Christ’s death on the cross?
- Question: How do Latter-day Saints understand the significance of the blood shed by Christ?
- Question: Do Latter-day Saints diminish the importance of Jesus Christ and His atonement?
- Question: How do Latter-day Saints view the extent of the atonement of Jesus Christ?
- Mormonism and the relationship between grace and works
- “Have You Been Saved By Grace?” How Do We Respond?
- Salvation by Grace Alone?
- Question: Do Mormons ignore the doctrine of grace at the expense of “works”?
- Non-LDS Christian Stephen H. Webb: Joseph Smith does not reject the efficacy or necessity of grace
Resources on the Church website:
Come, Follow Me—For Individuals and Families
Come, Follow Me—For Sunday School
Lesson 26: To This End Was I Born
Jesus Is Condemned Before Pilate (Matt 27:1-2, 11-25)
Jesus Is Scourged and Crucified (Matthew 27:26-50)
Jesus Is Laid in a Tomb (Matthew 27:57-60)
Faithful Resources from other reliable websites:
- Come, Follow Me Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 26: June 19–25, Jonn Claybaugh
- The New Testament in Context: Come, Follow Me Lesson 26
- The Crucifixion as a Mockery, Witness, and Warning of the Judgment, George L. Mitton
- Audio Roundtable: Come, Follow Me New Testament Lesson 24
- What Do We Learn of the Judgement from Jesus’ Humiliation and Crucifixion?, Hales Swift
- Scripture Roundtable: New Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 26, “To This End Was I Born”
- Christ’s Crucifixion: Reclamation of the Cross, Camille Fronk Olson
- The Savior’s Ministry to the Spirit World, Camille Fronk Olson
- Visions of Christ in the Spirit World and the Dead Redeemed, Frank F. Judd Jr.
- 4 Reasons why Latter-day Saints should reverence and study the Crucifixion more, Book of Mormon Central
- Come Follow Me – Matthew 27; Mark 15; Luke 23; John 19, Book of Mormon Central Archive
- The Trial of Jesus: His Blood Be On Us, Messages of Christ
- Holy Week: His Blood Be On Us, Messages of Christ
- Holy Week: The True Lamb of God, Messages of Christ
- Holy Week: Day of Agony, Messages of Christ
- Our Savior in the Gospels: The Crucifixion
- Come Follow Me: Matthew 27; Mark 15; Luke 24; John 19, Book of Mormon Central
- Scripture Central, Lynn Hilton Wilson:Matt 27, Mark 15, Luke 23, John 1
- Scripture Central, Taylor and Tyler: Part 1: Matt 27, Mark 15, Luke 23, John 19
- The Scriptures are Real, Kerry Muhlestein: Andrew Skinner on the Sacrifice and Gift of Crucifixion and Resurrection
- Follow Him, John Bytheway and Hank Smith: Part 1, with Jack Welch, Part 2, with Jack Welch, Follow Him Favorite, Why was the Veil in the Temple Destroyed
- Unshaken, Jared Halverson: Part 1: Matt 27, Mark 15, Luke 23, John 19, Part 2: Matt 27, Mark 15, Luke
- Talking Scriptures, Bryce Dunford and Mike Day: Matt 27, Mark 15, Luke 23, John 19
- Don’t Miss This, David Butler and Emily Freeman: Matt 27, Mark 15, Luke 23, John 19
- BYU Scripture Roundtable Discussions: The Trial and the Crucifixion
- General Conference Talks on the Atonement, Come, Follow Me 2023 Week 26
Be sure to listen to Jennifer Roach’s presentation for this week!
Dig deeper:
- Elder Jeffrey R Holland: Lifted Up upon the Cross
- Elder Jeffrey R. Holland: None Were With Him
- Article about crucifixion from the Guide to the Scriptures: Crucifixion
- President Nelson: Trial, Crucifixion, and Burial
- Liahona: A Tribute to the Women at the foot of the Cross by Lani and John Hilton: The Women Who Followed Jesus from Galilee
- Liahona, John Hilton III: Jesus Suffered, Died, and Rose Again for Us
- Elder Alain A Petion: Words of Jesus: On the Cross
With absolutely no background in history whatsoever, no college degree to speak of, and no ancestral ties to Wilford Woodruff, Emma has enjoyed being a part of the Wilford Woodruff Papers Project and getting to read the words of a prophet of the Lord. Emma is grateful for the small part she gets to play in this effort. In her spare time, Emma enjoys gardening and spending time with her family.
“Because of His Loving Kindness”
By Emma Hadfield
“It is a startling idea to think we are worshiping a God that once was in the situation that we are in ourselves,” Brigham Young stated in June of 1851. In this sermon recorded by Wilford Woodruff, President Young continued, “[He] had to pass through a probation of pain, suffering and the fall like ourselves.”1
Jesus Christ understands what it’s like to feel pain, to feel alone, forgotten, and scared, because He has walked the path we’re on now. In spite of what He knew He would endure, Christ suffered and died for us. All because of His perfect love for us. As Nephi wrote, “And the world, because of their iniquity, shall judge him to be a thing of naught; wherefore they scourge him, and he suffereth it; and they smite him, and he suffereth it. Yea, they spit upon him, and he suffereth it, because of his loving kindness and his long-suffering towards the children of men.”2
How blessed we are to have a Savior who came to earth and fulfilled His mission so we could return to live with Him and our families forever. “All our sufferings will exalt us in the presence of God if we endure them patiently.”3 I know that because of Him, we are never alone or forgotten. Because of Him, we can have comfort in times of trouble. Because of Him, our sufferings will be nothing compared to the joy that awaits us.
Endnotes
1 Discourse by Brigham Young recorded in Wilford Woodruff’s journal, June 22, 1851, p. 325, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/journal/1851-06-22.
2 1 Nephi 19:9 (see also Matthew 27:28–31).
3 Discourse by Brigham Young recorded in Wilford Woodruff’s journal, June 22, 1851, p. 325, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/journal/1851-06-22.
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