“Free to Choose Liberty and Eternal Life, through the Great Mediator” – 2 Nephi 1 – 2

Links to free resources for children, youth, and adults to enhance learning of gospel principles found in this week’s Come, Follow Me reading of 2 Nephi 1 – 2.

EVERYONE

Video – Lehi Gives His Family a Blessing (2 Nephi 1 – 4) – Book of Mormon Videos

Video – Dare to Stand Alone – Thomas S. Monson shares an experience he had in the Navy when he had to stand alone and reminds us that “we are never alone when we stand with our Father in Heaven.”

Video – Act for Themselves – (2 Nephi 2) A young man’s alter ego shows him how all things are provided to allow him to use his agency to choose liberty and eternal life or captivity and spiritual death. (18:40 minutes)

CHILDREN

Activity – Article of Faith 2 – A crossword that explains Adam’s transgressions.

Activity – Garden of Eden – Finger puppets to tell the story of Adam and Eve

Activity – Article of Faith 3 – coloring page

Activity – The Scriptures Teach me About Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ – coloring page

Activity/Article – Jesus Christ is My Savior – Look up scriptures listed on pieces of fruit, and place them on the tree. The fruit represents the blessings we receive because of the Atonement.

Activity/Article – Agency is a Gift to Choose for Ourselves – A message and printable game about choosing the right.

Video – Adam and Eve – Old Testament Scripture reader

YOUTH

Article – Jesus Christ: Our Source of Joy – In this New Era article, President Russell M. Nelson shares how we can feel joy through Jesus Christ regardless of what difficulties we’re facing.

Video – Three Pillars of God’s Plan – (2 Nephi 2:14–29) Elder Russell M. Nelson tells of the importance of the Creation, the Fall of Adam, and the Atonement in God’s plan.

Video – Saved by the Merits of Christ – (2 Nephi 2:7-8) Elder Richard G. Scott talks about how we are saved through the merits of Christ. (1:13)

YOUTH & ADULTS

Article – Where Justice, Love, and Mercy Meet – Jesus Christ suffered, died, and rose from death in order that He could lift us to eternal life.

Article – Free Forever, to Act for Themselves – It is God’s will that we be free men and women enabled to rise to our full potential both temporally and spiritually.

Article – What Blessings Did the Fall Make Possible? – From the February 2020 Ensign

Article – The Fulness of the Gospel: The Fall of Adam and Eve – This Ensign article explains how the Fall was a stepping-stone in Heavenly Father’s plan for His children’s happiness.

Article – “Shake Off the Chains with Which Ye Are Bound” – Lehi warned his sons to “shake off the chains” because he knew that chains restrict our mobility, growth, and happiness. They cause us to become confused and less able to be guided by God’s Spirit.

Article – Infuriating Unfairness – Jesus Christ both understands unfairness and has the power to provide a remedy.

Video – The Fall – Russell M. Nelson teaches that the Fall is part of the plan of salvation. (6:25)

ADULTS

Article – Three Pillars of Eternity – God grant that we may all believe and know and understand the great eternal verities by which salvation comes and that, believing and knowing and understanding, we may so live as to gain eternal life. BYU Devotional by Bruce R. McConkie

Article – Free to Choose – As we use our agency to choose the right, reject evil, and love God, His grace is sufficient for us, and by that grace we will become perfected in Christ.

Article – Agency and Freedom – BYU Religious Studies Center

Article – Teaching the Fall and the Atonement: A Comparative Method – BYU Religious Studies Center

Article – The Fortunate Fall of Adam and Eve – BYU Religious Studies Center

Article – Lehi on God’s Law and an Opposition in All Things – BYU Religious Studies Center

Video – Discussions on the Book of Mormon: 2 Nephi 1, 3 – Professors from the BYU Department of Ancient Scripture discuss the beginning of the second book of Nephi and the emphasis that Nephi places in these chapters on the teachings of his father Lehi. BYUtv.

Video – Discussions on the Book of Mormon: 2 Nephi 2 – Professors from the BYU Department of Ancient Scripture discuss the doctrinally rich chapter found in 2 Nephi chapter 2. Hear their insights and teachings concerning the theology, philosophy, and doctrine found in this important chapter. BYUtv.

Video – Come Follow Up: 2 Nephi 1-2 – Come Follow Up host Ben Lomu leads the discussion with gospel scholars Patrick Mason and Joseph Spencer, and special guest Lili Anderson on the following topics: I Can “Awake and Arise from the Dust” and Because of Jesus Christ, I Am “Free to Choose Liberty and Eternal Life”.