Read Numbers
21:4-9 and the Institute Student Manual Points to Ponder section (pg. 212).
Then answer the following questions in writing:
What did the children of Israel do
that resulted in the curse of the “fiery serpents”?
They spoke
against God and Moses.
In what ways are people today
sometimes like unto the children of Israel anciently? (See also 1 Nephi 17:45.)
We are swift
to do iniquity and slow to remember the Lord. We have the opportunity to hear
the Holy Ghost but cannot because we are past feeling.
According to Alma 33:18-22, what did
the brazen serpent symbolize?
It
symbolized the Atonement of Christ.
How does one “look to” Jesus Christ
for healing?
They come to
Him in humility with a broken heart and contrite spirit and ready to repent.
Aside from physical healings, how can
“looking to” the Savior heal a person in other ways?
It can heal
a person in every way possible: spiritually, mentally, and emotionally. When we
look to Him and are willing to do as He asks we can be healed.
Where else do people sometimes turn
for healing other than the Savior?
Many people
choose to look to other people of substances like: counselors, friends, family,
drugs, alcohol, pornography, anything really.
What are simple things in the gospel
of Jesus Christ that can heal us?
Faith,
repentance, prayer, scripture, hope, love, service, and obedience.
How have you experienced the healing
power of the Atonement in your life?
Whenever I
feel like I did something I shouldn’t have I always try to go to the Savior and
utilize the Atonement because I have faith that it’ll comfort me and give me
the peace that I’m seeking. I love the verse in the Bible that says, “Come now,
and let us reason together, saith the Lord:
though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow;
though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” Because I believe this
to be true I have the faith needed that my sins that were once red can become
white as snow.
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