"What Wilt Thou Have Me to Do?"
September 25–October 1
FAIR Faithful Resources for Come, Follow Me 2023 September 25–October 1. Galatians: “Walk in the Spirit.” 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 Galatians. 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 invites us to evaluate how fully we are “walking in the Spirit” by asking ourselves these questions:
- Are you experiencing the fruit of the Spirit mentioned in verses 22–23?
- What other results of spiritual living have you noticed in your life?
- What can you do to cultivate the fruits of the Spirit more completely?
- How would this improve the important relationships in your life?
As you ponder these questions, the following scriptures may offer additional insight:
Faithful Resources on the FAIR website:
- Salvation by Grace Alone?
- Question: Was the Apostle Paul married?
- Question: Could Moroni have been an “angel of Satan”?
- Question: What is the history behind the Mormon practice called the “Law of Adoption”?
- Must All Apostles Literally See Christ?
- Early Church Belief in Deification
- How to help young Latter-day Saints deal with criticisms against the Church and the doubts they cause while remaining faithful
- Peter and Paul’s Paradoxical Passages on Women
Resources on the Church website:
Come, Follow Me—For Individuals and Families
Faithful Resources from other reliable websites:
- Come, Follow Me Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 40: September 25–October 1, Jonn Claybaugh
- The New Testament in Context: Come, Follow Me Lesson 40
- Variants in the Stories of the First Vision of Joseph Smith and the Apostle Paul, John A. Tvedtnes
- Biblical and Non-Biblical Quotes in the Sermons and Epistles of Paul, John A. Tvedtnes
- Book Review: Forgery and Counterforgery: The Use of Literary Deceit in Early Christian Polemics, by Bart D. Ehrman, Robert S. Boylan
- Hagar in LDS Scripture and Thought, Andrew C. Smith
- Audio Roundtable: Come, Follow Me New Testament Lesson 38 (Galatians)
- Galatians, the Law and the Works of the Flesh, Hales Swift
- Scripture Roundtable: New Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 32, “Live in the Spirit”
- Law and Liberty in Galatians 5–6 , Frank F. Judd Jr.
- Adoption and Atonement: Becoming Sons and Daughters of Christ, Brian K. Ray
- The Faith of Christ, Kent P. Jackson
- Peter and Paul in Antioch, Frank F. Judd Jr.
- Why You Are Part of God’s Chosen People, Even When it Feels Like You Are Not, Book of Mormon Central
- Come Follow Me – Galatians, Book of Mormon Central Archive
- The Acts to Revelation, Discussions on the New Testament: Acts 14-16 & Gal. 2
- The Acts to Revelation, Discussions on the New Testament: Gal. 1-2
- The Acts to Revelation, Discussions on the New Testament: Gal. 3-6
- The Acts to Revelation, Discussions on the New Testament: Gal. 3 & Rom. 1-3
- Galatians | Sep 25 – Oct 1 | Come Follow Me Insights Tyler Griffin & Taylor Halverson
- Galatians: New Testament with Lynne Wilson (Come, Follow Me) Lynne Hilton Wilson
- Follow Him Podcast Galatians • Sept 25 – Oct 1 – Dr. Jared Ludlow Part 1 Part 2 Youth
- Unshaken Come Follow Me – Galatians: (part 1): Schoolmaster to Bring Us unto Christ;
- (part 2): The Fruit of the Spirit
- BibleProject -Galatians
Dig Deeper
Be sure to listen to Jennifer Roach’s presentation for this week!
- General Conference Talks
- Elder Robert D. Hales: Christian Courage: The Price of Discipleship
- Mary N. Cook: Never, Never, Never Give Up!
- Elder Kent D. Watson, Being Temperate in All Things
- BYU Devotionals
Elder Robert D. Hales: Gifts of the Spirit
Kevin W. Pearson: The Abundant Life
Lesson Devotional
Megan Hutchings is an Assistant Editor for the Wilford Woodruff Papers Project. She received her bachelor’s degree in Editing and Publishing from Brigham Young University and is passionate about preserving and sharing the experiences of others. Megan currently resides in Cedar City, Utah.
