Lesson 8: The

Priesthood is Restored

“Lesson 8: The Priesthood Is Restored,” Primary 5: Doctrine and Covenants: Church History, (1997),36

Purpose

To help the children understand the importance of priesthood authority and have a desire to be worthy of

priesthood ordinances and blessings.

The Priesthood Is Restored

• The priesthood is restored,

• The truth made known to man,

• That God has spoken to the earth,

• His pow'r is here again. • Words: Joan D. Campbell, b. 1929. (c) 1969 IRI

• Music: Hal K. Campbell, b. 1927. (c) 1969 IRI. Arr. (c) 1989 IRI

OUR OPENING PRAYER WILL BE GIVEN BY

(Enter Name Here)

Attention Activity

• Take turns doing the following: –Tie a knot in a piece of string.

–Stack and unstack several objects.

–Snap your fingers.

–Write your name on the chalkboard.

–Shake hands with the teacher.

–Sit down and fold your hands in your lap

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• Every day we do many things with our hands.

•Men and boys who hold the priesthood do additional important things with their hands.

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–What are some important things priesthood holders do with their hands when they are using their priesthood power?

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Give blessings

Heal the sick

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Baptize

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Confer the gift of the Holy Ghost

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Prepare and pass the sacrament

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• Can everyone do these things with their hands? –No. –A man or boy must be ordained

to the priesthood to do these things.

– If he has not been ordained, the Lord will not recognize any ordinances performed by him.

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The priesthood is the power of God.

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•God shares his power with us through priesthood holders so we can receive the sacred ordinances (such as baptism) that will help us return to Heavenly Father’s presence.

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•No man can give himself this power; it must be given to him by God.

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• This is done through the laying on of hands by someone who has the proper authority.

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• In lesson 2 we learned that the priesthood was taken from the earth during the Apostasy.

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• In today’s lesson, we will learn how the priesthood was restored to the earth.

Lesson 8: The

Priesthood is Restored

“Lesson 8: The Priesthood Is Restored,” Primary 5: Doctrine and Covenants: Church History, (1997),36

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Discussion Time

Joseph and OLIVER ARE GIVEN THE PRIESTHOOD

Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery were translating the Book of Mormon.

They read about baptism and wanted to know more about it.

Joseph and Oliver decided to ask God.

They had faith that He would help them learn the truth.

On 15 May 1829, they went into the woods and prayed.

A heavenly messenger came to Joseph and Oliver.

It was John the Baptist, who had baptized Jesus long ago.

A bright light was all around him.

John the Baptist had come to give Joseph and Oliver the Aaronic Priesthood.

The priesthood is the power of God.

The Aaronic Priesthood includes the Authority to baptize people.

John the Baptist told Joseph and Oliver to baptize each other.

Joseph baptized Oliver, and then Oliver baptized Joseph.

They went down under the water when they were baptized.

Long ago, John the Baptist had baptized Jesus the same way.

Jesus had gone down under the water when He was baptized.

Joseph and Oliver were filled with the Holy Ghost after they were baptized.

The Holy Ghost told them the true Church of Jesus Christ would soon be on the earth again.

Joseph and Oliver told their good friends they had been baptized.

They also told them about the priesthood.

But Joseph and Oliver did not tell other people right away.

They knew that some people would not believe them and would make trouble for them.

Later, three other heavenly messengers came.

They were Peter, James, and John,

who were three of Jesus’ original

Apostles.

Peter, James, and

John gave Joseph

Smith and Oliver

Cowdery the

Melchizedek

Priesthood.

This is also called the “greater”

priesthood.

Once the priesthood was restored, righteous men could be given authority to help do God’s work on earth.

Men who have the Melchizedek Priesthood can be Church leaders.

They can give blessings to people.

They can also give people the gift of the Holy Ghost.

The restoration of the priesthood is a great blessing.

Discussion Time

•Why did Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery go into the woods to pray? (JS—H 1:68–69.)

Who appeared to them?

Who was John the Baptist?

• How did John the Baptist ordain Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery to the Aaronic Priesthood?

•Why did this priesthood authority need to come from a heavenly messenger?

–The priesthood needed to be given by someone with the proper authority.

•Because the priesthood had been taken from the earth, no one on the earth had that authority.

