Joseph Smith–History

... um, from, from the church website.

Um, they, they have also greatly decreased the number of references to Old Testament, Book of Mormon, D&C, JST, and Joseph Smith History in both citations and references.

So these all appeared in 2023, and they are no longer in 2027.

Um, what you're seeing here is just what I screen grabbed, just selections from the first four books.

[laughs] Another interesting change is what they've done with the witnesses of the resurrected Christ.

I was hesitant to put this in here, but it did shock me.

They've removed references to the witnesses of Christ from the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants, early Mormon history, and Joseph Smith history, which would be First Vision.

The 2023 curriculum used to ask something like, "What impresses you about all these different witnesses and their testimonies of the resurrected Savior?" That whole section's been dramatically reduced and revamped.

Okay, so Joseph would have a basic understanding of these composition techniques, and Davis refers us to three cases where we can see these techniques in Joseph's writing.

The 1832 Joseph Smith History, 1843 Prodigal Son Sermon, and the 1844 King Follett Discourse.

So you'll see that Joseph Smith's history is in his handwriting and also Frederick G. Williams.

You'll see that the other two are sermons very late in Joseph's life.

So we don't see this very skilled, tight use of the techniques that Davis talks about the King Follett discourse.

Joseph keeps coming back to the heads, but then he goes off on these long tangents of unrelated discourse.

In the Joseph Smith history, there's nine heads at the very beginning.

Joseph gets through three heads before he gives up the project.

Isaiah chapter 29 contains several passages that have parallels with events of the restoration.

For example, compare Isaiah chapter 29 verses 11 through 12 with 2 Nephi chapter 27 verses 6 through 26 and Joseph Smith history chapter 1 verses 63 through 65.

Compare Isaiah 29.13-14 with Doctrine and Covenants 4 and Joseph Smith History 1.17-19.

Compare Isaiah 29.18-24 with the title page of the Book of Mormon.

In your opinion, why are marvelous and wonder, Isaiah 29, verse 14, good words to describe the Lord restoring His gospel? How can you help fulfill the prophecies about the restoration? For ideas, look in Elder Garrett W.

Share an experience when using the priesthood to serve others helped connect you with the Savior.

Learn about Joseph Smith, Prophet of the Restoration, Joseph Smith History, 1, verses 66-73.

What does Joseph Smith teach us about living as a covenant son of God? How do you think Joseph Smith might have felt to hear John the Baptist call him a fellow servant? Fellow servants serve side by side, under the same master.

What does it mean to you to be fellow servants with John the Baptist? What are some of the great and glorious blessings that God has given us through the priesthood? How can we help other people experience these blessings? Live as a disciple of Christ.