The following material supplements the suggested lesson outline. You may want to use one or both of these ideas as part of the lesson.
Invite class members to read John 5:20–30 silently while you read it aloud.
Read it quickly, without pausing to explain or discuss any of the verses.
Explain that you have just readJohn 5:20–30 but that you will now search the passage together. Divide class members into groups of three or four. Assign each group at least one of the following sections from John 5:20–30: verses 20–22, 23–24, 25–27, and 28–30. Give the groups a few minutes to work together.
Have them read the assigned verses, choose three of the most important words in the verses, and prepare to talk about why those words are important.
Explain that the Prophet Joseph Smith received the vision of the kingdoms of glory after pondering John 5:29. Invite a class member to read Doctrine and Covenants 76:15–20.
Elder Boyd K. Packer used the account in John 5:1–9 to emphasize that we should help people who have disabilities. He said bodies and minds with disabilities “will be made perfect. In the meantime, we must look after those who wait by the pool of Bethesda” (in Conference Report, Apr. 1991, 8; or Ensign, May 1991, 9).
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