We Have Found the Messiah – John 1

Free resources from church websites to help you teach the doctrine and principles found in this week’s Come, Follow Me New Testament reading of John 1. Find helps for children, youth, and adults!

Everyone

Activity – I can be a missionary now – game to play with the family

Video – Choose the Light – A reckless biker finds himself in a battle against time and the elements when he enters a situation he can’t get out of. He discovers his only option is to choose the light. (7:02 minutes)

Video – For the Beauty of the Earth – The Tabernacle Choir Sings this hymn while beautiful scenes from nature are shown

Video – Our Home – This inspiring video is a reminder that the earth was created for us to enjoy and take care of. (1:34 minutes)

Children

Jesus lived with Heavenly Father before He was born.

Lesson – Jesus Christ Volunteered to be Our Savior – To help the children feel greater love for Jesus Christ by teaching them that in the premortal life Jesus volunteered to be their Savior. New Testament Primary Manual.

Video – Introduction: Heavenly Father’s Plan – Scripture reader

Jesus created all things.

Activity – Jesus Christ Created the Earth for Me – Coloring page

Activity – Jesus Christ Created the Earth – Coloring page

Activity – I am part of a beautiful world – Coloring page

Activity – Enjoy God’s beautiful creations – Coloring page

I can invite others to come to Jesus Christ and learn of Him.

Activity – I Can Invite Others to Learn of Jesus Christ – Coloring page and invitation to church.

Activity – I can prepare now to serve a full-time mission – Coloring page

Activity – I can be a missionary now – Coloring page

Activity – Draw a Missionary – Use the instructions to draw a missionary from the early days of the church

Article/Activity – I will share the gospel with all of God’s children – Has pass along cards for children to share with others

Article – What’s the Answer – Some suggestions on how to answer your friends’ questions about the gospel.

Article – Question Corner – Children share ideas on how to be missionaries now

Jesus Christ is my light.

Activity/Article – The Light of Christ – What is the greatest source of light for us? No, it isn’t the sun. It is Jesus Christ. Includes a coloring activity.

Activity/Article – Lighting Our Way – Dallin H. Oaks told us four ways that Jesus lights our way. Find the scripture that matches each way.

Music – Jesus Is My True Light – Simplified sheet music for a new Primary song!

Youth

How Is Jesus Christ a Light in My Life?

Article – Light Cleaveth Unto Light – As we intensify our faith in Christ, we receive light in intensifying measure until it dispels all darkness.

Article – Christ: The Light that Shines in Darkness – If you feel that the beacon of your testimony is sputtering and darkness is closing in, take courage. Keep your promises to God.

Video – Patterns of Light: Light of Christ – What is light? In this three part series, Elder David A. Bednar discusses how we receive and perceive light from God. Part 1 centers on the properties of light and how the Light of Christ affects all men and women everywhere. (2:33 minutes)

Video – Good Things to Share – Sharing what matters most is not unusual at all. What good things will you share? (2:21 minutes)

Youth and Adults

Who was John?

Article – Who are Matthew, Mark, Luke and John? – Learn more about John

Article – John – more insights into who John was

Article – John, the Disciple whom Jesus Loved – The New Testament writings associated with John the Beloved present him as both a teacher and a model for our own discipleship.

Jesus Christ was “in the beginning with God.”

Article – “Called and Prepared from the Foundation of the World” – One cannot have adequate faith in a Christ whom he does not adequately know.

Article – Creator and Savior – The special creation of this earth was a vital part of the plan of salvation. It had a particular purpose. It was no afterthought. Neither was it an accident of any proportion, nor a spontaneous development of any kind.

Video – Jesus was God, the Creator – President Gordon B. Hinckley speaks of the beautiful creations of Jesus Christ (1:40 minutes)

Jesus Christ is the “true Light,” the Son of God.

Article – Follow the True Light – The light of Jesus Christ is always there for you—yesterday, today, and forever.

Article – The Light of Life – The Savior Jesus Christ is our light, our life, and our way—yesterday, today, and forever.

Article – Christ: The Light that Shines in Darkness – If you feel that the beacon of your testimony is sputtering and darkness is closing in, take courage. Keep your promises to God.

Article – Light and Truth – In our church we often speak of light and truth, but just what do these words mean?

Article – How Are We Blessed by the Light of the World? – Come, Follow Me Insights from the Liahona

Article – The Lord is Our Light – Seven Designed Quotes about Christ to Brighten Your Day

Jesus Christ gives us “power to become” the sons and daughters of God.

Article – But We Heeded Them Not – Covenants and ordinances point us to and help us always remember our connection with the Lord Jesus Christ as we progress along the covenant path.

Video – Come, Follow Me – Elder Holland uses the invitation Jesus extended to Andrew and John to show the Lord’s invitation to follow Him is still, and will always be extended. (2:00 minutes)

The Father bears record of His Son.

Article – The Father – Each of us has the potential to become like the Father. To do so, we must worship the Father in the name of the Son.

Video – The Lamb of God – (John 1:29) Elder Russell M. Nelson talks about the requirements of being the Lamb of God. (56 seconds)

We can gain our own witness of the Savior and then invite others to “come and see.”

Article – Sharing the Gospel Naturally – You can be a missionary in small ways each day.

Article – Sharing the Message of the Restoration and the Resurrection– The Restoration belongs to the world, and its message is especially urgent today.

Video – Come and See – President Uchtdorf invites people to learn of the gospel (1:30 minutes)

Adults

Article – A Testimony of Christ – Mankind’s greatest need today is a sincere conviction that Jesus Christ was and is in very deed the Savior and Redeemer of the world.

Article – John the Beloved: Special Witness of the Atonement – BYU Religious Studies Center

Article – God Incarnate: The Word Made Flesh – BYU Religious Studies Center

Article – The Gospel of John – BYU Religious Studies Center

Video – Our Savior in the Gospels: The Foreordained Redeemer – Religious scholars discuss the premortal world and the first-born obligation that Christ fulfilled in His mission on Earth as well as the ancient prophets foretelling His coming. BYUtv (26:45 minutes)