By serving others we serve God.
17 And behold, I tell you these things that ye may learn awisdom; that ye may learn that when ye are in the bservice of your cfellow beings ye are only in the service of your God.
Doctrinal Mastery Core Document: Commandments
9.1. Commandments are the laws and requirements that God gives to help us progress and become like Him. The commandments are a manifestation of God’s love for us. We manifest our love for Him by keeping His commandments (see John 14:15). Keeping the commandments will always bring happiness and blessings from the Lord (see Mosiah 2:41; Alma 41:10). God will not give us a commandment without preparing a way for us to obey it (see 1 Nephi 3:7).
9.2. The two greatest and most fundamental commandments are “love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. … And … love thy neighbour as thyself” (see Matthew 22:36–39). We can love and serve God by choosing to love and serve others (see Mosiah 2:17; Moroni 7:45, 47–48).
9.3. One of the earliest commandments given to man was to keep the Sabbath day holy. God commands His children to honor Him by doing His will rather than our own on the Sabbath, and He promises great blessings to those who keep His day holy (see Isaiah 58:13–14).
9.4. The Ten Commandments are a vital part of the gospel and are eternal principles that are necessary for our exaltation (see Exodus 20:3–17). The Lord revealed them to Moses in ancient times, and He has restated them in latter-day revelations.
9.5. God’s commandments include praying daily, studying the word of God, repenting, obeying the law of chastity, paying a full tithe (see Malachi 3:8–10), fasting (see Isaiah 58:6–7), forgiving others (see D&C 64:9–11), observing the Word of Wisdom (see D&C 89:18–21), and teaching the gospel to others (see Matthew 5:14–16; D&C 18:15–16).
Related references: Genesis 39:9; 2 Timothy 3:15–17; James 1:5–6; 2 Nephi 32:3; 2 Nephi 32:8–9; Mosiah 18:8–10; Alma 39:9; 3 Nephi 18:15, 20–21; D&C 58:42–43; D&C 82:10
Related topics: Acquiring Spiritual Knowledge; The Atonement of Jesus Christ: Repentance; Ordinances and Covenants
Doctrinal Mastery Manual
This passage contains the words King Benjamin spoke to his people as he described the service he had given them.
Read Mosiah 2:17 and look for words or phrases that teach that we can love and serve God by choosing to love and serve others.
- In what ways do you think we are serving God when we serve others?
- When have you felt you were in the service of God while you were serving someone else?
Read Matthew 22:36–40; 25:40; and Mosiah 2:17. Make a scripture list, chain, or cluster by cross-referencing these scriptures together. This scripture study technique will help clarify meanings and enlarge understanding.
Explain the connections between the passages you just linked.
Ponder the following questions:
- When have you felt that you were serving God by serving another person?
- What specific things can you do for someone in your life that the Savior would do if He were here?
Book of Mormon Central
General Conference
The Service That Counts, Pres. Monson
Service, a Divine Quality, Elder Amado of the Seventy
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