D&C 21-23

1. D&C 21-23

2. Organization of the Church

3. D&C 21:1Joseph Smith called a: • Seer • Translator • Prophet • Apostle of Jesus Christ • Elder of the Church

4. So what should we do about it?D&C 21:4-6 • Seer • Translator • Prophet • Apostle of Jesus Christ • Elder of the Church Find your definition in “The Guide to the Scriptures”

5. D&C 22 • It’s April 16, 1830. The Church is 10 days old! • Some want to join the Church without being baptized, because they had been baptized in their former church. • Joseph wasn’t sure of the protocol, so he asked the Lord. • D&C 22 is received.

6. Missionary Role Play Missionary: Will you follow the example of Jesus Christ by being baptized? Investigator: But I’ve already been baptized. Reverend Hopkins, who I love, baptized me long ago. Missionary:

7. Take Council From God Only  ¶For my thoughtsare not your thoughts, neither areyourways myways, saith the Lord. Foras the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my wayshigher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:8-9 “Wherefore, brethren, seek not to counsel the Lord, but to take counsel from his hand. For behold, ye yourselves know that he counseleth in wisdom, and in justice, and in great mercy, over all his works.” Jacob 4:10 D&C 22:4

8. D&C 23Revelation for 5 Guys

9. D&C 23Revelation for 5 Guys • Oliver Cowdery • Hyrum Smith • Samuel H. Smith • Joseph Smith Sr. • Joseph Knight Sr. They asked Joseph what their duty was. Joseph asked the Lord. D&C 23 was received.

10. D&C 23Read the Revelation • Find something you would love the Lord to say to you. • Find some instruction you think you should live by.

11. 5 Men—Called of God Oliver Cowery, On May 15, 1829, Cowdery and Smith received the Aaronic priesthood from John the Baptist, after which they baptized each other in the Susquehanna River. Then the Melchizedek Priesthood shortly thereafter from Peter, James, and John. The Lord exhorted him to not be prideful and avoid temptation. To make known to the world the gospel and to preach the truth. Photo taken in 1840’s by James Presley Ball D&C 23:1-2

12. 5 Men—Called of God Hyrum Smith, an older brother of the Prophet, assisted in the publication of the Book of Mormon by working directly with the printer. He served as president of the first branch of the Church in Colesville, New York. Hyrum was faithful to the Lord and the Church throughout his life. Samuel Smith, a younger brother of the Prophet, was baptized in May 1829. In June 1830, he departed on a mission and placed a Book of Mormon that would eventually lead to the conversion of Brigham Young and many of his family members. Samuel was loyal to his family and to the Church throughout his life. Samuel was not ready to preach when this revelation was given, but two months later he would begin his missionary service. D&C 23:3-4

13. 5 Men—Called of God Joseph Smith Sr., the Prophet’s father, joined the Church the day it was organized. The following summer, he and his son Don Carlos embarked on a mission to extended family in New York. He became a high priest and the first patriarch of the Church. Joseph Smith Jr. described his father as “a man faithful to his God and to the Church in every situation and under all circumstances through which he was called to pass” History of the Church Joseph Knight Sr. was a close friend of Joseph Smith Jr. and had shown him great kindness. He provided the Prophet with supplies while he worked on the translation of the Book of Mormon. He had felt a desire to be baptized with others on the day the Church was organized, but he refrained because he wanted to study the Book of Mormon further. He later wrote, “I should [have] felt better if I had … gone forward” to be baptized (as quoted in Larry Porter,  The Joseph Knight FamilyArticle D&C 23

14. D&C 21-23