Unit 1 Choice 1: Matthew 5:1-12. The Beatitudes 1.       Read the footnote for Matthew 5:3 and the institute student manual Points to Ponder section: “The Sermon on the Mount Is Our Constitution for Perfection” (p. 61).  Write a definition for the word blessed or blessedness. Blessed: happy, glad, helped, comforted, favored by the Lord.  People who are ‘blessed’ are making choices that better their own lives and those people’s lives that they come in contact with. 2.       Read Matthew 5:1-12. Identify or mark all of the “blessed” attributes in these verses.  Also, read the definitions President Harold B. Lee (1899-1973) gave for each of these attributes found in the institute…

LUKE 1:5-80.  THE BIRTH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST Read Luke 1:14 and write what Zacharias was told about the birth of his son, John the Baptist. That Zacharias would have joy and gladness and that many people would rejoice when his son John the Baptist was born. Study Luke 1: 5-25, 39-45, 56-80, and the Bible Dictionary entry: “John the Baptist” (pp. 714-15).  Write a paragraph summarizing the reasons many people would rejoice over John the Baptist’s birth and mission. There were many reasons why many people rejoice over John the Baptist’s birth and mission.  The first reason is because his parents were old and have given up any hope…