1. Help us, O God, to understand1. Help us, O God, to understandOur Savior’s love for us.Our Savior’s love for us.He paid the price for all our sinsHe paid the price for all our sinsAnd died upon the cross.And died upon the cross. 2. Help us to love him more each 2. Help us to love him more each

day,day,Though him we cannot see.Though him we cannot see.His teachings and his loving heartHis teachings and his loving heartWill lead us back to thee.Will lead us back to thee. Words and music:Words and music: D. Evan Davis, 1923–1979. © 1969 IRI D. Evan Davis, 1923–1979. © 1969 IRI

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““Lesson 30: Jesus Christ in Lesson 30: Jesus Christ in Gethsemane,” Gethsemane,” Primary 7: New Primary 7: New

Testament, Testament, 101101

Imagine a situation similar Imagine a situation similar to the following one…to the following one…

Your family is Your family is visiting a visiting a relative…relative…

You disobey You disobey your parents your parents and go into a and go into a room you are room you are told not to go told not to go into…into…

You You accidentally accidentally break a very break a very valuable valuable object…object…

How would you feel?How would you feel? What would you say to What would you say to

the owner?the owner? What could you do to What could you do to

replace the broken item?replace the broken item?

What would you do What would you do if you didn’t have if you didn’t have enough money to enough money to buy another one buy another one just like it? just like it?

How would you pay How would you pay for it?for it?

Your father will help you Your father will help you because he loves you. because he loves you.

He tells you that if you are He tells you that if you are truly sorry, are obedient, truly sorry, are obedient, and pay what you can, he and pay what you can, he will help you by paying the will help you by paying the difference.difference.

How would you feel? How would you feel? Could you have paid the Could you have paid the

price by yourself? price by yourself? How would you feel about How would you feel about

your father’s helping you?your father’s helping you?

By choosing to be born on By choosing to be born on earth, each of us needs help to earth, each of us needs help to be able to return to Heavenly be able to return to Heavenly Father.Father.

Because Because Heavenly Heavenly Father and Father and Jesus Christ Jesus Christ love us, they love us, they have a plan have a plan to help us do to help us do something something we cannot do we cannot do for for ourselves. ourselves.

This lesson is This lesson is about part of about part of that plan; it is that plan; it is about the great about the great sacrifice Jesus sacrifice Jesus Christ made to Christ made to pay for our sins pay for our sins and overcome and overcome death. death.

This sacrifice is called the This sacrifice is called the Atonement.Atonement.

We believe that through We believe that through

the Atonement of Christ, the Atonement of Christ, all mankind may be all mankind may be saved, by obedience to saved, by obedience to the laws and ordinances the laws and ordinances of the Gospel.of the Gospel.

The Third Article of The Third Article of Faith:Faith:

What is the What is the Atonement?Atonement?What is the What is the Atonement?Atonement?

Why do we need the Why do we need the Atonement?Atonement?

Why do we need the Why do we need the Atonement?Atonement?

We all will We all will diedie

We all will We all will diedie

We all We all sinsin

We all We all sinsin

Jesus Christ is Jesus Christ is our Savior & our Savior & RedeemerRedeemer

Jesus Christ is Jesus Christ is our Savior & our Savior & RedeemerRedeemer

He is He is sinlesssinlessHe is He is

sinlesssinlessHe has He has

power over power over deathdeath

He has He has power over power over

deathdeath

Let’s read Let’s read John 3:16 How do you How do you

feel about feel about Heavenly Heavenly Father and Father and Jesus Jesus Christ’s Christ’s providing providing us with this us with this wonderful wonderful plan?plan?

Jesus Jesus Suffers in Suffers in

the the Garden of Garden of GethsemaGethsema

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““New Testament Scripture Stories,” New Testament Scripture Stories,” Chapter 51Chapter 51

Jesus and the Apostles went Jesus and the Apostles went to the Garden of Gethsemane. to the Garden of Gethsemane.

Judas did Judas did not go with not go with them. them.

He went to He went to tell the tell the Jewish Jewish leaders leaders where Jesus where Jesus was.was.

The Savior asked Peter, The Savior asked Peter, James, and John to go James, and John to go with Him into the with Him into the garden. garden.

Jesus asked Jesus asked them to wait them to wait while He went while He went to pray.to pray.

He knew He He knew He needed to suffer needed to suffer for the sins of for the sins of all people. all people. He did not want to suffer, He did not want to suffer,

but He chose to obey but He chose to obey Heavenly Father.Heavenly Father.

Peter, James, and John fell Peter, James, and John fell asleep while Jesus prayed. asleep while Jesus prayed.

Jesus came and found Jesus came and found them sleeping. He asked them sleeping. He asked them to stay awake.them to stay awake.

