The Scriptures Teach of Heavenly Father’s Plan

Many people don’t know where they came from, why they’re here now, and where they will go after they die. Members of the church, however, know that God has a plan for them. Moses 1:39 says, “For behold, this is my work and my glory – to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.”

Before we came to earth we lived in the pre-mortal life. We learned as much as we could. One day God called a meeting in heaven. He said that to be like him, we had to get a body. Abraham 3:22 talks about the meeting in heaven. It reads, “Now the Lord had shown unto me, Abraham, the intelligences that were organized before the world was.”

Everyone here made the choice to come to earth, while others followed Satan and were cast out. We came to earth through birth and will leave by death.

After death we go to the spirit world until it’s time to be resurrected. Alma 40:11 says, “Now, concerning the state of the soul between death and the resurrection – Behold, it has been made known unto me by an angel, that the spirits of all men, as soon as they are departed from this mortal body, yea, the spirits of all men, whether they be good or evil, are taken home to that God who gave them life.”

After we are resurrected through the blood of the lamb, we will be brought unto God for the judgment day. Those who are found righteous and guiltless will go to the Celestial Kingdom, receive the gift of eternal life, and live with their families forever.

In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

(This was a fabulous school assignment. Sydney took notes from a Friend magazine article and the scriptures, organized her notes into an outline, wrote a first draft, and then edited and prepared her final draft. And it is so wonderful when you realize that the things your kids are learning at home and at primary are sinking in!)