Things restored in the D&C
The person who is called of God and has authority from Jesus Christ to baptize, shall go down into the water... (D&C 20)
Mode of baptism is revealed
...with the person who has presented himself or herself for baptism, and shall say, calling him or her by name: Having been commissioned of Jesus Christ, I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
While translating the Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery found they held different views on the meaning of a passage in the Bible. They “mutually agreed to settle” the question “by the Urim and [Thummim].” As a result, Joseph received a revelation...
Joseph Smith's translation of the Bible
Article of Faith 9
We believe all that God has revealed, all that He does now reveal, and we believe that He will yet reveal many great and important things pertaining to the Kingdom of God.
And again, verily I say unto you, if a man marry a wife by my word, which is my law, and by the new and everlasting covenant, and it is sealed unto them by the Holy Spirit of promise... (D&C 132)
Celestial marriage
"..a pillar of light above the brightness of the sun at noonday came down from above and rested upon me. I was filled with the spirit of God, and the Lord opened the heavens upon me and I saw the Lord."
Joseph Smith's First Vision
The Prophet Joseph Smith set a pattern for us to follow in resolving our questions. Drawn to the promise of James that if we lack wisdom we may ask of God, the boy Joseph took his question directly to Heavenly Father. He sought personal revelation, and his seeking opened this last dispensation.
The greater priesthood holds the key of the knowledge of God; 26–32, The lesser priesthood holds the key of the ministering of angels and of the preparatory gospel (D&C 84)
Revelation on the priesthood
From this week's Come Follow Me
The Lord gives the meaning of the parable of the wheat and tares
What I the Lord have spoken, I have spoken, and I excuse not myself; and though the heavens and the earth pass away, my word shall not pass away, but shall all be fulfilled, whether by mine own voice or by the voice of my servants, it is the same.
Prophetic authority
D&C 1
The Father has a body of flesh and bones as tangible as man’s; the Son also; but the Holy Ghost has not a body of flesh and bones, but is a personage of Spirit. Were it not so, the Holy Ghost could not dwell in us. (D&C 130)
The nature of God; the eternal nature of our bodies
Yea, thus saith the ____ _____ _____, which whispereth through and pierceth all things, and often times it maketh my bones to quake while it maketh manifest, saying:
Still small voice
It appeared self-evident from what truths were left, that if God rewarded every one according to the deeds done in the body the term ‘Heaven,’ as intended for the Saints’ eternal home, must include more kingdoms than one. (D&C 76)
3 Degrees of Glory
Article of Faith 8
We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly; we also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God.
"…in coming days, it will not be possible to survive spiritually without the guiding, directing, comforting, and constant influence of the Holy Ghost."
President Nelson
"They were assembled awaiting the advent of the Son of God into the spirit world, to declare their redemption from the bands of death." (D&C 138)
Doctrine of the Spirit world and where we go after we die
"Did I not speak ____ to your mind concerning the matter? What greater witness can you have than from God?
Peace
Organize yourselves; prepare every needful thing; and establish a house, even a house of prayer, a house of fasting, a house of faith, a house of learning, a house of glory, a house of order, a house of God (D&C 88)
Temples established on the earth
God's main purpose
Moses 1
For behold, this is my work and my glory—to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.
When Snow presented her constitution and bylaws to Joseph Smith, he praised the documents but asked the women to forego their “Ladies’ Society” in favor of “something better.”
Establishment of the Relief Society
O God, the Eternal Father, we ask thee in the name of thy Son, Jesus Christ, to bless and sanctify this bread to the souls of all those who partake of it, that they may eat in...(D&C 20)
Sacramental prayers
13 Verily, verily, I say unto you, I will impart unto you of my Spirit, which shall your mind, which shall fill your soul with _____..." D&C 11:13
13 Verily, verily, I say unto you, I will impart unto you of my Spirit, which shall enlighten your mind, which shall fill your soul with joy;
Herein is glory and honor, and immortality and eternal life—The ordinance of baptism by water, to be immersed therein in order to answer to the likeness of the dead, that one principle might accord with the other... (D&C 128)
Baptism for the dead
Wherefore, because that Satan rebelled against me, and sought to destroy the agency of man, which I, the Lord God, had given him... (Moses 4)
How Satan became the devil (denial of agency)
President Nelson
I urge you to stretch beyond your current spiritual ability to receive personal revelation,...
My dear brothers and sisters, my call to you this Easter morning is to start today to increase your faith. Through your faith, Jesus Christ will increase your ability to move the mountains in your life, even though your personal challenges may loom as large as Mount Everest.
“We obtained of Him [Jesus Christ] the following, by the spirit of prophecy and revelation; which not only gave us much information, but also pointed out to us the precise day upon which, according to His will and commandment, we should proceed to organize His Church once more here upon the earth.” (D&C 20)
Organization of the church
".... as that subject seems to ____ ___ _____, and ____ _____ ____ ____ ____ the strongest..." D&C 128:1
As I stated to you in my letter before I left my place, that I would write to you from time to time and give you information in relation to many subjects, I now resume the subject of the baptism for the dead, as that subject seems to occupy my mind, and press itself upon my feelings the strongest, since I have been pursued by my enemies.