Slide 1 : Ether 2 Problems and Solutions The Brother of Jared built barges according to the Lord’s design. Read Ether 2:18–19 and identify three problems he encountered and presented to the Lord? No light
No steering
No air
Slide 2 : Ether 2 Problems and Solutions Read Ether 2:20–25 looking for the Lord’s solutions to the Brother of Jared’s problems. No air
No steering
No light Problem Solution The Lord asks the brother of Jared what he would like Him to do (see v. 25) The Lord says He will guide the barges (see v. 24). The Lord instructs him to make holes with removable plugs in the top and bottom of the barges (see v. 20).
Slide 3 : Ether 2 Problems and Solutions Why do you think the Lord revealed solutions for two of the problems but left it to the brother of Jared to solve the problem of not having light?
What are some other scriptural examples where the Lord required an individual’s own effort in solving a problem?
How can it help us when the Lord requires us to find solutions to our own problems with His guidance?
Slide 4 : Ether 2 Problems and Solutions “Clearly the brother of Jared was being tested. God had done his part. Unique, resolutely seaworthy ships for crossing the ocean had been provided. The brilliant engineering had been done. The hard part of the construction project was over. Now the Lord wanted to know what the brother of Jared would do about incidentals” (Jeffrey R. Holland, Christ and the New Covenant, 16)
Slide 5 : Ether 2 Problems and Solutions Read Ether 3:4–6 and answer the following: How did the brother of Jared decide to solve the problem of not having light?
How did the Lord respond to the brother of Jared’s request?
What impresses you most about the Lord’s response?
Slide 6 : Ether 2 Problems and Solutions Mattheus 16:18
“En Ik zeg u ook, dat gij zijt Petrus, en op deze petra zal ik Mijn gemeente bouwen, en de poorten der hel zullen dezelve niet overweldigen.”
Daniel 2:34 “Stone cut out of the mountain without hands”
Matt. 7:25 “Dwaas man en Wijze man”
Eph. 2:20 “Jesus Christ being the chief cornerstone”
Helaman 5:12 “Rock of our Redeemer, who is Jesus Christ”
L&V 6:34 “If you are built upon His rock, the devil will not prevail against you”
L&V 11:24 “Build upon my rock, which is my gospel”