[Footnote A: I John i:5-7.]
"My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world."[A]
"And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people and nation: and hast made us unto our God kings and priests; and we shall reign on the earth."[B]
"And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him [the dragon—Satan], whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world."[C]
[Footnote A: I John ii:1.2.]
[Footnote B: Rev. v:9, 10.]
[Footnote C: Rev. xiii:8.]
LESSON XI.
(Scripture Reading Exercise.)
THE FACT OF THE ATONEMENT IN THE NEW TESTAMENT SCRIPTURES—(Continued).
ANALYSIS. | REFERENCES. |
III. The Testimony to the fact of the Atonement (Continued). 5. The Book of Mormon as a Witness: (a) The Testimony of the Christ to the Nephites. (b) The Testimony of Christian Institutions. (1) The Ordinance of Baptism. (2) The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper. | References same as those in Lesson X, with the citations in the body of this Lesson, and the contexts of the texts, which should be fully considered. |
IV. Testimony of the New Dispensation Scriptures—Doctrine and Covenants. | |
V. The Only Adequate Gospel Sermon—Jesus Christ. |
SPECIAL TEXT: "Behold, I am Jesus Christ, the Son of God. * * * I have come into the world to bring redemption unto the world, to save the world from sin." (The Christ to the Nephites: III Nephi ix:15, 21.)