How are men ordained today?

Articles of Faith 1:5

•Who baptized Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery? (JS—H 1:71.)

What blessings did Joseph and Oliver receive after they were baptized? (JS—H 1:73–74.)

Who baptized you?

What authority did that person have to baptize you?

•What priesthood authority is necessary to baptize?

–Aaronic Priesthood (JS—H 1:69.)

•What priesthood authority is necessary to give the gift of the Holy Ghost?

–Melchizedek Priesthood

(JS—H 1:70.)

•Who were Peter, James, and John?

–Three of Jesus’ Apostles

• (Matthew 4:18–22.)

•While only boys and men hold the priesthood, everyone can be blessed by it.

What blessings can you receive (now or later in life) through the power of the priesthood? Blessings of healing or comfort Patriarchal blessings Priesthood ordination for boys Temple ordinances

Enrichment Activity 3

How can you prepare to receive priesthood blessings?

Attend church regularly

Study the scriptures

Pray

Serve and love others

Live the Word of Wisdom

Be honest

Use good language

Obey parents and Church leaders

Pay an honest tithe

Have an interview with the bishop

• How can we show our appreciation for the restoration of the priesthood?

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ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES

• Explain that from the earliest times the laying on of hands has been used in ordaining individuals to the priesthood, in conferring the Holy Ghost, and in giving priesthood blessings.

• Let’s look up the following scriptures and see what they have to say about the laying on of

Numbers 27:18, 22–23 Mark 6:5 Acts 8:17 Alma 6:1 Doctrine and Covenants 20:70 Doctrine and Covenants 35:6 Doctrine and Covenants 42:44 Doctrine and Covenants 68:27 Doctrine and Covenants 107:65–67

• Have any of you experienced the laying on of hands by priesthood holders?

Enrichment Activity 2

Priesthood power ________ ________ for sale

What do you think the missing words could be?

Enrichment Activity 2

Priesthood power ________ ________ for sale

What do you think the missing words could be?

Enrichment Activity 2

Let’s hear the story of Simon and the Priesthood from Acts 8: 9-22

Enrichment Activity 2

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•Many people in Samaria heard and believed the gospel.

• They were baptized, but they did not have the Holy Ghost.

• Peter and John went to Samaria. They laid their hands on people’s heads and gave them the gift of the Holy Ghost.

He wanted the priesthood too.

• A man named Simon saw Peter and John giving people the gift of the Holy Ghost.

• Simon knew that the two Apostles could give people the gift of the Holy Ghost because they had the priesthood.

• He offered Peter and John money for it.

• Peter told Simon that no one can buy the priesthood.

• God gives it to righteous men.

• Peter knew that Simon was not righteous.

• He told him to repent.

Enrichment Activity 2

Priesthood power ________ ________ for sale

• Do you now know what the missing words are?

Enrichment Activity 2

Priesthood power ________ ________ for sale

• The priesthood cannot be gained with money, but only through righteous living.

Is Not

Enrichment Activity 4

Can you match the Office in the Aaronic Priesthood with the Duty of the

Priesthood?

• Deacon

• Teacher

• Priest

Perform duties of deacons and teachers Prepare the Sacrament Baptize others for the remission of sins Be a messenger for the bishop Bless the Sacrament Go home teaching Pass the sacrament Take care of the grounds around the

meetinghouse Ordain other priests, teachers and

deacons Collect fast offerings Perform duties of deacons as needed

• Deacon

• Teacher

• Priest

Perform duties of deacons and teachers Prepare the Sacrament Baptize others for the remission of sins Be a messenger for the bishop Bless the Sacrament Go home teaching Pass the sacrament Take care of the grounds around the

meetinghouse Ordain other priests, teachers and

deacons Collect fast offerings Perform duties of deacons as needed

• Deacon

• Teacher

• Priest

Perform duties of deacons and teachers Prepare the Sacrament Baptize others for the remission of sins Be a messenger for the bishop Bless the Sacrament Go home teaching Pass the sacrament Take care of the grounds around the

meetinghouse Ordain other priests, teachers and

deacons Collect fast offerings Perform duties of deacons as needed

• Deacon

• Teacher

• Priest

Perform duties of deacons and teachers Prepare the Sacrament Baptize others for the remission of sins Be a messenger for the bishop Bless the Sacrament Go home teaching Pass the sacrament Take care of the grounds around the

