In the P of GP we read that Joseph Smith arose and tried to go about his daily work, but he was so exhausted from being up all night that he could not. His father noticed that something was wrong and sent him home, but on his way home Moroni again visited him and told him to go and tell his father about what had happened. When Joseph told his father, he told him that this was of God and that he should obey what he was told to do. Joseph Smith then went to the place where the plates were deposited. Joseph Smith History 1:48-50 "I shortly after arose from my bed, and, as usual, went to the necessary labors of the day; but, in attempting to work as at other times, I found my strength so exhausted as to render me entirely unable. My father, who was laboring along with me, discovered something to be wrong with me, and told me to go home. I started with the intention of going to the house; but, in attempting to cross the fence out of the field where we were, my strength entirely failed me, and I fell helpless on the ground, and for a time was quite unconscious of anything. The first thing that I can recollect was a voice speaking unto me, calling me by name. I looked up, and beheld the same messenger standing over my head, surrounded by light as before. He then again related unto me all that he had related to me the previous night, and commanded me to go to my father and tell him of the vision and commandments which I had received. I obeyed; I returned to my father in the field, and rehearsed the whole matter to him. He replied to me that it was of God, and told me to go and do as commanded by the messenger. I left the field, and went to the place where the messenger had told me the plates were deposited; and owing to the distinctness of the vision which I had had concerning it, I knew the place the instant that I arrived there."
In the New Testament we read about how God has spoken to man down through the ages through His prophets, and then He spoke by His Son, who is in His express image and who purged our sins and then sat down on the right hand of God. Hebrews 1:1-3 "God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;"
Some verses with a thought booklet tell us that if we refuse to forgive, Satan can get advantage over us. Unforgiveness is one of Satan's devices, and we should not be ignorant of it. 2 Corinthians 2:10-11 "To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ; Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices."
In the New Testament we read about how God has spoken to man down through the ages through His prophets, and then He spoke by His Son, who is in His express image and who purged our sins and then sat down on the right hand of God. Hebrews 1:1-3 "God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;"
Some verses with a thought booklet tell us that if we refuse to forgive, Satan can get advantage over us. Unforgiveness is one of Satan's devices, and we should not be ignorant of it. 2 Corinthians 2:10-11 "To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ; Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices."
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