Comments on: Does God still speak to us today? http://www.whatdomormonsbelieve.com/2009/10/does-god-still-speak-to-us-today/ "We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men." -Joseph Smith Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:20:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dave http://www.whatdomormonsbelieve.com/2009/10/does-god-still-speak-to-us-today/comment-page-1/#comment-713 Dave Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:35:12 +0000 http://www.whatdomormonsbelieve.com/?p=2026#comment-713 Ben, Superb. I love that story. Ben,

Superb. I love that story.

]]> By: Thaddeus http://www.whatdomormonsbelieve.com/2009/10/does-god-still-speak-to-us-today/comment-page-1/#comment-711 Thaddeus Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:42:51 +0000 http://www.whatdomormonsbelieve.com/?p=2026#comment-711 Of course! Real revelatory communication came to faithful people all over the world, and it still does! The difference is that these words were limited in scope to the person receiving them. Between (around) AD 100 and 1820 there was no authorized prophet to dispense God's message to the whole world. Err, at least the Old World. We read in the Book of Mormon about prophets in the New World who survived at least until about AD 420. Heavenly Father also restored to Joseph Smith the power to give the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands, which allows baptized disciples constant access to more and deeper revelation than was available before. Thanks for your question, Mike! Of course! Real revelatory communication came to faithful people all over the world, and it still does!

The difference is that these words were limited in scope to the person receiving them. Between (around) AD 100 and 1820 there was no authorized prophet to dispense God’s message to the whole world. Err, at least the Old World. We read in the Book of Mormon about prophets in the New World who survived at least until about AD 420.

Heavenly Father also restored to Joseph Smith the power to give the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands, which allows baptized disciples constant access to more and deeper revelation than was available before.

Thanks for your question, Mike!

]]> By: Mike http://www.whatdomormonsbelieve.com/2009/10/does-god-still-speak-to-us-today/comment-page-1/#comment-710 Mike Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:12:00 +0000 http://www.whatdomormonsbelieve.com/?p=2026#comment-710 Did God speak to people between 100 and 1820? Did God speak to people between 100 and 1820?

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