meetinghouse Ordain other priests, teachers and

deacons Collect fast offerings Perform duties of deacons as needed

• Deacon

• Teacher

• Priest

Pass the sacrament Collect fast offerings Be a messenger for the bishop Take care of the grounds around the

meetinghouse Prepare the Sacrament Go home teaching Perform duties of deacons as needed Baptize others for the remission of sins Bless the Sacrament Ordain other priests, teachers and

deacons Perform duties of deacons and teachers

• To Perform these duties, the Aaronic Priesthood holder must be authorized to do so by the bishop.

Enrichment Activity 5

• Let’s repeat the fifth article of Faith.

• 5 We believe that a man must be called of God, by prophecy, and by the laying on of hands by those who are in authority, to preach the Gospel and administer in the ordinances thereof.

Enrichment Activity 5

• The priesthood can only be received through the laying on of hands by those who are in authority.

Enrichment Activity 5

After a boy or man receives the priesthood, he can perform ordinances only as authorized by the priesthood leader over him.

Enrichment Activity 5

For example, a priest cannot baptize someone without permission of the bishop.

• Let’s try to memorize the 5th Article of faith.

• 5 We believe that a man must be called of God, by prophecy, and by the laying on of hands by those who are in authority, to preach the Gospel and administer in the ordinances thereof.

TESTIMONY • I am grateful that we can receive all the

blessings necessary for us to return to Heavenly Father because of the restoration of the priesthood.

• I want to challenge the boys to prepare to receive the great power of the priesthood and to always live worthy to exercise that power.

• I want to challenge the girls to honor the priesthood and prepare themselves to be worthy to receive the blessings of the priesthood.

OUR CLOSING PRAYER WILL BE GIVEN BY

(ENTER NAME HERE)

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JS—H 1:68–69

68 We still continued the work of translation,

when, in the ensuing month (May, 1829), we on a

certain day went into the woods to pray and inquire

of the Lord respecting abaptism for the bremission of

sins, that we found mentioned in the translation of

the plates. While we were thus employed, praying

and calling upon the Lord, a messenger from heaven

descended in a ccloud of light, and having laid his dhands upon us, he eordained us, saying:

JS—H 1:68–69

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69 Upon you my fellow servants, in the name of

Messiah, I confer the aPriesthood of bAaron, which

holds the keys of the ministering of angels, and of

the gospel of repentance, and of cbaptism by

immersion for the remission of sins; and this shall

never be taken again from the earth until the sons of dLevi do offer again an offering unto the Lord in erighteousness.

Articles of Faith 1:5

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5 We believe that a man must be acalled of God,

by bprophecy, and by the laying on of chands by

those who are in dauthority, to epreach the Gospel

and administer in the fordinances thereof.

JS—H 1:71

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71 Accordingly we went and were baptized. I abaptized him first, and afterwards he baptized

me—after which I laid my hands upon his head

and ordained him to the Aaronic Priesthood, and

afterwards he laid his hands on me and ordained

me to the same Priesthood—for so we were

commanded.*

JS—H 1:73–74

73 Immediately on our coming up out of the water

after we had been baptized, we experienced great and

glorious blessings from our Heavenly Father. No sooner

had I baptized Oliver Cowdery, than the Holy Ghost fell

upon him, and he stood up and aprophesied many things

which should shortly come to pass. And again, so soon as

I had been baptized by him, I also had the spirit of

prophecy, when, standing up, I prophesied concerning

the rise of this Church, and many other things connected

with the Church, and this generation of the children of

men. We were filled with the Holy Ghost, and rejoiced in

the God of our salvation.

JS—H 1:73–74

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74 Our minds being now enlightened, we began to

have the ascriptures laid open to our understandings,

and the btrue meaning and intention of their more cmysterious passages revealed unto us in a manner which

we never could attain to previously, nor ever before had

thought of. In the meantime we were forced to keep

secret the circumstances of having received the

Priesthood and our having been baptized, owing to a

spirit of persecution which had already manifested itself

in the neighborhood.

