44th Ward Gospel Doctrine

Doctrine and Covenants  2 ;  Doctrine and Covenants  110:13–16 ;  Doctrine and Covenants  138:47–48 ;  Joseph Smith—History 1:37–39 .  What does it mean that Elijah would "plant in the hearts of the children the promises of the fathers"? President Joseph Fielding Smith taught: “What was the promise made to the fathers that was to be fulfilled in the latter days by the turning of the hearts of the children to their fathers? It was the promise of the Lord made through Enoch, Isaiah, and the prophets, to the nations of the earth, that  the time should come when the dead should be redeemed ” ( Doctrines of Salvation,  comp. Bruce R. McConkie, 3 vols. [1954–56], 2:154). On 3 April 1836 in the Kirtland Temple, the prophet Elijah appeared to the Prophet Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery.  What was Elijah’s purpose in visiting Joseph and Oliver?  Why would the earth be "utterly wasted at the Lord's com...

Why do we need a living prophet today? While serving as President of the Quorum of the Twelve, President Ezra Taft Benson said: “The most important prophet, so far as we are concerned, is the one who is living in our day and age. This is the prophet who has today’s instructions from God to us today. God’s revelation to Adam did not instruct Noah how to build the ark. Every generation has need of the ancient scripture plus the current scripture from the living prophet. Therefore, the most crucial reading and pondering which you should do is of the latest inspired words from the Lord’s mouthpiece” (in Conference Report, Korea Area Conference 1975, 52). What are the roles of a living prophet? Amos 3:7 Doctrine and Covenants 21:4-6 Mosiah 13:33 Mosiah 8:16-18 Doctrine and Covenants 101:43-54 Doctrine and Covenants 107:91-92 How have you been blessed by a living prophet?  “The only safety we have as members of this church is to do exactly what the...