Lesson Notes

Today we started the lessons from the Gospel Principles book. It is good to get back to the basics of gospel study. Today's lesson was "Our Heavenly Father". What are some things that testify that there is a God? Alma, a Book of Mormon prophet, wrote "All things denote there is a God; yea, even the earth, and all things that are upon the face of it, yea, and its motions, yea, and also all the planets which move in their regular form do witness that there is a Supreme Creator" (Alma 30:44) We can see the work of God in the heavens and on the earth.

Why is it important for us to understand who God is and come to know Him? When Alma was teaching Korihor and Korihor came to understand the existence of God, Korihor said,"...I always knew that there was a God...but the devil hath deceived me...and said unto me: Go and reclaim this people, for they have all gone astray after an unknown God. And he said unto me: There is no God..." (Alma 30:52-53)

If we fail to understand the nature of God and come to know His attributes we are in danger of being fooled, like the people of Zarahemla, into thinking that we are following an unknown God, so why bother keeping His commandments.

We can know God if we will:

1. Believe that He exists and that He loves us (see Mosiah 4:9)

2. Study the scriptures. (see Timothy 3:14-17)

3. Pray to Him. (see James 1:5)

4. Obey all His commandments as best we can. (see John 14:21-23)

As we do these things, we will come to knowGod and eventually have eternal life.