Mormon Gem - Joseph Smith a Spiritual Giant Video

"Who could deny the fact that [Joseph Smith] received visions? He said of the Doctrine and Covenants, section 76, on the three degrees of glory: 'I could explain a hundred fold more than I ever have of the glories of the kingdom manifested to me in the vision, were I permitted, and were the people prepared to receive them' (History of the Church, 5:402)."A hundred times more than the present length would be more than a full-length Doctrine and Covenants."Truman Madsen has written: 'The Prophet is a God-made man. It will never do to say, as his critics are beginning to say, "This man was a genius." So saying, they wish to reduce a most remarkable movement to its leader, its founder, and, as they believe, its origin. True, he was a genius, he was a brilliant man. It takes a brilliant man even to comprehend, let alone to write, as he comprehended and wrote, the glorious insights that came to him, even granting that they came from the Lord. He was a man of superb intelligence' (Joseph Smith the Prophet, 49)."Yes, the Lord raised a spiritual giant to be receptive, to be trained, to be instructed, to be the first prophet of the Restoration."

L. Tom Perry, "By the Hands of His Prophets," Ensign, Aug. 1998, 5152

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omiolo2: Joseph Smith is a great servant and devoted follower of our Savior Jesus the Christ. Which makes him a spiritual giant.

dadoc98: nobody denies that Joseph received visions. The source is the point that people would not agree on. Since so many of them did not come true, the contention that they did not come from God is a point to be taken seriously!

MormonsLoveFamilies: dadoc98: God's love is infinite and is extended to you. Even though you are wrong about the prophecies of God's servant, Joseph Smith.

omiolo: I think you have swallowed too much ANTImormon propaganda to know the truth. All Joseph Smith's prophecies have or will come true. There were over 1100 of them in the D&C.

omiolo: The destiny of the rising generation of priesthood holders is far more than to be ready to bring Gods power down to heal the sick. The preparation is to be ready to go and do whatever the Lord wants done as the world is preparing for His coming. None of us knows exactly what those errands will be. But we know what it will take to be ready, so each of us can prepare.

omiolo: What you will need in the dramatic moment will be built in the steady performance of obedient service. I will tell you two of the things you will need and the preparation it takes to be ready. The first is to have faith. The priesthood is the authority to act in the name of God. It is the right to call down the powers of heaven. So you must have faith that God lives and that you have won His confidence to allow you to use His power for His purposes.

Author: MormonsLoveFamilies; Uploaded: Nov 9, 2009; Duration: 2:36; Views: 320

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