Posted: 26 Jun 2009 12:00 AM
"We are to use the Book of Mormon in handling objections to the Church। God the Father and His Son Jesus Christ revealed themselves to Joseph Smith in a marvelous vision। After that glorious event, Joseph Smith told a minister about it। Joseph was surprised to hear the minister say that there were no such things as visions or revelations in these days, that all such things had ceased. (See JS—H 1:21.)"This remark symbolizes practically all of the objections that have ever been made against the Church by nonmembers and dissident members alike. Namely, they do not believe that God reveals his will today to the Church through prophets of God. All objections, whether they be on abortion, plural marriage, seventh-day worship, etc., basically hinge on whether Joseph Smith and his successors were and are prophets of God receiving divine revelation. . . ."Therefore, the only problem the objector has to resolve for himself is whether the Book of Mormon is true. For if the Book of Mormon is true, then Jesus is the Christ, Joseph Smith was His prophet, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is true, and it is being led today by a prophet receiving revelation." Ezra Taft Benson, The Book of Mormon Is the Word of God, Ensign, Jan. 1988, 4 Topics: Book of Mormon
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