Let’s Decide Now to “Walk in the Spirit”
By Megan Hutchings
At twenty-three years of age, Wilford Woodruff decided that he wanted to make some changes in his life. Reflecting on this time later, he wrote:
“Up to this period, I ha[d] spent my life a little like a ship tossed upon the waves of the sea—up and down, unstable and unsettled in my mind, at times trying to worship the Lord and living the life of a Christian, and then at other times giving it up and trying to take pleasure in the things of the world. . . . I felt that I had spent a good deal of my time in a manner that was not profitable to me. Not that I had been guilty of committing any heinous or outbreaking sins . . . yet I had spent a good deal of my youth in vanity and folly, giving way at times to many idle words and vain and foolish recreations which did not store the mind with knowledge or produce any profitable fruit”1 (emphasis added).
In Galatians 5, the Apostle Paul boldly invited the Saints of Galatia to “walk in the Spirit” (Galatians 5:25), which is exactly what Wilford Woodruff decided as a young man that he wanted to do.
So, what does it look like to “walk in the Spirit”? We can learn how by following Wilford’s example. He recounted, “I came to a determined, firm resolution in my own mind that from this time henceforth and forever I would seek the Lord with all my heart. I would seek to know his will by faith, prayer, and the reading of the word of God, and I was determined to follow the dictation of the Holy Spirit and do the will of God as far as I could learn it.”
If we aren’t happy with the “fruit” that we are seeing in our own lives, we can choose to turn ourselves to God and walk with the Holy Ghost instead of walking after the “lust[s] of the flesh” (see Galatians 5:16–17). We learn from Wilford Woodruff that we can “walk in the Spirit” by seeking to know and do the will of God through sincerely praying, studying the scriptures, and trying our best to follow the promptings of the Holy Ghost. As we do these seemingly simple things, we will be able to taste the fruits of the Spirit that Paul described in Galatians 5:22–23, including love, joy, peace, and faith.
1 Wilford Woodruff’s 1883 Autobiography, Tullidge’s Quarterly Magazine Notes 1, p. 22, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, wilfordwoodruffpapers.org.
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Chapter Summaries
Preachers of false gospels are accursed—Paul received the gospel by revelation—He believed, was taught, and preached to the Gentiles.
1-5 Greeting and doxology
6-10 warning against anyone preaching a false gospel
11-24 Paul recounts how he became an apostle
*v15 testifies of Paul being called before he was born.
Paul goes to Jerusalem—He contends for the true gospel—Salvation comes through Christ.
1-10 Paul recounts the travels of himself and other apostles
11-14 Paul rebukes Peter at Antioch
15-21 Both Jews and Gentiles are saved by faith
God gave the gospel to Abraham—The Mosaic law was added because of transgressions—The law was a schoolmaster until Christ—The Saints are children of God by faith—All who are of the faith and baptized into Christ become Abraham’s seed.
1-13 God gave the gospel to Abraham; discussion of law vs faith
14-20 the law and the promise of Christ
21-29 the purpose of the law; being baptized and taking on Christ
The Saints are children of God by adoption—Paul calls the Galatians back to Christ—He compares the two covenants.
1-3 Paul instructs with a parable about us coming to spiritual maturity
4-7 Christ comes to redeem those who are under law, to become the children of God.
8-20 Paul expresses his concern for the saints in Galatia; he affirms his love and genuine care for them.
21-31 the example of Hagar and Sarah
Stand fast in gospel liberty—Seek faith, love, Christ, and the Spirit—The works of the flesh and the fruits of the Spirit are named.
1-13 Paul urges the Galatians to preserve their freedom and tells them how to do it.
*v1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free
16-21 Paul appeals to the Galatians to let the Spirit direct their lives; he describes human nature
22-25 the fruits of the Spirit, the victory of those who belong to Christ in overcoming their human nature.
Bear one another’s burdens—As you sow, so shall you reap—Be not weary in well-doing.
1-5 bear one another’s burdens
6-10 you reap what you sow
11-18 final warnings and Paul’s closing blessing and greeting.
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