13: "This Generation Shall Have My Word Through You"

Reading Assignment for Sunday, April 14, 2013

Class Member Study Guide: Lesson 13

Our Heritage, pages 23–25, 41, 58.

23-25:  Read Section:       Revelations Received in the Kirtland Area
41:       Read Subsection: Destruction of the Book of Commandments
58:       Read Subsection: The Standard Works'

JOSEPH SMITH'S ROLE IN THIS DISPENSATION 

 

 

Joseph Smith Holding the Bible, 1844 (Approximately 38)

Sutcliffe Maudsley, Pen-and ink on paper

MANY ANCIENT AND LATTER-DAY SCRIPTURES HAVE COME THROUGH JOSEPH SMITH

“What I have received from the Lord, I have received by Joseph Smith” (Discourses of Brigham Young, sel. John A. Widtsoe [1941], 458)

D & C 5:10

D & C 1:40-41

Moses 1:40-41

2 Nephi 3:11-15

Introduction to D & C 67

Introduction to D & C 69

The Book of Mormon 1830

 (The bulk of the translation of this book from an ancient record occurred in the spring of 1829 when Oliver Cowdery showed up on Joseph's doorstep and told him he was there to help in the work of translation having learned of the project as a school teacher boarding with Joseph's parents.)

Book of Commandments 1833 
(Published in Independence, Missouri. Salvaged printed pages were bound after mob destroyed William W. Phelps printing press) 

Doctrine & Covenants 1835 
(Added about 40 revelations to Book of Commandments and published as D & C)

    
Pearl of Great Price 1851

(Published by Franklin D. Richards, British Mission, as a missionary tract. Just over 60 pages)

Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible

Here is an example of how were learned so much more about an Old Testament prophet by the expanded information in the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible.

The Joseph Smith Translation’s references to Enoch are greatly expanded to include his teachings, visions, and prophecies as recorded in Moses 6:21–68 and Moses 7:1–69. 

The Bible's only references to Enoch are in Genesis 5:18-24, Luke 3:37, Hebrews 11:5, and Jude 1:14-15 . 

Elder LeGrand Richards "As far as our record show, [Joseph Smith] has given us more revealed truth than any prophet who has ever lived upon the face of the earth" (Ensign, May 1981, 43).

PRECIOUS GOSPEL DOCTRINE RESTORED THROUGH JOSEPH SMITH

Subject	Scriptures in the Bible	Scriptures Given through Joseph Smith
Physical nature of the Godhead	Matthew 3:16–17; John 4:24; Acts 7:55	Joseph Smith—History 1:17; D&C 130:1, 22
Our creation in God’s image	Genesis 1:27	Moses 6:8–9
Apostles and prophets	Ephesians 2:20; 4:11–16	D&C 107:23, 33, 35, 39, 58; 112:30–32
Melchizedek Priesthood	Hebrews 6:20; 7:17	D&C 84:19–25; 107:1–8, 18–19
Aaronic Priesthood	Hebrews 7:11	D&C 13; 84:18, 26–27, 30; 107:1, 13–14, 20
Mode of baptism	Matthew 3:16	3 Nephi 11:22–26; Moroni 8:8–12; D&C 20:71–74
The gift of the Holy Ghost	Acts 8:17	D&C 20:41, 43; 35:6; 121:46
Premortal existence	Jeremiah 1:4–5	D&C 93:29; Abraham 3:22–26
Baptism for the dead	1 Corinthians 15:29	D&C 128:16–18
Resurrection	Job 19:25–26; John 5:28–29; 1 Corinthians 15:22	Alma 11:42–45
The three kingdoms of glory	1 Corinthians 15:40–42	D&C 76:50–112; 131:1
Eternal marriage	Genesis 2:24; 1 Corinthians 11:11	D&C 131:1–4; 132:19
Our potential to become like Heavenly Father	Romans 8:17	D&C 88:107; 93:20; 132:20–2