Foundations of the Restoration Lesson 11 - The Lord's Voice in the Doctrine & Covenants & Lesson 12 Additional Scriptures in Our Day

In the early days of the church, what would it have been like to hear truths revealed..Revelations revealed in a short amount of time?

The saints were tried and struggled during this time and needed time to understand. Some had come from different religions and were learning God's plan.

Doctrine & Covenants 76:19

"And while we meditated upon these things, the Lord touched the eyes of our understandings and they were opened, and the glory of the Lord shone round about."

• The Lord will reveal to us as we are prepared to receive
• He lives, He speaks, He testifies, He is our Creator, He is our Father, He is worthy and worshipped. He was the only one who could be our Savior 

President Ezra Taft Benson (1899–1994). 

“The Book of Mormon brings men to Christ. The Doctrine and Covenants brings men to Christ’s kingdom, even The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ‘the only true and living church upon the face of the whole earth’ [D&C 1:30]. I know that.

“The Book of Mormon is the ‘keystone’ of our religion, and the Doctrine and Covenants is the capstone, with continuing latter-day revelation. The Lord has placed His stamp of approval on both the keystone and the capstone” (“The Book of Mormon and the Doctrine and Covenants,” Ensign, Jan. 2005, 26).

Elder Dallin H. Oaks

“Most Christians believe that God closed the scriptural canon—the authoritative collection of sacred books used as scriptures—shortly after the death of Christ and that there have been no comparable revelations since that time. Joseph Smith taught and demonstrated that the scriptural canon is open [see Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith (2007), 195]

“… Joseph Smith taught that God will guide His children by giving new additions to the canon of scriptures. The Book of Mormon is such an addition. So are the revelations in the Doctrine and Covenants and the Pearl of Great Price” (Dallin H. Oaks, “Fundamental to Our Faith,” Ensign, Jan. 2011, 29).

• What does the phrase “scriptural canon” mean? (It is “a recognized, authoritative collection of sacred books. In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the canonical books are called the standard works” [Guide to the Scriptures, “Canon,”scriptures.lds.org].)