Rel C 471 - Alternative Practicum Paper

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Grantley Garner Rel C 471 Brother Hinton & Wright Alternative Practicum Assignment Imagine being at the most important event in human history. Imagine seeing the man, who knows you perfectly, be wrongfully accused, beaten, mocked, and crucified—and three days later unexpectedly see Him again in resurrected form. I can only imagine how Christ’s followers must have felt watching their Master, our Savior, break the chains of death, save humanity from the Fall of Adam, allowing us all to return to our Heavenly Parents. All thanks to the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. As most would agree, I believe this magnificent event deserves a closer look. In this paper, we will take a look at this marvelous event as recorded in Luke chapters 23 and 24. Specifically, we will not only look at what Jesus taught in His final moments, but also how He taught it. In the beginning of chapter 23, we read that Christ was taken before the Roman court, prefect of Judea Pontius Pilate, and later Herod, King of Judea. In verse 9, we learn that they questioned Jesus “with many words.” Jesus’s reply to these questions was simply “nothing” (verse 9). Why would Jesus not stand up for himself when His life is on the line? What is He trying to teach us? There are many things we could say, one of them might be Mosiah 3:7. “He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth ; he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb so he opened not his mouth .” I think one of the reasons He didn’t say anything was because silence can sometimes be the best teacher. If we put ourselves in Christ’s shoes, this had taken place after he the countless persecutions He had

faced throughout His life and now He had been taken before the Romans to be falsely accused and judged. He knew that His words would likely mean nothing to them. He knew silence would invite the Holy Ghost to catch them in their own words—maybe that would have gotten through to them. We as teachers can practice the same principle Jesus taught while letting students answer their own questions. Christ gives a deeper meaning to the quote “Sometimes silence is the best answer.” Later in chapter 23, we read about the experience Christ had with the two thieves that were crucified with Him and the soldiers that lifted them up on their crosses. Of the soldiers, Jesus exemplified the kind of love that only the Savior of the world could have. For the people that made Him suffer the worst of physical pain, nail Him to a cross, and lift Him up, Jesus said, “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots” (Luke 23:34). In His last few moments here on Earth, Christ chose to forgive them and ask His Father to do the same. Even though the soldiers cast lots and not care about what Christ had done for them, I imagine He still loved them the same. We learn about this kind of love in the ‘Teaching in the Savior’s Way’ manual. In the ‘Love Those You Teach’ section, it says, “Be careful not to make assumptions based only on what you see. The Holy Ghost can help you see in each person some of what the Savior sees— and help you begin to love them the way He does.” The Master Teacher taught us through His dying actions to be quick to forgive others—even if they may have hurt us. Teachers in the classroom today have the opportunity every class period to choose and learn to love each and every one of their students. At times, it may feel like the hardest thing to do, but it wasn’t easy for the Savior either.

The last of the Savior’s teachings that we will look at in Luke 23 is the interaction between the two thieves and Jesus. It was prophesied that Christ would “make His grave with the wicked” (Isaiah 53:9). This was fulfilled as His broken body hung in the air next to two thieves. We learn that these two thieves understood that they deserved their punishment. “For we receive the due reward of our deeds” (Verse 41). I imagine they hung there in ultimate defeat as one of the thieves said to Jesus “remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom” (Verse 42). His response in the next verse was a very heart-felt, learner-focused one. “Verily I say unto thee, today shalt thou be with me in paradise.” Because Christ cared enough about these somewhat low-life thieves and saw them for who they were, he promised them paradise and rest for their spirits. The love that Christ teaches with in these verses teaches us in our day that we must do the same in the classroom—not only for us to see each student for their divine potential but to help them see and achieve it as well. We are now going to take a look at the next chapter in Luke. In chapter 24 starting in verse 13 we learn of an experience Christ had with two of His disciples who were walking from Jerusalem to a village called Emmaus. In the footnote for verse 13 we learn that the distance between Jerusalem and Emmaus is seven and a half miles which would take about 3 to 4 hours to complete at walking speed. “And as they [the disciples] talked together, they talked of everything that had happened in Jerusalem. And while they were talking together, Jesus himself drew near and went with them, but their eyes were holden that they should not know him” (Luke 24:14-16). During their journey, Christ, disguised himself so they couldn’t recognize him—maybe to understand where they were at and the true feelings of their hearts. As they spent time together, He asked them questions and taught them through the scriptures. After being hard of heart to what the Savior was teaching them, in verse 25, he says to them, “You fools, you slow of heart to

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