• Day 30
    • Principle: Gaining strength to overcome temptation and to follow Jesus Christ are self reinforcing.  
    • Read: 1 Nephi 19:7-19:24
      •  In verse 18 Nephi states that he is writing the plates to persuade men to remember the Savior.  How are you persuaded by what Nephi has written to remember the Savior?
    • Read Hebrews 2:17–18; 4:15–16 and  Doctrine and Covenants 20:22 to answer the following two questions?
      • Why do you think Jesus needed to be tempted?
      • In what ways does knowing that Jesus Christ was tempted strengthen you ability to overcome temptation?
    • Read the following statement from Howard W. Hunter and Luke 22:42, 44 and 3 Nephi 11:11.  Look for attributes of Jesus Christ that He exemplified in His mission to redeem all mankind. 
      • “It is important to remember that Jesus was capable of sinning, that he could have succumbed, that the plan of life and salvation could have been foiled, but that he remained true. Had there been no possibility of his yielding to the enticement of Satan, there would have been no real test, no genuine victory in the result. … He was perfect and sinless, not because he had to be, but rather because he clearly and determinedly wanted to be” (“The Temptations of Christ,” Ensign, Nov. 1976, 19).
    • Ezra Taft Benson said of Jesus Christ

      • “He suffered the pains of all men in Gethsemane so they would not have to suffer if they would repent.

        “He submitted Himself to humiliation and insults from His enemies without complaint or retaliation.

        “And, finally, He endured the flogging and brutal shame of the cross. Only then did He voluntarily submit to death. …

        “He was perfectly obedient to our Heavenly Father” (“Jesus Christ: Our Savior and Redeemer,” Ensign,Nov. 1983, 7, 8).

    • How have you seen in your life the strengthening relationship between following Jesus Christ and overcoming temptations? 
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