Gospel Principles

Joseph was to be the one to help restore the true gospel of Jesus Christ. Authority from God Was Restored In restoring the gospel, God again gave the priesthood to men.

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Doctrine and Covenants and Church History Gospel Doctrine Teacher’s Manual

However, God had foreseen this and planned for the restoration of the gospel in the latter days. God prepared Joseph Smith to be the prophet of the Restoration.Explain that in addition to providing the right conditions for the restoration of the gospel, God provided a man to be the prophet of the Restoration.

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Primary 5: Doctrine and Covenants: Church History

Help the children understand that as we study the gospel and pray about what we learn, the Holy Ghost will help us know that the gospel of Jesus Christ is true. Moroni 10:3–5; help the children understand that we can use the procedure described in Moroni 10:3–5 to gain a testimony of any gospel principle, not just that the Book of Mormon is true.) • Why did Jesus Christ’s church need to be restored?

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Primary 5: Doctrine and Covenants: Church History

The priesthood and the keys to direct the power of the priesthood needed to be restored so the Church could be restored and Church members could receive all the blessings of the gospel. Rather, it was a sacred place where heavenly beings could come to restore priesthood keys and a meetinghouse where the Saints could gather to worship and to learn the gospel.

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Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Wilford Woodruff

Through the Prophet Joseph Smith, the Lord restored His gospel in its true glory, power, order, and light.From the Life of Wilford WoodruffWhen Wilford Woodruff was a child, he and his family befriended Robert Mason, a man who was known for his distinctive religious beliefs. This gospel is everlasting in its nature and unchangeable in its character. 3There never was but one gospel, and never will be but one delivered to the children of men, and that never changed and never will change in time or eternity.

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Teachings of Presidents of the Church: John Taylor

Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer of the Lord, has done more, save Jesus only, for the salvation of men in this world, than any other man that ever lived in it. 1From the Life of John TaylorIn March 1837, John Taylor went to Kirtland, Ohio, and had the opportunity to meet the Prophet Joseph Smith for the first time and learn more about the principles of the newly restored gospel. He had very great and precious promises made to him by the Lord. 6The Lord restored the fulness of His gospel through the Prophet Joseph Smith.What condition was the world in before the gospel we now preach was introduced?

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Duties and Blessings of the Priesthood: Basic Manual for Priesthood Holders, Part A

The Priesthood in the Days of Jesus When Jesus came to earth He restored the gospel in its fulness. Through Joseph Smith, the Lord brought back to the earth His true Church and restored all the necessary principles and ordinances of His gospel.

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Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith

The testimonies of ancient and modern prophets join together to proclaim that Joseph Smith was the instrument through whom God restored the fulness of the gospel for the blessing of “the whole human family, from eternity to eternity.”4 Testimonies of Latter-day Prophets Joseph Smith was foreordained to his prophetic calling. The Lord is responsible for it, and not man.”8 President Heber J. Grant: “Either Joseph Smith did see God and did converse with Him, and God Himself did introduce Jesus Christ to the boy Joseph Smith, and Jesus Christ did tell Joseph Smith that he would be the instrument in the hands of God of establishing again upon the earth the true Gospel of Jesus Christ—or Mormonism, so-called, is ...

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Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Heber J. Grant

President Grant said, “By the testimony of my mother and hundreds of others who knew the Prophet Joseph, as well as by the revelations of the Spirit of God to me, I know that Joseph Smith was a Prophet of God.” 1Throughout his ministry as an Apostle and as President of the Church, Heber J. Grant loved to testify of the Prophet Joseph Smith and the Restoration of the gospel. Either Joseph Smith did see God and did converse with Him, and God Himself did introduce Jesus Christ to the boy Joseph Smith, and Jesus Christ did tell Joseph Smith that he would be the instrument in the hands of God of establishing again upon the earth the true gospel of Jesus Christ—or Mormonism, so-called, is a myth.

