Joseph Smith Research Paper

1077 Words5 Pages
Joseph Smith was a searcher of truth who inspired thousands, founded Mormonism, and left a legacy that blessed many. Some may say that Joseph was a fraud or a fool. There are also many who believe he was called of God and a maurder. In truth, his life long mission was to search for and establish the truth that God revealed to him. This search led him to be called as a prophet of God, and establish The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. To Joseph it was very important to follow the commandments that God gave him, which included leaded the saints to Zion. One centerpiece of the gospel is The Book of Mormon, which Joseph Smith translated with the help of many scribes, and through revelation from God. Joseph Smith was a prophet of God. He was called of God, and through God was able to restore the church. Restoring of the church all started with the first vision, which is when he was visited by God the Father and Jesus Christ. When Joseph Smith was only 12 years old he began to read the Bible regularly, which led to the event of him studying , which is when he came across the scripture of James 1:5. “ If any of you lack wisdom let them ask of God, that giveth to all man liberally and…show more content…
One great responsibility he had was the building of temples. Joseph Smith was a part of the building of 2 temples. He helped with the Kirtland Ohio, and Nauvoo Illinois. Before technology was so advanced, it would take many years to build a temple. After a temple was complete, there would be a detecation for the temple to be the house of the lord. In the temple, the saints have the chance of being closer to God,and doing temple work for the many who had passed on, and did not have the chance of getting that work done for themselves. All temples say on them, “ House of the Lord, Holiness to the Lord” To enter the temple, the saints had to be worthy of this. On the saint’s way to zion, they built many
Show More
Related

  • Essay On Hate Crime

    738 Words  | 3 Pages

    1988). However, Philippines is not an exemption on this kind of crime, in fact, this also given much interest recently. Last October 11, 2014 in Olongapo, Philippines a Filipina Trans woman Jennifer Laude had been put to death by Private First Class Joseph Scott Pemberton because of his unawareness of the gender. The corpse found inside the restroom of a disco bar in Olongapo with a naked body, covered waist and her head inclined on the edge of the toilet bowl. Prosecution of the case rested on June

    Read More

  • Buddhist Themes In Izutsu

    5013 Words  | 21 Pages

    American History Research Paper: The Cold War For decades after the second World War, the American people believed that the United States was engaged with the Soviet Union in a "Cold War" that could escalate into a nuclear crisis at any moment. The media infiltrated the people

    Read More

  • Exchange Rate Policy In Nigeria Case Study

    9068 Words  | 37 Pages

    CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY Nigeria, the most populous black nation in western Africa is popularly known for her dominant source of revenue, crude oil with oil revenue as the main stay of the Nigerian economy, volatility in the price of oil are to a large extent of prime interest to economist. According to Adeniyi et al (2004), exchange rate appreciate in response to rising oil prices and depreciates in response to falling oil prices in oil producing exporting

    Read More

More about Joseph Smith Research Paper

Open Document