Jesus Jesus went went to pray to pray again.again.

Peter, James, and John Peter, James, and John wanted to stay awake, wanted to stay awake, but they were very tired.but they were very tired.

Jesus again found them Jesus again found them sleeping. He went and sleeping. He went and prayed a third time.prayed a third time.

They fell They fell asleep asleep again. again.

An angel An angel came to came to strengthestrengthen Him. n Him.

As Jesus prayed, He began As Jesus prayed, He began to tremble because of the to tremble because of the pain. pain.

He suffered so much that He suffered so much that he sweat drops of blood. he sweat drops of blood.

He was suffering for all of He was suffering for all of our sins so that we can be our sins so that we can be forgiven if we repent.forgiven if we repent.

Jesus woke Jesus woke Peter, Peter, James, and James, and John. John.

He told them that He He told them that He would be betrayed and would be betrayed and killed. killed.

Jesus said that wicked Jesus said that wicked people were coming to people were coming to take Him away.take Him away.

What did Jesus What did Jesus say as He say as He prayed to prayed to Heavenly Heavenly Father in the Father in the Garden of Garden of Gethsemane? Gethsemane?

Let’s read Let’s read Matthew

26:39, 42, 44

Why was Jesus Why was Jesus willing to obey willing to obey Heavenly Father’s Heavenly Father’s plan even though plan even though He would have to He would have to endure such endure such terrible suffering? terrible suffering?

He loved and He loved and trusted His trusted His Father, and He Father, and He loved us.loved us.

What happened to What happened to Jesus as He prayed Jesus as He prayed in the Garden of in the Garden of Gethsemane? Gethsemane?

Let’s read Let’s read Luke 22:44 & & Mosiah 3:7

Who appeared to Jesus to Who appeared to Jesus to strengthen Him? strengthen Him?

Let’s read Let’s read Luke 22:43

For whom did Jesus suffer in For whom did Jesus suffer in the Garden of Gethsemane? the Garden of Gethsemane?

Let’s read Let’s read D&C 19:16 Jesus also Jesus also

suffered on suffered on the cross, but the cross, but His greatest His greatest suffering was suffering was in the Garden in the Garden of of Gethsemane, Gethsemane, when He bled when He bled from every from every pore.pore.

Elder Marion G. Romney said: Elder Marion G. Romney said: ““The Savior… paid the debt The Savior… paid the debt

for my personal sins. for my personal sins. ““He paid the debt for your He paid the debt for your

personal sins and for the personal sins and for the personal sins of every living personal sins of every living soul that ever dwelt upon the soul that ever dwelt upon the earth or that ever will dwell earth or that ever will dwell in mortality upon the earth” in mortality upon the earth” ((Improvement Era,Improvement Era, Dec. 1953, pp. 942–43). Dec. 1953, pp. 942–43).

How great was Jesus’ suffering?How great was Jesus’ suffering?

Let’s read Let’s read D&C 19:18

Why was Why was Jesus willing Jesus willing to suffer to suffer these these things? things?

Let’s read Let’s read John 15:12–13

How does it How does it make you make you feel to know feel to know that Jesus that Jesus suffered and suffered and atoned for atoned for your sins? your sins?

How can we How can we show Jesus show Jesus that we are that we are thankful for thankful for the the Atonement?Atonement?

What must we do so that What must we do so that Christ’s suffering will Christ’s suffering will pay for our sins?pay for our sins?

Repent, be baptized, and Repent, be baptized, and keep our baptismal keep our baptismal

covenantscovenants

How does Jesus’ atonement How does Jesus’ atonement allow us to return to Heavenly allow us to return to Heavenly Father? Father?

What will happen if we do not What will happen if we do not repent? repent?

Let’s Let’s read read D&C 19:15–17

We accept Christ’s We accept Christ’s atonement by repenting of atonement by repenting of our sins, being baptized and our sins, being baptized and receiving the Holy Ghost, and receiving the Holy Ghost, and obeying Jesus’ obeying Jesus’ commandments. commandments.

When we do these things, we When we do these things, we can be forgiven and cleansed can be forgiven and cleansed from sin so we can live from sin so we can live forever with Heavenly forever with Heavenly Father.Father.

We believe that through We believe that through

the Atonement of Christ, the Atonement of Christ, all mankind may be all mankind may be saved, by obedience to saved, by obedience to the laws and ordinances the laws and ordinances of the Gospel.of the Gospel.

