Lesson 43: Honoring the Names of Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ, Primary 3: Choose the Right B, (1994),213

Purpose To help each child honor and respect the names of Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ..

OUR OPENING PRAYER WILL BE GIVEN BY (Enter name here)

Attention Activity When you were a tiny new baby, your parents chose a name for you. It is a name they loved and wanted you to have.

Attention Activity Do you know why your parents gave you your particular name? How do you feel when people say your name angrily, make fun of it, or say it incorrectly?

Attention Activity Names are very important. People recognize us by our names. A name identifies a person.

Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ know our names. The very first word Heavenly Father said to the boy Joseph Smith in the Sacred Grove was a name, Joseph. Heavenly Father called him by name.

Listen to the story about the Boy Samuel in which the Lord called Samuel by name. ( 1 Samuel 3:1 10, 19 20)

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A name identifies a person. As soon as you hear the name of someone you know, you think of that person.

It is an important occasion when a baby is given a name. The baby is surrounded by Melchizedek Priesthood holders and given a name and a blessing.

When you hear the name of our bishop what kind of person do you think of?

J E S U S C H R I S T

JESUS CHRIST Can you say this name? What kind of person do you think of when you hear or see this name?

H E A V E N L Y F A T H E R

HEAVENLY FATHER Can you say this name? What kind of person do you think of when you hear or see this name?

HEAVENLY FATHER Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ have done many things for us. We love them. and loving way. When we hear their names, we often think of the many good things they have done. We feel love and gratitude when we think of them. We honor and respect those we love. We show honor and respect for them by using their names in a kind and loving way.

First Article of Faith Let s stand and say the first article of faith. 1 We believe in God, the Eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost.

What is happening in this picture? The prophet Abinadi was teaching the people, he told them about the Ten Commandments, which came from God.

The Ten Commandments are a guide to help us live the right way. The third commandment tells us that we should honor and respect the names of Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ.

Listen as we read part of Mosiah 13:15 15 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain;

IN VAIN in vain means to use the names of Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ in a disrespectful way or when they are not really thinking of Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. Let s all read that scripture one more time together. 15 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain;

What are some other names we use when we mean Heavenly Father or Jesus?

Whenever we use any of these names, we should speak respectfully. These names should never be spoken in anger or in a joking manner. Someone who uses these names this way is swearing. These names should never be used as swear words. We should use the names of Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ only when we are praying or talking about them in a respectful way.

We should use the names of Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ only when we are praying or talking about them in a respectful way.

When is it right to use the name of Heavenly Father? When we speak with reverence and respect and when we pray.

Listen to the following story: One mother told her son this story about when she was a child. As a little girl, I walked home from school with my brother. We always took a shortcut past a large black dog that chased us as we ran by his house. If we ran at just the right time, we could make it to a fence and to safety. My brother would tell me when to run.

One day I was alone and didn t run at the right time. The dog threatened me, and I froze on the sidewalk in terror. As he lunged toward me, [in fear] I cried out as loud as I could: Heavenly Father, help me! Her son reports: Suddenly, my mother recalled, the dog was halted as if his way had been barred, and she crawled through the fence to safety. She knew her prayer had been answered S. Michael Wilcox, No Other Gods before Me, Ensign, Jan. 1994, pp. 22 23

It is important that we use the names of Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ only when we are praying or speaking of them reverently.

This is President Spencer W. Kimball. He was a beloved prophet and the twelfth President of the Church.

One day after an operation, President Kimball was being wheeled out of the hospital operating room when the attendant tripped and stumbled. The attendant started swearing and using the Lord s name in vain. Even though President Kimball was ill, he pleaded with the attendant, Please! Please!

That is my Lord whose names you [use in a bad way]. The attendant was silent. Then he whispered, I am sorry (see President Kimball Speaks Out on Profanity, Ensign, Feb. 1981, p. 3).

What commandment had the attendant disobeyed? Why didn t President Kimball like to hear this? When should we use the names of Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ? What could you do if at school or in the neighborhood you heard people using the names of Heavenly Father and Jesus in vain?

I want to encourage you to use the names of Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father with reverence and respect.

OUR CLOSING PRAYER WILL BE GIVEN BY (Enter Name Here)

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1 Samuel 3:1 10, 19 20 1 And the child Samuel ministered unto the Lord before Eli. And the word of the Lord was precious in those days; there was no open vision. 2 And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see; 3 And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep;

1 Samuel 3:1 10, 19 20 4 That the Lord called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I. 5 And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down. 6 And the Lord called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again.

1 Samuel 3:1 10, 19 20 7 Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, neither was the word of the Lord yet revealed unto him. 8 And the Lord called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that the Lord had called the child. 9 Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, Lord; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

1 Samuel 3:1 10, 19 20 10 And the Lord came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth. 19 And Samuel grew, and the Lord was c with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground. 20 And all Israel from Dan even to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the Lord.

One night Eli was in bed. Samuel was in bed in another room. Samuel heard someone call his name.

Samuel thought Eli had called him. He ran to Eli. Eli said he had not called Samuel. He told Samuel to lie down again, and Samuel did.

Samuel heard someone call his name three times. Each time he went to Eli. Each time Eli told Samuel to go back to bed.

At last Eli told Samuel that God was calling him. Eli told Samuel to go to his room and to listen to God.

God told Samuel Eli had let his sons be wicked. So Eli and his sons could not work in the tabernacle. They would die.