“Rejoice with Joy Unspeakable and Full of Glory”
November 20–26
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Main points to ponder
The lesson points out that the 1st Epistle of Peter is frank about how difficult it was to be a Christian at that time in history – using words such as “heaviness,” “temptations,” “grief,” “fiery trial,”and “sufferings.” But there are also words that focus on joy. As you read how Peter focuses on joy, how can you learn to find joy even when you are in difficult circumstances?
- 1 Peter 1:6; 2:19; 4:12–13
- 1 Peter 1:3–9; 2:19–24; 3:14–17
- 1 Peter 4:12–19
- President Russell M. Nelson’s message “Joy and Spiritual Survival”
- Ricardo P. Giménez, “Finding Refuge from the Storms of Life”
- Overview of baptism for the dead
- Evangelical Questions: Baptism for the Dead (Part 2)
- Question: Is Mormon insistence on baptism as an essential ordinance of salvation “unChristian” or “unbiblical”?
- Question: What Biblical scriptures discuss the doctrine of the deification of man?
- Do We Have the Potential to Become Like God?
- Question: Do Mormons believe that everyone else will be “damned”?
- Salvation for the Dead: A Response to Luke Wilson
- Some Thoughts on Discipleship and “Staying Mormon”
- The Choice of Discipleship
- The Order of the House of God: Ancient Practices and Modern Experiences
- Joseph Smith’s First Vision as Endowment and Epitome of the Gospel of Jesus Christ (or Why I Came Back to the Church)
- Come, Follow Me Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 48: November 20–26, Jonn Claybaugh
- The New Testament in Context: Come, Follow Me Lesson 48
- Reading 1 Peter Intertextually With Select Passages From the Old Testament, Taylor Halverson
- Now That We Have the Words of Joseph Smith, How Shall We Begin to Understand Them? Illustrations of Selected Challenges within the 21 May 1843 Discourse on 2 Peter 1, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw
- Audio Roundtable: Come, Follow Me New Testament Lesson 46 (1 and 2 Peter)
- Differing Uses of Metaphorical “Milk” in the Epistles (Hebrews 5), Hales Swift
- Redeeming the Dead in 1 Peter 3:17-20 and 4:6, Hales Swift
- Scripture Roundtable: New Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 43, “A Chosen Generation”
- The Case for Petrine Authorship of 1 Peter, Frank F. Judd Jr.
- Peter, the Chief Apostle, Frank F. Judd Jr.
- Appendix: Peter, My Brother, Frank F. Judd Jr.
- Think It Not Strange Concerning the Fiery Trial, Ray L. Huntington
- Peter’s Principles: An Approach to the First Epistle of Peter, Ray L. Huntington
- Make Your Calling and Election Sure, Frank F. Judd Jr.
- Joseph Smith’s Inspired Commentary on the Doctrine of Calling and Election, Ray L. Huntington
- “Honor the King”: Submission to Civil Authority, Frank F. Judd Jr.
- Wondering at His Words: Peter’s Influence on the Knowledge of Salvation for the Dead, Frank F. Judd Jr.
- Visions of Christ in the Spirit World and the Dead Redeemed, Frank F. Judd Jr.
- Reading 2 Peter as a Farewell Text, Frank F. Judd Jr.
- Come Follow Me – 1 and 2 Peter, Book of Mormon Central Archive
- 1 and 2 Peter: “Rejoice with Joy Unspeakable and Full of Glory”, Book of Mormon Central
- The Acts to Revelation, Discussions on the New Testament: 1 Peter 1-2
- The Acts to Revelation, Discussions on the New Testament: 2 Peter
- Come Follow Me 2019: 1 and 2 Peter, Book of Mormon Central
- Come Follow Me 1 and 2 Peter (Nov. 25-Dec. 1), Don’t Miss This
- Come, Follow Me Podcast #46 — “Rejoice with Joy Unspeakable and Full of Glory”, 1 and 2 Peter, Meridian Magazine
- Come, Follow Me for Individuals and Families: “Rejoice with Joy Unspeakable and Full of Glory”, 1 & 2 Peter, Meridian Magazine
- Come, Follow Me for Sunday School: “Rejoice with Joy Unspeakable and Full of Glory”, 1 and 2 Peter, Meridian Magazine
- 1 and 2 Peter – “Rejoice with Joy Unspeakable and Full of Glory”, BYU Studies
- “Come, Follow Me” November 25–December 1: “Rejoice with Joy Unspeakable and Full of Glory”, LDS Living
- “Come, Follow Me” FHE: Sharing What Is in Your Heart, LDS Living
- The Bible Project: Book of 1 Peter Summary: A Complete Animated Overview, Book of 2 Peter Summary: A Complete Animated Overview
Be sure to listen to Jennifer Roach’s presentation for this week!
