Pretend a friend is coming to your home. Draw a “respect line” on the chalkboard, to record whether the friend is showing respect or disrespect for you and your home.
My Friend's Respect Line for Visiting My Home
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Respect
_____/_____/______/_______/_______/________/_______/______/_______/_______
Disrespect
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A friend comes to visit at your house.
·
Waits
quietly outside until invited in.
·
Walks
in with muddy feet.
·
Thanks
you for the invitation to come.
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Shouts
and yells loudly in your home.
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Greets
your parents politely.
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Demands
something to eat.
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Treats
your possessions carefully.
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Ignores
your parents when they speak to him or her.
·
Invites
you to visit at his or her house.
How do you show respect?
When you visit a friend's home?
When you are in your own home?
When you come to Primary?
What would your respect line look like for each of those things?
When Jesus lived on the earth as a mortal, . . .
John 2:13–16,
13 ¶And the Jews’ passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,
14 And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:
I read on one internet site that Josephus wrote about this incident and said that the sellers of sacrificial animals inside the temple courts would charge fifteen times the going rate that you would normally pay.
What were "changers of money"?
At the Great Temple in Jerusalem the annual tax levied on Jews was 1/2 shekel per male. the 1/2 shekel and shekel were not always used in everyday commerce, but were the only coins accepted by the temple. Many taxpayers required a currency exchange, so money changers set up in the Temple court. Jesus found this business and their shouting (advertising rates) offensive, so he threw over their tables.
(http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Why%20Money%20Does%20Matter)
15 And when he had made a a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew the tables;
16 And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise.
How do you show respect?
When you visit a friend's home?
When you are in your own home?
When you come to Primary?
What would your respect line look like for each of those things?
My Respect Line for __________________________________
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Respect
_____/_____/______/_______/_______/________/_______/______/_______/_______
Disrespect
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Jesus taught about respect for holy places when He cleansed the temple in Jerusalem -- not just once, but twice.
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What do you see happening in these pictures?
When Jesus lived on the earth as a mortal, . . .
Let's look at the Temple in Jerusalem --
John 2:13–16,
13 ¶And the Jews’ passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,
14 And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:
Why were they selling oxen and sheep and doves?
Under the Mosaic Law, the people offered animal sacrifices to covenant with God and to remember the sacrifice that their Savior would make.
I read on one internet site that Josephus wrote about this incident and said that the sellers of sacrificial animals inside the temple courts would charge fifteen times the going rate that you would normally pay.
What were "changers of money"?
At the Great Temple in Jerusalem the annual tax levied on Jews was 1/2 shekel per male. the 1/2 shekel and shekel were not always used in everyday commerce, but were the only coins accepted by the temple. Many taxpayers required a currency exchange, so money changers set up in the Temple court. Jesus found this business and their shouting (advertising rates) offensive, so he threw over their tables.
(http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Why%20Money%20Does%20Matter)
15 And when he had made a a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew the tables;
16 And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise.
- 3 years later; Matthew 21:12–14, 12 ¶And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,
- 13 And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
- What did Jesus do in the temple after he had driven them out?
- Matthew 21: 14 And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.
- Luke 19: 47 And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,
- •Why do you think it is important to be reverent in holy places such as homes, temples, and church buildings -- places that have been dedicated to the Lord.? For whom are we showing respect?
- Where in the church building should we show respect?
- • Who was Jesus showing love and respect for when he cast out the money changers? (John 2:16.) make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise. Why did he do this?
- • How can we show love and respect for Heavenly Father and Jesus at church? at home? at school? at play?
- When we are reverent during the sacrament, we are showing love and respect for Jesus and the covenants we make with Heavenly Father.
It is important to be reverent and attentive during all of Primary,
but perhaps the most important time is when another child is giving a talk.- When we listen to the talks in sacrament meeting and are reverent in Primary, we learn more about Heavenly Father and Jesus and what they want us to do.
- When we pray appropriately, we are showing respect for Heavenly Father.
- When we dress modestly, we are showing that we respect our bodies as sacred creations of Heavenly Father.
- When we act the way Heavenly Father and Jesus want us to, we are showing that we believe in them and that it is important to us to do what they have asked us to do.
- When we use the name of the Lord reverently and do not misuse it, we are showing others that we respect and love him.
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| Exodus 20:7 |
- The following incident was told by President Spencer W. Kimball:“In the hospital one day I was wheeled out of the operating room by an attendant who stumbled, and there issued from his angry lips vicious cursing [swearing] with a combination of the names of the Savior. Even half-conscious, I recoiled and implored: ‘Please! Please! That is my Lord whose name you revile.’ There was a deathly silence, then a subdued voice whispered: ‘I am sorry.’ He had forgotten for the moment that the Lord had forcefully commanded all his people, ‘Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain’ (Exodus 20:7)” (“President Kimball Speaks Out on Profanity,” Ensign, Feb. 1981, p. 3).
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