Jacob 5-7 – The Lord Labors with Us

Links to free resources for children, youth, and adults to enhance learning the doctrine taught in this week’s Come, Follow Me reading of Jacob 5 – 7.

EVERYONE

Activity – Digital Vineyard Harvesting – Use this activity from the Ensign to teach your family about the gathering of Israel, which includes doing temple work for our deceased ancestors.

Video – Jacob 5 – Jacob tells of a man and his vineyard. The man plants wild and tame olive tree branches and clears branches that produced wild fruit, leaving only good fruit behind.

Video – Jacob 7 – Sherem preaches against the doctrine of Christ and demands a sign. He is smitten by the power of God and dies after confessing his sins to the people.(7:16)

Video – Old Testament Olive Vineyard – (Jacob 5–6) Seminary students visit an Old Testament olive vineyard and are taught how to care for olive trees. They discover conditions in the vineyard that parallel the conditions in Zenos’s allegory. Segment 1, Old Testament Olive Vineyard (6:51)

Video – Vineyard at the Time of Christ – (Jacob 5–6) Seminary students visit an Old Testament olive vineyard and are taught how to care for olive trees. They discover conditions in the vineyard that parallel the conditions in Zenos’s allegory. Segment 2, Old Testament Olive Vineyard. (2:08)

Video – Nethermost Parts of the Vineyard – (Jacob 5–6) Seminary students visit an Old Testament olive vineyard and are taught how to care for olive trees. They discover conditions in the vineyard that parallel the conditions in Zenos’s allegory. Segment 3, Nethermost Parts of the Vineyard. (1:15)

Video – All Fruit of the Vineyard is Corrupt – Seminary students visit an Old Testament olive vineyard and are taught how to care for olive trees. They discover conditions in the vineyard that parallel the conditions in Zenos’s allegory. Segment 4 – All Fruit of the Vineyard is Corrupt. Jacob 5-6 (1:19)

Video – The Olive Tree – (Jacob 5–6) A group of seminary students visit an Old Testament olive vineyard and are taught how to care for olive trees. They discover conditions in the vineyard that parallel the conditions in Zenos’s allegory. Segment 5, Song: “The Olive Tree”. (2:33)

CHILDREN

Activity – Allegory of the Olive Tree – Print this page for your children to color as you teach them about the allegory of the olive trees.

Activity – Faith Is Like a Seed – Use this color-by-number page from the Friend to teach your children how a seed of faith can grow into a strong tree.

Activity – Missionaries Help Heavenly Father’s Children – maze

Activity – Jacob and Sherem – scripture figures

Activity/Article – The Story of the Olive Trees – Definitions to help children understand Jacob 5 and a scripture challenge.

Audio – Jacob and Sherem – A Primary teacher and children learn about the new Promised Land and what a testimony is, how we can make it strong, and how to share it with others. We will also learn about how Satan tried to influence us and how we can withstand evil influences.

Lesson – The Prophet Jacob is Confronted by Sherem – To strengthen the children’s testimonies of Jesus Christ so they will have power to withstand evil influences. Primary Book of Mormon Manual

Song – Dare to Do Right – Sing Along Video with words

Song – Stand for the Right – Sing Along Video with Words

Song – Called to Serve – Sing Along Video with Words

Video – Jacob and Sherem – Book of Mormon Reader

Video – Gathering Israel: Jacob 5 – New video to help children understand grafting and how it relates to the gathering of Israel.

YOUTH

Article – 12 Facts about the Gathering of Israel – This New Era article helps you see how the gathering of Israel fits into the gospel—and how you fit into the gathering.

Article – How can I develop unshakeable faith and overcome doubt? – This New Era article explains how knowing and trusting Jesus Christ helps make our faith unshakeable.

Article/Video – Hope of Israel – President Russell M. Nelson and Sister Wendy W. Nelson invited all youth to join the Lord’s battalion by helping gather Israel in this worldwide youth devotional.

YOUTH & ADULTS

Article – What Can We Learn from the Allegory of the Olive Tree? – Defines terms used in the allegory to help better understand it.

Article – The Gathering of Israel: Like an Olive Vineyard – President Russell M. Nelson has taught that the gathering of Israel “is the most important thing taking place on earth today”—and we can be a part of it! But what exactly is the gathering, and to whom does it apply? Once we understand this important work, we can better decide how we each want to help gather Israel.

Article – Defending the Faith – In this Ensign article, Jörg Klebingat reminds us that in the War in Heaven we defended Heavenly Father’s plan by the strength of our testimonies. He provides five tips for us to continue valiantly defending and proclaiming the truth today.

Article – The Gathering of Scattered Israel – In this general conference address, President Russell M. Nelson recounts the history of the scattering of Israel and reminds us of our role to help bring to pass the gathering of Israel and the restoration of all things.

Article – Remembering in Whom We have Trusted – Our hope to live again with the Father depends on the Atonement of Jesus Christ..

Article – Sherem’s Skepticism: The Tactics of a Faith Shaker – This article examines the various methods used by Sherem to undermine faith and how we can counter modern manifestations of these same methods.

Article – Don’t Give Up on Me – In this Ensign article Larry S. Kacher teaches as we—like the servants in Jacob’s allegory—go forward with a quiet assurance that the Lord will never give up on us, we too must never give up on those we love, acting as instruments in the Lord’s hands to gather Israel.

Article – The Lord Leads His Church – The Lord’s leadership of His Church requires great and steady faith from all who serve Him on earth.

Article – Valiant in the Testimony of Jesus – We cannot afford to have our testimonies of the Father and the Son become confused and complicated by stumbling blocks.

ADULTS

Article – “Ye Shall Have Joy with Me”: The Olive Tree, the Lord, and His Servants – BYU Religious Studies Center

Article – Autumn, Olives, and the Atonement – BYU Religious Studies Center

Video – Discussions on the Book of Mormon: Jacob 4-6 – Professors from the BYU Department of Ancient Scripture discuss Jacob’s teachings about the Law of Moses, the correct intent of that Law, and the allegory of the olive tree.

Video – The Book of Mormon: Jacob’s Teachings in Jacob 4-6 – BYU Religious Education

Video – Come Follow Up: Jacob 5 – 7 – Come Follow Up host Ben Lomu leads the discussion with gospel scholars James Goldberg and Deidre Green, and special guest David Wright on the following topics: Jesus Christ Is the Lord of the Vineyard and The Lord Invites Me to Labor with Him in His Vineyard. BYUtv