How Choice a Seer!
Neal A. Maxwell October 2003 Sunday Afternoon Session
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Just as prophesied, fools deride him, hell rages against him, and his name is “both good and evil spoken of” (Joseph Smith—History 1:33).
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As Ammon’s experience taught, a seer has the power to translate ancient records, and “a seer is greater than a prophet.” But, said Ammon, “a seer is … a prophet also” (see Mosiah 8:11–16).
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As Ammon’s experience taught, a seer has the power to translate ancient records, and “a seer is greater than a prophet.” But, said Ammon, “a seer is … a prophet also” (see Mosiah 8:11–16).
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The “choice” translator brought forth—“by the gift and power of God” (D&C 135:3)—the Book of Mormon, something tangible and verifiable.
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Noted on the very title page is the book’s special role in “convincing” mortals “that Jesus is the Christ” (see also 2 Nephi 25:18).
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No wonder “the ends of the earth shall inquire after [Joseph’s] name” (D&C 122:1).
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No wonder “the ends of the earth shall inquire after [Joseph’s] name” (D&C 122:1).
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No wonder “the ends of the earth shall inquire after [Joseph’s] name” (D&C 122:1).
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Ironically, young Joseph Smith went into the grove merely wanting to know which church to join—not seeking to be called as a seer, revelator, translator, and prophet (see D&C 21:1).
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Through multiple revelations and translations, for example, came a description of a universe far, far exceeding the astrophysics of the 1830s, a cosmos containing “worlds without number” and advising us further that the “inhabitants thereof are begotten sons and daughters [of] God” (Moses 1:33; D&C 76:24).
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Through multiple revelations and translations, for example, came a description of a universe far, far exceeding the astrophysics of the 1830s, a cosmos containing “worlds without number” and advising us further that the “inhabitants thereof are begotten sons and daughters [of] God” (Moses 1:33; D&C 76:24).
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Anciently, the vastness of Abraham’s eventual posterity was compared to the sand of the sea, a staggering promise (see Genesis 22:17).
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Revelations and translations also came regarding God’s central purpose “to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man,” giving us divine, succinct reassurances (Moses 1:39).
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Revelations and translations also came regarding God’s central purpose “to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man,” giving us divine, succinct reassurances (Moses 1:39).
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Revelations and translations also came regarding God’s central purpose “to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man,” giving us divine, succinct reassurances (Moses 1:39).
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Brothers and sisters, we do not go many hours in our lives without having to decide again “which way do we face” and whether we will pitch our tents facing Sodom or the holy temple (see Genesis 13:12; Mosiah 2:6).
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Brothers and sisters, we do not go many hours in our lives without having to decide again “which way do we face” and whether we will pitch our tents facing Sodom or the holy temple (see Genesis 13:12; Mosiah 2:6).
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Revelations likewise came about our longevity as God’s spirit children, since “man was also in the beginning with God”—a declaration accompanied by even further glimmers about man’s eternal nature (D&C 93:29).
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A further reality of our being with God “in the beginning” means that you have been you for a long time.
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If Joseph Smith had been the conduit for only one such divine revelation, it would be, standing alone, sufficient to ensure his prophetic greatness.
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Little wonder that Paul commended Abraham, who “staggered not … [in] unbelief” (Romans 4:20).
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Given such breathtaking revelations and translations, let us, therefore, heed King Benjamin’s counsel: “Believe in God; … believe that man doth not comprehend all the things which the Lord can comprehend” (Mosiah 4:9).
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An omnicompetent God leaves all mortals free to choose, but how grateful we should be that God chose long, long ago to rescue and to resurrect all His children through the Atonement of His Son.
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In the midst of God’s plan and the universe’s incredible vastness is incredible personalness.
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In the midst of God’s plan and the universe’s incredible vastness is incredible personalness.
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Alas, in a secular world Jesus is regarded by many, at best, as a distant figure; He is even denigrated.
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Jesus, who performed the “infinite atonement,” thereby suffered infinitely and is a fully comprehending Savior, having “descended below all things” and “comprehended all things” (2 Nephi 9:7; D&C 88:6).
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Jesus, who performed the “infinite atonement,” thereby suffered infinitely and is a fully comprehending Savior, having “descended below all things” and “comprehended all things” (2 Nephi 9:7; D&C 88:6).
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Brothers and sisters, the cast of players on this planet for whom the revelations and translations are so pertinent includes those who, in that familiar phrase, are living “lives of quiet desperation” (Henry David Thoreau, Walden [1965], 7).
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Brothers and sisters, the cast of players on this planet for whom the revelations and translations are so pertinent includes those who, in that familiar phrase, are living “lives of quiet desperation” (Henry David Thoreau, Walden [1965], 7).
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Brothers and sisters, the cast of players on this planet for whom the revelations and translations are so pertinent includes those who, in that familiar phrase, are living “lives of quiet desperation” (Henry David Thoreau, Walden [1965], 7).
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Brothers and sisters, the cast of players on this planet for whom the revelations and translations are so pertinent includes those who, in that familiar phrase, are living “lives of quiet desperation” (Henry David Thoreau, Walden [1965], 7).
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Notably, at the last day the adversary “will not support” those who followed him anyway (Alma 30:60).
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Notably, at the last day the adversary “will not support” those who followed him anyway (Alma 30:60).
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Notably, at the last day the adversary “will not support” those who followed him anyway (Alma 30:60).
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Notably, at the last day the adversary “will not support” those who followed him anyway (Alma 30:60).
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Notably, at the last day the adversary “will not support” those who followed him anyway (Alma 30:60).
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Notably, at the last day the adversary “will not support” those who followed him anyway (Alma 30:60).
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Brothers and sisters, we dare not hold back the restored gospel’s declaratives!
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Brothers and sisters, we dare not hold back the restored gospel’s declaratives!
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Meanwhile, let us expect that many will regard us indifferently.
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Brothers and sisters, given all of the foregoing, “what can I say more” except “Praise to the man who communed with Jehovah!” (Jacob 6:12; “Praise to the Man,” Hymns, no.
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Brothers and sisters, given all of the foregoing, “what can I say more” except “Praise to the man who communed with Jehovah!” (Jacob 6:12; “Praise to the Man,” Hymns, no.
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