lesson 13: the baptismal covenant

Lesson 13:The Baptismal Covenant

“Lesson 13: The Baptismal Covenant,” Primary 3: Choose the Right B, (1994),61

PurposePurpose

To help the children understand that when they To help the children understand that when they are baptized, they make a covenant with are baptized, they make a covenant with

Heavenly Father. Heavenly Father.

Our opening prayer will be given Our opening prayer will be given byby

(Enter Name Here)(Enter Name Here)

Attention ActivityAttention Activity

• I need a volunteer, I need a volunteer, who should it be?who should it be?• I will ask you to do I will ask you to do

something.something.• If you do what I ask, If you do what I ask,

I will give you I will give you something special.something special.


• Do you promise to Do you promise to do your best as what do your best as what I ask you to do?I ask you to do?• I want you to turn I want you to turn

around two times around two times then shake your then shake your hand for 5 seconds.hand for 5 seconds.• Please do it now.Please do it now.


• Now that you have Now that you have completed what I completed what I asked you to do, I asked you to do, I will keep my part of will keep my part of the promise and the promise and give you something give you something special.special.


• Here it is!!!Here it is!!!


• We both kept our promises.We both kept our promises.• What was asked to do was done.What was asked to do was done.• When it was done, something special When it was done, something special

was presented.was presented.


• Would anyone else Would anyone else like to try this task?like to try this task?


• What did we each What did we each promise to do? promise to do?


What happened when you kept your What happened when you kept your promise? promise?

StoryStory

• Listen to the following story about a Listen to the following story about a boy named Stephen.boy named Stephen.

StoryStory

• Stephen was about to go out to play one Stephen was about to go out to play one morning when his mother handed him a bag morning when his mother handed him a bag of apples. of apples.

• ““This bag of apples is for Sister Jones down This bag of apples is for Sister Jones down the street. Could you deliver them for me?” the street. Could you deliver them for me?” she asked. she asked.

• ““Sure,” said Stephen as he took the bag. Sure,” said Stephen as he took the bag.

• ““Be sure you deliver the apples before you play, Be sure you deliver the apples before you play, and be careful not to drop any on the ground,” and be careful not to drop any on the ground,” cautioned his mother. “Take them right to Sister cautioned his mother. “Take them right to Sister Jones.” Jones.”

• ““I will. I promise!” said Stephen. I will. I promise!” said Stephen.

• When Stephen came out of his house with the bag When Stephen came out of his house with the bag of apples, two of his friends were waiting for him. of apples, two of his friends were waiting for him. They were starting up a game and wanted him to They were starting up a game and wanted him to play. play.

• ““I’ve got to deliver these apples first,” Stephen I’ve got to deliver these apples first,” Stephen replied. replied.

• One of the boys said, “Oh, you can do that later. We One of the boys said, “Oh, you can do that later. We can only play for an hour, so we need to get can only play for an hour, so we need to get started.”started.”

• ““No, I’ll do this first. I promised my mother.” No, I’ll do this first. I promised my mother.” • As he walked, Stephen began to swing the bag of As he walked, Stephen began to swing the bag of

apples in the air. Then he remembered his promise. apples in the air. Then he remembered his promise. If he swung the bag high in the air an apple might If he swung the bag high in the air an apple might fall out and get bruised. He held the bag carefully fall out and get bruised. He held the bag carefully as he walked the rest of the way to Sister Jones’s as he walked the rest of the way to Sister Jones’s house. house.

• As he handed the bag to Sister Jones, Stephen As he handed the bag to Sister Jones, Stephen smiled. smiled.

Story DiscussionStory Discussion

• What did Stephen promise his What did Stephen promise his mother? mother? • How do you think Stephen felt How do you think Stephen felt

knowing he had kept his promise? knowing he had kept his promise?

PROMISEPROMISE

• What do you think this word means?What do you think this word means?• When you agree to do something or When you agree to do something or

say you will do it, you are making a say you will do it, you are making a promise. promise.

DiscussionDiscussion

• There is another kind of promise.There is another kind of promise.• It’s called a “Two-way promise”.It’s called a “Two-way promise”.• Listen carefully to the following Listen carefully to the following

situation.situation.• See if you can identify what Jean and See if you can identify what Jean and

her father promised each other. her father promised each other.

• Jean excitedly told Jean excitedly told her father that the her father that the circus was in town circus was in town and asked if they and asked if they could go. could go.

• Father reminded Father reminded Jean that yesterday Jean that yesterday the wind had blown the wind had blown lots of loose trash lots of loose trash into the yard, and it into the yard, and it needed to be needed to be cleaned up. cleaned up. • Jean frowned. Jean frowned.

• Father told her that if Father told her that if she cleaned the yard she cleaned the yard in the morning, he in the morning, he would take her to the would take her to the circus that afternoon. circus that afternoon. • Jean said she would Jean said she would

clean the yard. clean the yard.

• Both Jean and her Both Jean and her father made a father made a promise to each promise to each other. other.

• What was Jean’s part of the What was Jean’s part of the promise?promise?

• What was her father’s part of What was her father’s part of the promise?the promise?

• If Jean broke her part of the promise, If Jean broke her part of the promise, would her father still need to keep his would her father still need to keep his part of the promise? part of the promise? –NoNo

COVENANTCOVENANT

• What is this word?What is this word?• Let’s say it all together. Let’s say it all together.