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Primary 5: Doctrine and Covenants: Church History

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is Jesus Christ’s restored church and teaches the same gospel that Jesus taught when he lived on the earth (see enrichment activity 3). Joseph Smith is the prophet of God through whom the gospel was restored.

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Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith

The First Vision Joseph Smith wrote of his early training: “I was born … of goodly parents who spared no pains to instruct me in the Christian religion.”4 But, like many other Christians, Joseph’s parents recognized that some of the gospel principles taught by Jesus and His Apostles were absent from contemporary churches. Joseph was also promised “that the fullness of the Gospel should at some future time be made known unto [him].”5 After centuries of darkness, the word of God and the reality of God the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ, had been revealed to the world through this youthful and pure vessel.

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2008 Outline for Sharing Time and the Children’s Sacrament Meeting Presentation: I Am a Child of God

Normally, only one gospel principle is taught each week. Answers might include obedience, faith, courage, love for the Savior, and sharing the gospel.) Invite the children to share an experience when they have lived these gospel principles. 4.

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Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Harold B. Lee

I never could accept the fact that Joseph Smith was a Prophet of God.” Observed President Lee, “How one could accept the Gospel without accepting him who was the instrument in its restoration, I will never know.” 2President Lee stated: “We must know for certainty in our hearts and minds that Jesus is the Christ, the Savior of the world. See D&C 21:4–6.] 5We must accept the divine mission of the Prophet Joseph Smith as the instrumentality through which the restoration of the gospel and the organization of the Church of Jesus Christ was accomplished.

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Primary 5: Doctrine and Covenants: Church History

To whom does Jesus Christ want his restored gospel to go? D&C 1:2, 4.) How can we share the restored gospel of Jesus Christ with others?

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Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Teacher’s Manual

In these chapters, the Lord teaches and prophesies of the Restoration of the gospel and the gathering of the house of Israel in the last days. 2. What did the Lord promise to do after the fulness of the gospel was restored through the Gentiles?

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Our Heritage: A Brief History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Between June of 1830 and July of 1833, the Prophet made numerous changes to this text of the Bible, including correcting biblical language, clarifying doctrines, and restoring historical and doctrinal material.Joseph received many revelations during the course of this work, often in response to questions that arose as he pondered scriptural passages.

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Primary 5: Doctrine and Covenants: Church History

Explain that the Book of Mormon and the revelations given to Joseph Smith restored many gospel truths which had been lost during the Apostasy. See enrichment activity 3.) • How can we show our appreciation for the restoration of the priesthood?

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Primary 5: Doctrine and Covenants: Church History

Each lesson focuses on a gospel principle and how children can apply the principle in their lives, but the main purpose of all the lessons is to help the children develop testimonies of the restored church of Jesus Christ. As you prepare and teach by the Spirit, you will help the children increase their testimonies of the truthfulness of the restored gospel and of Joseph Smith as the Prophet of the Restoration.

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Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Spencer W. Kimball

He knew that the gospel was not on the earth, for by the Deities he had learned it, and the true Church was absent from the earth, for the God of heaven and earth had so informed him.9 That morning in the grove in New York when the Father and Son came to him was perhaps the greatest revelation ever given to the world.10 Joseph Smith was the Lord’s instrument in restoring the gospel. The young prophet was advised that he would be an instrument in the hands of the Lord in restoring the eternal gospel with all that was lost in early centuries.

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Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph F. Smith

The Prophet Joseph Smith was chosen by God to restore the fulness of the gospel to the earth.From the Life of Joseph F. SmithEarly in his life, Joseph F. Smith received a testimony that the Prophet Joseph Smith was chosen to restore the gospel of Jesus Christ in this last dispensation. Through Joseph Smith the gospel of repentance, baptism in water for the remission of sins, the baptism of the Holy Ghost and by fire have been restored, and the knowledge that Jesus is the Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God, is made manifest through the spirit of truth.

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