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Another Testament of Jesus Christ
- 1. "Another Testament of Jesus Christ" • BOM introduction • Testimony of Joseph Smith • Witnesses
- 2. "Another Testament of Jesus Christ"
- 3. Original Title page 1830: • 5,000 original copies • copyright required Authorship • intro by Mormon "by way of commandment" "spirit of Prophecy • last page in the gold plates show know convince
- 5. Things God gave Joseph Smith to help him with his responsibilities "I betook myself to prayer and supplication...calling on God" PRAYER "he called me by name telling me his name was Moroni" A PROPHET'S WORDS "God had a work for me to do" VISION OF FUTURE "quoting prophecies of the Old Testament" Malachi, Elijah, Isaiah SENSE OF THE PAST three times that night and once the next morning---4X REPEATED MESSAGES "Satan would try to tempt me to use the plates for money" SPECIFIC WARNINGS "commanded me to go and tell my father" WHY? SUPPORTIVE FAMILY "went at the end of each year and received instruction" YEARLY INTERVIEW
- 6. Which is your favorite symbol and why?
- 7. Three Witnesses • SPIRITUAL WITNESSES • June 1829 Fayette New York (translation complete) • told to testify of the translation specifically Oliver Cowdery David Whitmer Martin Harris Faithful Never returned Came back
- 8. Eight Witnesses • PHYSICAL WITNESSES • tangible reality of the plates • shown by Joseph Smith Christian Whitmer Hiram Page Jacob Whitmer Joseph Smith Sr. Peter Whitmer Jr. Hyrum Smith John Whitmer Samuel H. Smith Faithful Never returned Came back
- 9. 6 of 11 left the church @ some point Faithful Never returned Came back Christian Whitmer Hiram Page Jacob Whitmer Joseph Smith Sr. Peter Whitmer Jr. Hyrum Smith John Whitmer Samuel H. Smith Oliver Cowdery David Whitmer Martin Harris
- 10. Witnesses: "...at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established" Deuteronomy 9:15
- 11. Book of MORMON Marion G Romney 1980 •Spirit of Revere Contention departs WISDOM Peace
Editor's Notes
- DONT READ the Book of Mormon---- let's address this note on the board before I get kicked out of this calling What are you going to do this year—what are your plans?
- The title of this lesson is called "Another testament of Jesus Christ 1982 General Conference ETB added this subtitle he explained it helped to focus the purpose Do we often think of it in this way?It is said that every 1.7 vs a reference to the Savior is mentioned. But often I think only of 3rd Nephi and Christ's visit to AMerica and FORGET his personal one on one ministry that when watching for it is so obvious. It is NOT a story about Nephi, Alma, stripling warriors etc. this is a story about Jesus—this is how Jesus made Nephi a ship builder, this is how Jesus saved Alma the younger, this is how jesus protected the stripling warriors---I love Mormon's summary line that he uses "THUS WE SEE" I sometimes think of it as a cool story with great characters that Jeffrey R holland last conference said that Jesus stands as a sentiniel over each and every page LEt it become the stories of Jesus like the NT was
- let's turn to the title page of the BOM—this is what the original one looked like
- How long did that preparation take? how did he prepare the first picture you see inside the Portland temple right behind the recommend desk is a great rendition of Joseph receiving instruction from Moroni A GREAT CHALLENGE: search the Testimony of the Prophet Joseph Smithe and look for all the ways that god prepared him from the age of 14-22 when he finally got the plates I attended a temple workers conference once with the temple president discussing this THIS IS WHAT WE DO IN THE TEMPLE—RECIEVE INSTRUCTION FROM GOD THROUGH ANGELs Perfect introductory picture
- up here on the table Ive got 6 items—what do they all have in common? Specific
- ive asked a few people to read a summary of each of these
- do these statistics scare you? they inspire me—many had the opportunity to deny there story but NONE EVER DID Ive asked
- the great scriptrue reads that out of the two or three witnesses are all thigs establihed
- thee are loads of promises from prophets and apostles through the years about the promises that come to us from studying the Book od=f Mormon but this one is my favorite—I have it in the front of my BOM– from Marion G Romneyof the first Presidnecy in 1980