The Lord Will Not Permit His Prophet to Lead Us Astray Doctrine and Covenants 3:4 4 For although a man may have many revelations, and have power to do many mighty works, yet if he boasts in his own strength, and sets at naught the counsels of God, and follows after the dictates of his [...]
The Lord Reminds Joseph Smith That the Works of God Cannot Be Frustrated Doctrine and Covenants 3:1–3 1 The works, and the designs, and the purposes of God cannot be frustrated, neither can they come to naught. 2 For God doth not walk in crooked paths, neither doth he turn to the right hand nor [...]
Moroni’s Prophecies Concerning Joseph Smith Joseph Smith—History 1:33 33 He called me by name, and said unto me that he was a messenger sent from the presence of God to me, and that his name was Moroni; that God had a work for me to do; and that my name should be had for good [...]
The Angel Moroni Appears in Joseph Smith’s Bedroom in Answer to His Prayer Joseph Smith—History 1:30–32 30 While I was thus in the act of calling upon God, I discovered a light appearing in my room, which continued to increase until the room was lighter than at noonday, when immediately a personage appeared at my [...]
Despite Persecution and Opposition, Joseph Smith Would Not Deny the Reality of His Vision of the Father and the Son Joseph Smith—History 1:24–25 24 . . . It was . . . a fact that I had beheld a vision. I have thought since, that I felt much like Paul, when he made his defense [...]