Assignment Number Four

So this week was pretty eventful. All my friends are leaving for school and I just feel so much pressure to make every second count because I knew that the end was coming. And I think that’s how I should feel all the time with the gospel. Ya know? Like making every second count because I know that these are the last days and the judgment day is coming. I need to study the scriptures, pray more and be a better person because that is how I want to end my test here on the earth. So I went into this week’s assignments ready to be edified and to learn whatever it was that the Lord wanted me to know.

 

Choice 2: Luke 16:1–12, 19–31; 17:11–19; 18:1–14. Parables and Accounts That Teach Eternal Truths

1. Study the following parables and accounts along with the accompanying commentary from the institute student manual. Describe in writing what you feel is the major principle the Lord wants us to understand from each of the parables:
• Luke 16:1–12, the parable of the unjust steward. “The Children of This World Are in Their Generation Wiser Than the Children of Light” (p. 124).

I think that the Lord is saying that you cant be good and do bad things at the same time. You are either good or you are bad. You are either on the Lord’s side or not. you cant think that if you only do a little bad, that it is ok because you are doing some good. You have to be one hundred percent committed to the Lord if you want to receive the blessings that follow.

• Luke 16:19–31, the parable of the rich man and Lazarus. “What Do We Learn About the Spirit World from the Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus?” (pp. 124–25).

The Lord is trying to say that just because we have good things in this life does not mean that we will automatically get the perfect after life. We have to try to try to have the good things in life like service or giving to others or being a good person. Those things will follow us in the after life. But He also says that even though we might not be the people we should be in the life, we will have the opportunity to change in the afterlife if we accept our problems and chose the Lord.

• Luke 17:11–19, the ten lepers. “Why Were the Ten Lepers to Show Themselves to the Priests?” and “Were There Not Ten Cleansed?” (p. 130). See also the Bible Dictionary, “Leprosy” (p. 724).

We have to give thanks to the Lord for all that he has done for us. He died for us and gave his life so that we can be cleansed of our sins and return to life a perfect life for the eternities. We can be resurrected into a perfect state because of the perfect plan and sacrifices of our Lord and heavenly father. I think that sometimes we forget to be thankful or show our thanks by praying more, or by following his commandments to show our gratitude.

• Luke 18:1–8, the parable of the unjust judge. “Why Did the Lord Give the Parable of the Unjust Judge?” (p. 131).

The Lord wanted to show us that he will always help us if we pray to him as often as we can and if we ask him for something, or we need something from him, he will help us if we show our diligence and show our hard work or our willingness to do our part so that the Lord can do His. I think that he wants us to have the faith to pray to him with the understanding that he can help us with any problems that we have if we just ask him.

• Luke 18:9–14, the parable of the Pharisee and the publican. “Why Did the Lord Give the Parable of the Pharisee and Publican?” (p. 131).

The Lord asks us to humble ourselves before the Lord and realize our flaws and our imperfections. We are natural man and we are so below the Lord and His greatness that we must remember that as we turn to him and pray to him or ask him for things. We may have nice things like the man and we may go through the actions of being good, but just because we have nice things or just because we do what we are suppose to, it doesn’t mean that we should become boastful and think that we are better then we are.