Integrity: A Christlike Attribute

Jack N. Gerard April 2024 Saturday Morning Session

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  1. Matthew 26:30

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    In the closing hours of the Savior’s ministry, He went to the Mount of Olives into a garden called Gethsemane and invited His disciples to wait.

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  2. Matthew 26:36

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    In the closing hours of the Savior’s ministry, He went to the Mount of Olives into a garden called Gethsemane and invited His disciples to wait.

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  3. Luke 22:39

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    In the closing hours of the Savior’s ministry, He went to the Mount of Olives into a garden called Gethsemane and invited His disciples to wait.

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  4. Luke 22:42

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    In the closing hours of the Savior’s ministry, He went to the Mount of Olives into a garden called Gethsemane and invited His disciples to wait.

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  5. Doctrine and Covenants 19:18

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    suffering caused Him, “even God, the greatest of all, to tremble because of pain, and to bleed at every pore, and would that [He] might not drink the bitter cup, and shrink.”
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  6. Doctrine and Covenants 19:19

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    In the closing hours of the Savior’s ministry, He went to the Mount of Olives into a garden called Gethsemane and invited His disciples to wait.

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  7. Daniel 6:4

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    From our early childhood, we learned the story of Daniel in the lions’ den.

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  8. Daniel 6:10

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    From our early childhood, we learned the story of Daniel in the lions’ den.

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  9. Daniel 6:26

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    From our early childhood, we learned the story of Daniel in the lions’ den.

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  10. John 16:33

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    The Savior reminds us, “In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” President Russell M.

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  11. Doctrine and Covenants 1:16

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    The Savior reminds us, “In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” President Russell M.

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  12. Doctrine and Covenants 1:30

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    The world increasingly grapples with integrity by imposing codes of conduct or ethical rules that govern the relationships between people and institutions.

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  13. Mosiah 18:9

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    The world increasingly grapples with integrity by imposing codes of conduct or ethical rules that govern the relationships between people and institutions.

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  14. Doctrine and Covenants 42:2

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    Acting with integrity builds faith and trust and reassures others that we seek only to do the will of the Lord.

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  15. Doctrine and Covenants 121:35

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    Our focus is on the Savior, and we are careful to avoid actions that may be perceived as serving our own interests, benefiting our family, or favoring someone at the expense of another.

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  16. Alma 30:53

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    We know some who were not.

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  17. Alma 30:52

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    We know some who were not.

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  18. 1 John 1:8

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    We know some who were not.

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  19. Doctrine and Covenants 124:15

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    Joseph’s brother Hyrum was loved by the Lord “because of the integrity of his heart.” He and Joseph remained true to the end—true to their divine identity, the light and knowledge they received, and true to the person they knew they could become.

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  20. 2 Nephi 10:24

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    May we reconcile ourselves “to the will of God” and develop the Christlike attribute of integrity.

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  21. Job 31:6

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    “Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.”
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  1. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 33: The Last Supper and the Betrayal

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    • John 16:33

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      In conclusion of this last and most solemn of the discourses delivered by Christ in the flesh, the Lord said: “These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace.

    • Luke 22:42

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      Open paragraph (2)
      In Jesus the Christ:
      Open paragraph (Luke 22:42)

      The Cup as a Symbol.—Our Lord’s frequent mention of His foreseen sufferings as the cup of which the Father would have Him drink (Matthew 26:39, 42; Mark 14:36; Luke 22:42; John 18:11; compare Matthew 20:22; Mark 10:38; 1 Corinthians 10:21) is in line with Old Testament usage of the term “cup” as a symbolic expression for a bitter or poisonous potion typifying experiences of suffering.

    • Matthew 26:30

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      Open paragraph (1)
      In Jesus the Christ:
      Open paragraph (Matthew 26:30)

      Discontinuity of the Lord’s Last Discourse to the Apostles.—It is certain that part of the discourse following the last supper was delivered in the upper room where Christ and the Twelve had eaten; it is possible that the latter portion was spoken and the prayer offered (John 15, 16, 17) outdoors as Jesus and the Eleven wended their way toward the Mount of Olives.

  2. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 16: The Chosen Twelve

    1 shared verse

    • Matthew 26:36

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      James and John, brothers by birth, partners in business as fishermen, brethren in the ministry, were associated together and with Peter in the apostolic calling.

  3. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 3: The Need of a Redeemer

    1 shared verse

    • 1 John 1:8

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      The application of the atonement to individual transgression, whereby the sinner may obtain absolution through compliance with the laws and ordinances embodied in the gospel of Jesus Christ, is conclusively attested by scripture.

  4. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 34: The Trial and Condemnation

    1 shared verse

    • John 16:33

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      Open paragraph (1)
      In Jesus the Christ:
      Open paragraph (John 16:33)

      Christ’s Forbearance When Smitten.—That Jesus maintained His equanimity and submissiveness even under the provocation of a blow dealt by a brutish underling in the presence of the high priest, is confirmatory of our Lord’s affirmation that He had “overcome the world” (John 16:33).

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