- General Conference Talks
- Russell M. Nelson, “The Spirit of Elijah,” October 1994 General Conference
- Dallin H. Oaks, “Trust in the Lord,” October 2019 General Conference
- BYU Devotionals
- Ronald A. Rasband, “Making Temple Worship a Pattern in Your Life,” Feb. 10, 2009
Lesson Devotional
Shauna graduated from Brigham Young University–Idaho in April 2022 with a bachelor’s degree in Marriage and Family. She has spent most of her life raising her four children and two foster daughters. She loves being a mother and now a grandmother to three perfect preschoolers. She has a passion for marriage and family. She worked for the Wilford Woodruff Papers as an intern on the content team and was hooked. Now, she is ecstatic to continue working as the content manager. She loves the gospel and is thrilled to be a part of a project that will impact generations to come. Shauna loves hiking in the Pacific Northwest where she lives, reading, going on adventures with her husband and children, camping, and doing anything water related. She also has been an early morning seminary teacher the last seven years and loves teenagers.
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“The Rocks in Your Cairn”
By Shauna Horne
I love to hike. Whenever I have a chance, I hit the trail. I have lists of places that I want to hike and mountains I want to summit.
As I read in 1 Peter this week, I thought of cairns. A cairn is a manmade pile of rocks that is assembled to be a marker or a memorial. Often people make these cairns to mark a trail that could be difficult to find or as a guidepost to reassure hikers that they are on the right path. Cairns are also often built as memorials. For instance, they may be built at the top of an especially difficult mountain summit to memorialize the sacrifice and accomplishment of finishing the hike.
In 1 Peter 2:5–10, Peter described Jesus Christ as a stone—the “chief corner stone,” the foundation of the gospel and of our faith. He discussed “lively stones,” which are a living foundation. As I read these verses, I contemplated my own memorial. I thought of the stones in my cairn, my spiritual landmarks, the things that have helped me to build a solid foundation. I am sure many of the rocks in our cairns are the same—prayer, scripture study, church attendance, key people in our lives—but many of the rocks will be different.
I have specific experiences that have helped me build my cairn, such sacred experiences that help me to know Jesus and to see Him in my life. Many of those came painfully and with much sacrifice. With each stone I add to my cairn, my testimony becomes stronger. I hope to leave a memorial, my own personal cairn full of stones that show the hard work, sacrifices, and love that I have for my Lord Jesus Christ. I hope it will demonstrate my “spiritual sacrifices” (1 Peter 2:5) and that the Lord will know that I gave it my all. I summited my own personal Mt. Everest, and it was so worth it!
Wilford Woodruff exemplified this when he said,
If it cost me my life to defend the truth of the everlasting gospel of the Son of God, and to build upon the great and mighty foundation which God has laid in this last dispensation and fulness of times, through the instrumentality of his servant Joseph, the prophet, seer, and revelator, for the pruning of the vineyard once more for the last time, for the warning of the Gentiles, for the salvation of the honest in heart, and meek of the earth, the building up of Zion, the establishment of Jerusalem, the final deliverance of Israel, and to prepare the Saints for the hour of judgment which is to come, and to secure unto the righteous an exaltation of glory beyond the veil; I say, if it cost me my life, let it go; I want to be among the number; I am ready to follow the example of those who have gone before me—when my work is done, I am ready to be offered, if necessary.1
1 An epistle to the Saints from Wilford Woodruff, December 1, 1844, p. 3, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/discourse/1844-12-01.
Chapter Summaries
The trial of our faith precedes salvation—Christ was foreordained to be the Redeemer.
1-2 Peter greets the saints.
3-12 Christ gives us living hope
13-24 A call to holy living
Converts are newborn babes in Christ—He is the chief cornerstone—Saints hold a royal priesthood and are a peculiar people—Saints are in subjection to the laws of man.
1-10 The living stone and the holy nation
11-17 Slaves of God
18-25 the example of Christ’s suffering
Husbands and wives should honor each other—Saints should live by gospel standards—Christ preached to the spirits in prison.
1-7 Wives and husbands
8-14 suffering for doing right
15-18 be always ready to testify of Christ
19-22 Christ preached to spirits in prison
Peter explains why the gospel is preached to the dead—Saints should speak as the oracles of God—The righteous will be tried and tested in all things.
1-6 Christ suffered for both the living and the dead.
7-11 saints should be good stewards of God’s gifts
12-19 there is nothing surprising or shameful in being called on to suffer
The elders are to feed the flock of God—Humility and godly graces lead to perfection.
1-4 How the elders of the church should minister to the members of the church
5-7 The importance of humility
8-11 Be patient in suffering, and watch out for Satan, who is trying to take you.
12-14 Closing greeting
Peter urges the Saints to make their calling and election sure—Prophecy comes by the power of the Holy Ghost.
1-2 Peter’s opening greeting
3-15 being called of God and taking on the attributes of Christ
16-21 Eyewitnesses of God’s glory
False teachers among the Saints are damned—Lustful Saints will perish in their own corruption.
1-22 False teachers and prophets will come among the people
Some in the latter days will doubt the Second Coming—The elements will melt at the coming of the Lord.
1-7 the latter days and the second coming
8-9 there is no difference between a day and a thousand years to the Lord
10-13 signs of the second coming
14-18 how saints can prepare for the second coming
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