Preach My Gospel Lesson Five

Lesson Five: Laws and Ordinances (After Baptism and Confirmation)

What are recently baptized members of the Church taught after their baptism? When we were baptized, we covenanted to begin living the laws and ordinances of the gospel. The following seven points are the primary components of lesson five. It is designed to be taught in several installments and as such would be great for seven different family home evening lessons. As you prepare a lesson, the first step is to study the doctrine from each point and then prepare a lesson outline.

1. Priesthood and Auxiliaries

Doctrine: Priesthood is the power and authority to act in God's name for the salvation of His children.

2. Missionary Work

Doctrine: When we are baptized, we covenant to always stand as a witness of God. The Lord commanded His followers to preach the gospel in all the world giving every person the opportunity to accept or reject it. A key doctrine is that of eternal life or the plan of happiness.

3. Eternal Marriage

Doctrine: The basic unit of the Church is the family and within the family, people experience life's greatest joys and sorrows. Marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God and central to God's eternal plan of happiness.

4. Temples and Family History

Doctrine: Again, the plan of happiness dictates that all of Heavenly Father's children have the opportunity to accept or reject the gospel. God has commanded His people to build temples and in those temples we make sacred covenants and are endowed with power and knowledge from on high.

5. Service

Doctrine: The plan of happiness teaches us that the crucial part of the test in coming to this world is to serve one another.

6. Teaching and Learning in the Church

Doctrine: We are all teachers and are to teach the doctrine of eternal life to our families and to our fellowmen.

7. Endure to the End

Doctrine: After baptism and confirmation, it is not over but only the beginning. The plan of happiness requires that we serve Heavenly Father and His children all of our days.