Additional Teaching Ideas

The following material supplements the suggested lesson outline. You may want to use one or more of these ideas as part of the lesson.

1. Following the Savior’s example during times of difficulty

The Savior’s actions during the last day of his mortal life show the great magnitude of his character. Review some of the trials Jesus endured on that day. Then ask the following questions:

2. “I have betrayed the innocent blood” (Matthew 27:4)

3. “To day shalt thou be with me in paradise” (Luke 23:43)

Refer to the following information if you need to explain the Savior’s words in Luke 23:43.

The Prophet Joseph Smith said that Jesus told the thief, “This day thou shalt be with me in the world of spirits” (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, sel. Joseph Fielding Smith [1976], 309).

From Doctrine and Covenants 138:36–37 we learn that Jesus went to the world of spirits during the time between his death and Resurrection and that there he prepared the faithful spirits to preach his gospel to the spirits who had not received it on the earth.

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