COVENANTCOVENANT

• What is a covenant? What is a covenant?

COVENANTCOVENANT

• What is a covenant?What is a covenant?–A A covenantcovenant is a two-way promise. is a two-way promise.–When you make a covenant with When you make a covenant with

someone, you agree to do certain someone, you agree to do certain things and that person agrees to do things and that person agrees to do certain things. certain things.

When we are When we are baptized, baptized, we make a we make a covenantcovenant

Scripture DiscussionScripture Discussion

• When you are eight years old, you When you are eight years old, you can make a very important covenant.can make a very important covenant.• Listen to the following scripture so Listen to the following scripture so

you call tell with whom the covenant you call tell with whom the covenant is made and how it is made.is made and how it is made.


• Let’s read from part of Let’s read from part of Alma 7:15::

• ““. . .come and go forth, and show unto your . . .come and go forth, and show unto your God that ye are willing to repent of your sins God that ye are willing to repent of your sins and enter into a covenant with him to keep and enter into a covenant with him to keep his commandments, and witness it unto him his commandments, and witness it unto him this day by going into the waters of this day by going into the waters of baptism.”baptism.”

http://scriptures.lds.org/alma/7/15#Slide%2015


• According to this scripture, with According to this scripture, with whom do you make a covenant? whom do you make a covenant?


• According to this scripture, with According to this scripture, with whom do you make a covenant? whom do you make a covenant?

–Heavenly FatherHeavenly Father


• What must you do to show that you What must you do to show that you make the covenant with Heavenly make the covenant with Heavenly Father? Father?


• What must you do to show that you What must you do to show that you make the covenant with Heavenly make the covenant with Heavenly Father? Father? –Be baptizedBe baptized


• The covenant we are talking about is called the baptismal covenant.


• When we are baptized, we show Heavenly Father that we are making a covenant with him.


• We promise to do something, and Heavenly Father promises to do something.

BaptismBaptism

• Listen to the words of the following song about when Jesus was baptized.

BaptismBaptism1. Jesus came to John the Baptist,In Judea long ago,And was baptized by immersionIn the River Jordan's flow.2. "To fulfill the law," said Jesus,When the Baptist questioned why,"And to enter with my FatherIn the kingdom up on high."3. Now we know that we must alsoWitness faith in Jesus' word,Be baptized to show obedience,As was Jesus Christ, our Lord.Words: Mabel Jones Gabbott, 1910-2004. (c) 1969 IRIMusic: Crawford Gates, b. 1921. (c) 1969 IRI. Arr. (c) 1981, 1989 IRI


• When we are baptized, we promise Heavenly Father that we will obey his commandments.

Obey the commandmentsObey the commandments


• What are some of Heavenly Father’s commandments?


• What do we promise Heavenly Father when we are baptized?


• What do we promise Heavenly Father when we are baptized? –To obey the commandments


• What do we promise Heavenly Father when we are baptized? –To obey the commandments

• This is our part of the covenant.


• If we keep our promise, Heavenly Father promises to forgive us when we repent.


Forgive MeForgive Me


• If we keep our promise, Heavenly Father promises to give us the gift of the Holy Ghost.



Gift of the Holy GhostGift of the Holy Ghost


• He promises that we will live with him forever.




Live with him foreverLive with him forever


• What is Heavenly Father’s part of the covenant? –He will forgive us when we repent. –He will give us the gift of the Holy

Ghost. –He will let us live with him forever

• On the following slides, we are going On the following slides, we are going to show you some promises that are to show you some promises that are made at the time you are baptized. made at the time you are baptized. • Tell weather it is something that You Tell weather it is something that You

promise, or if it’s something that promise, or if it’s something that heavenly father promises.heavenly father promises.

Activity

I PromiseHeavenly

Father Promises


I PromiseHeavenly

Father Promises


Live with Him foreverLive with Him forever

I PromiseHeavenly

Father Promises



I PromiseHeavenly

Father Promises




Forgive Me

I PromiseHeavenly

Father Promises

Obey the commandmentsObey the commandments Forgive MeForgive Me




• The commandments we promise to obey include the teachings of Jesus Christ we have learned in Primary and at home.


• What do the following pictures remind you that we should be doing.

Read the Scriptures

Go to Church

Pray Daily

Pay Tithing

Loving Others

Choose the Right

• You should remember that being baptized includes promising to keep his commandments.

Picture DiscussionPicture Discussion

• Look at your CTR ring and think about keeping their promise to Heavenly Father whenever you look at your ring.

TestimonyTestimony• It is important to keep the promises you make, It is important to keep the promises you make,

especially those we make with our Heavenly especially those we make with our Heavenly Father. Father.

• I want to bear my testimony that Heavenly I want to bear my testimony that Heavenly Father loves all of us and wants to keep his part Father loves all of us and wants to keep his part of the baptismal covenant. of the baptismal covenant.

• I want to encourage you to be prepared to I want to encourage you to be prepared to make and keep your baptismal covenant by make and keep your baptismal covenant by keeping the promises they make. keeping the promises they make.

Our closing prayer will be given byOur closing prayer will be given by

(Enter Name Here)(Enter Name Here)

THE ENDTHE END

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