JS—H 1:69

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69 Upon you my fellow servants, in the name of

Messiah, I confer the aPriesthood of bAaron, which

holds the keys of the ministering of angels, and of

the gospel of repentance, and of cbaptism by

immersion for the remission of sins; and this shall

never be taken again from the earth until the sons

of dLevi do offer again an offering unto the Lord in erighteousness.

JS—H 1:70

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70 He said this Aaronic Priesthood had not the

power of laying on hands for the gift of the Holy

Ghost, but that this should be conferred on us

hereafter; and he commanded us to go and be

baptized, and gave us directions that I should

baptize Oliver Cowdery, and that afterwards he

should baptize me.

Matthew 4:18–22

18 ¶And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee,

saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and

Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for

they were afishers.

19 And he saith unto them, aFollow me, and I

will make you bfishers of men.

20 And they straightway left their nets, and afollowed him.

Matthew 4:18–22

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21 And going on from thence, he saw other two

brethren, James the son of aZebedee, and John

his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father,

mending their nets; and he bcalled them.

22 And they immediately left the ship and

their father, and followed him.

Numbers 27:18, 22–23

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18 ¶And the Lord said unto Moses, Take thee aJoshua the son of bNun, a man in whom is the cspirit, and dlay thine hand upon him;

Mark 6:5

5 And he could there do no amighty work, save

that he blaid his chands upon a few sick folk, and

healed them.

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Acts 8:17

17 Then alaid they their hands on them, and they

received the bHoly Ghost.

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Alma 6:1

1 And now it came to pass that after Alma had

made an end of speaking unto the people of the

church, which was established in the city of

Zarahemla, he aordained priests and belders, by

laying on his chands according to the order of

God, to preside and dwatch over the church.

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Doctrine and Covenants 20:70

70 Every member of the church of Christ having achildren is to bring them unto the elders before

the church, who are to lay their bhands upon

them in the name of Jesus Christ, and bless them

in his name.

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Doctrine and Covenants 35:6

6 But now I give unto thee a commandment, that

thou shalt abaptize by water, and they shall

receive the bHoly Ghost by the laying on of the chands, even as the apostles of old.

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Doctrine and Covenants 42:44

44 And the elders of the church, two or more,

shall be called, and shall pray for and alay their bhands upon them in my name; and if they cdie

they shall ddie unto me, and if they live they shall

live unto me.

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Doctrine and Covenants 68:27

27 And their children shall be abaptized for the bremission of their sins when ceight years old, and

receive the laying on of the hands.

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Doctrine and Covenants 107:65–67

65 Wherefore, it must needs be that one be

appointed of the High aPriesthood to preside over

the priesthood, and he shall be called President of

the High Priesthood of the Church;

66 Or, in other words, the aPresiding High

Priest over the High Priesthood of the Church.

67 From the same comes the administering of

ordinances and blessings upon the church, by the alaying on of the hands.

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Acts 8: 9-22

9 But there was a certain man, called Simon,

which beforetime in the same city used asorcery,

and bbewitched the people of Samaria, giving out

that himself was some cgreat one:

10 To whom they all gave heed, from the least

to the greatest, saying, This man is the great

power of God.

11 And to him they had regard, because that of

long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.

Acts 8: 9-22

12 But when they believed Philip apreaching

the things concerning the kingdom of God, and

the bname of Jesus Christ, they were cbaptized,

both men and women.

13 Then Simon himself believed also: and

when he was baptized, he continued with Philip,

and awondered, beholding the miracles and signs

which were done.

14 Now when the apostles which were at

Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the aword of God, they sent unto them Peter and

John:

Acts 8: 9-22

15 Who, when they were come down, prayed

for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:

16 (For as yet he was fallen upon none of

them: only they were baptized in the name of the

Lord Jesus.)

17 Then alaid they their hands on them, and

they received the bHoly Ghost.

18 And when Simon saw that through alaying

on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Ghost was

given, he offered them money,

Acts 8: 9-22

19 Saying, Give me also this apower, that on

whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy

Ghost.

20 But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish

with thee, because thou hast thought that the agift

of God may be bpurchased with money.

21 Thou hast neither part nor lot in this

matter: for thy heart is not aright in the sight of

God.

Acts 8: 9-22

22 Repent therefore of this thy awickedness,

and pray God, if perhaps the bthought of thine cheart may be forgiven thee.

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