Week 4: Student Choice Activity #2

Week 4: Unit 2: Choice 1

1. I found that he chose not to follow that Savior because he had "great possessions" and He seemed to be looking at the earthly effect of giving away his possessions compared to the eternal effects of following Christ. The Savior promised him that he would have "treasure in heaven" if he followed Him.

I think the verses in Mark helped alot with understanding what the Lord meant when He said "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God". He said in vs. 24 "How hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!". I think this shows that the Man was trusting more in what he could see and touch and physcially hold at that time rather than having faith that if he gave it all up and followed the Lord he would receive "an hundred fold now in this time... and in the world to come eternal life".

2. The            How         Hours            How
    hour           much       worked          much
     the             the                               they
laborers          man                             were
    were         agreed                         actually
   hired           to pay                           paid

"early in         penny        twelve?         penny
the morning"

Third         "whatsoever     nine            penny
                     is right"

Sixth               penny          six            penny

Ninth              penny         three          penny

Eleventh     "whatsoever     one           penny
                    is right"

3. What do we learn from this parable about serving in the Lord's kingdom?
            We need to stop focusing on the blessings others are recieving for their work and start focusing on bettering ourselves
     What message of comfort can this parable have for converts to the Church?
             It does not matter where you are in the path  towards Heaven, just that you are making progress. If you join the day before the second coming or lived 100 years in the church, you are able to recieve the same blessings.
      What would you tell someone who feels it is unfair for each of the laborers to be paid equally?
              I would say that same things Elder Holland said in his conference talk this last April, that we should not be upset when other's recieve blessings or rewards, and we have no reason to be upset when we recieved the agreed upon payment that we were excited to recieve at the earlier day. Who are we to tell the worker what is fair, when we agreed to the work and the payment.