Stories of Christ: Story 49

A Review

Order

Date

Story

Ornament

Principle taught

Scripture Reader

Scripture Reference

Video

Picture

Why that Ornament

Song

49

23-Dec

Review

Christmas Tree

Witness of Christ

NT 55

Acts 1:8-11

For God so Loved the World

The Ascension of Christ

The needles on a tree point upward reminding us to look up and forward to His return. Witnessing to others that he will return.

The Church of Jesus Christ CS 77

Video

These videos are a great review of many of the stories of Christ visited over the past few weeks.  The first is narrated by scriptures, the second is a music video to O Holy Night 

Quote/Principle

Our responsibility is to share the teachings and stories we have learned with others, to be a witness of Jesus Christ.  To do this we must be converted to Him.

We serve as witnesses of Jesus Christ through our baptism, our membership in his Church, our partaking of the sacrament, and our prayers and other actions in his name. But our duty to be witnesses of Jesus Christ requires more than this, and I fear that some of us fall short. Latter-day Saints can become so preoccupied with our own agendas that we can forget to witness and testify of Christ… How do members become witnesses? The original Apostles were eyewitnesses to the ministry and resurrection of the Savior. He told them, “Ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.” However, he cautioned them that their witnessing would be after they had received the Holy Ghost. An eyewitness was not enough. Even the witness and testimony of the original Apostles had to be rooted in the testimony of the Holy Ghost.

Dallin H. Oaks, Witnesses of Christ, Oct 1990, General Conference

Ornament

The needles of the tree point upward to heaven.  This can remind us to look up, remember the lessons of Jesus Christ, witness of them to those around us, and prepare for the coming of Christ.