Let’s Memorize Let’s Memorize The Third Article of Faith:The Third Article of Faith:

ScriptureScripture1. 1. Matthew 16:21

2. 2. John 3:16

3. 3. John 10:17–18

4. 4. 1 Peter 1:19–20

5. 5. 1 John 1:7

6. 6. D&C 20:29 D&C 20:29

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a. Jesus has power to lay His life a. Jesus has power to lay His life down and take it up againdown and take it up again

b. The atonement cleanses us b. The atonement cleanses us from sin if we repentfrom sin if we repent

c. We can be saved in the c. We can be saved in the kingdom of God only when we kingdom of God only when we repent, believe in Jesus Christ, repent, believe in Jesus Christ, and are baptizedand are baptized

d. Jesus came to earth because d. Jesus came to earth because He and Heavenly Father love usHe and Heavenly Father love us

e. Jesus was chosen in heaven to e. Jesus was chosen in heaven to be our Saviorbe our Savior

f. Jesus’ sacrifice was necessaryf. Jesus’ sacrifice was necessary

Match the scripture to the Match the scripture to the reference!reference!

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ScriptureScripture1. 1. Matthew 16:21 Matthew 16:21

2. 2. John 3:16 John 3:16

3. 3. John 10:17–18 John 10:17–18

4. 4. 1 Peter 1:19–1 Peter 1:19–20 20

5. 5. 1 John 1:7 1 John 1:7

6. 6. D&C 20:29 D&C 20:29

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a. Jesus has power to lay His life a. Jesus has power to lay His life down and take it up again down and take it up again

b. The atonement cleanses us from b. The atonement cleanses us from sin if we repentsin if we repent

c. We can be saved in the kingdom c. We can be saved in the kingdom of God only when we repent, believe of God only when we repent, believe in Jesus Christ, and are baptizedin Jesus Christ, and are baptized

d. Jesus came to earth because He d. Jesus came to earth because He and Heavenly Father love usand Heavenly Father love us

e. Jesus was chosen in heaven to be e. Jesus was chosen in heaven to be our Saviorour Savior

f. Jesus’ sacrifice was necessaryf. Jesus’ sacrifice was necessary

How well did you do?How well did you do?

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A man walking along a road A man walking along a road fell into a pit so deep he fell into a pit so deep he could not climb out. could not climb out.

No matter what he did, he No matter what he did, he could not get out by himself.could not get out by himself.

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The man called The man called for help and for help and rejoiced when a rejoiced when a kind passerby kind passerby heard him and heard him and lowered a ladder lowered a ladder down into the down into the pit. pit.

This allowed him to climb This allowed him to climb out of the pit and regain his out of the pit and regain his freedom.freedom.

We are like the man in the We are like the man in the pit. pit.

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Sinning is like Sinning is like falling into the falling into the pit, and we can’t pit, and we can’t get out by get out by ourselves. ourselves.

Just as the kind passerby Just as the kind passerby heard the man’s cry for help, heard the man’s cry for help, Heavenly Father sent His Heavenly Father sent His Only Begotten Son to provide Only Begotten Son to provide the means of escape. the means of escape.

Jesus Christ’s atonement Jesus Christ’s atonement could be compared to could be compared to lowering a ladder into the lowering a ladder into the pit; it gives us the means to pit; it gives us the means to climb out. climb out.

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Just as the man in the pit had Just as the man in the pit had to climb up the ladder, we to climb up the ladder, we must repent of our sins and must repent of our sins and obey the gospel principles and obey the gospel principles and ordinances to climb out of our ordinances to climb out of our pit and make the Atonement pit and make the Atonement work in our lives.work in our lives.

Thus, after all we can do, the Thus, after all we can do, the Atonement makes it possible Atonement makes it possible for us to become worthy to for us to become worthy to return to Heavenly Father’s return to Heavenly Father’s presence.presence.Enr. Act. 2

Let’s read Mosiah 14:3–5 and Let’s read Mosiah 14:3–5 and Alma 7:11–12Alma 7:11–12

Jesus Christ, through the Jesus Christ, through the Atonement, not only suffered Atonement, not only suffered for our sins but also suffered for our sins but also suffered our pains, sicknesses, and our pains, sicknesses, and sorrows. sorrows.

He understands perfectly He understands perfectly everything we experience and everything we experience and suffer on earth. suffer on earth.

Through His love and Through His love and compassion, He will help us compassion, He will help us with our problems and with our problems and challenges.challenges. Enr. Act. 3

Let’s memorize John Let’s memorize John 3:16:3:16:

For God so loved the For God so loved the world, that He gave His world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.but have everlasting life.Enr. Act. 4

I bear testimony that Jesus I bear testimony that Jesus Christ is our Savior and Christ is our Savior and Redeemer. Redeemer.

I love Jesus and Heavenly I love Jesus and Heavenly Father and am grateful Father and am grateful that They have provided a that They have provided a way for us to overcome sin way for us to overcome sin and death and live with and death and live with Them again.Them again.

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