1. God Reveals His Secrets to His Prophets
Amos 3; 79; Joel 23
Lesson 35: God Reveals His Secrets to His Prophets, Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Teachers Manual,pg 170

2. If someone asked you
what the living prophet has recently said, would you be able to answer the question?
3. Sister Janette Hales Beckham shared the
following story:
When I was a young wife and mother, my husband spent two years in the air force.We lived in military housing on Long Island, New York.While tending our young children, I often visited with neighbors who had come from all over the country.One day as a neighbor and I were talking about our beliefs, she became curious about what was different about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
I told her briefly about the Restoration, and I explained that the restored Church of Jesus Christ has a living prophet today.This really seemed to pique her interest, and she wanted to know what the prophet had said. As I started to tell her about the Doctrine and Covenants and modern revelation, she said, But what has he said lately? I told her about general conference and that the Church had a monthly publication with a message from the prophet.Then she got really interested. I was so embarrassed to admit that I hadnt read the current message. She concluded our conversation by saying,
You mean you have a living prophet
and you dont know what he said?
(Janette Hales Beckham, Sustaining the Living Prophets, Ensign, May 1996, 84).
4. We Thank Thee O God For A Prophet
5. Amos teaches that the Lord reveals
His secrets to
His Servants the
Prophets
6. His word shall guide the cause of Zion;
The saints shall believe his words
as he speaks by the Comforter.
7. Amos prophesies of
ancient and
latter-day Israel
8. In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen,
and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old
9. Turn ye even to me with all your heart ; Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice
10. I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh
11. Pres. Joseph Fielding Smith explained the great benefit of inventions in performing the work of the Lord:
I maintain that had there been no restoration of the gospel, and no organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, there would have been no radio; there would have been no airplane, and there would not have been the wonderful discoveries in medicine, chemistry, electricity, and the many other things wherein the world has been benefited by such discoveries.
Under such conditions these blessings would have been withheld, for they belong to the Dispensation of the Fulness of Times of which the restoration of the gospel and the
organization of the Church constitute the central point, from which radiates the Spirit of the Lord throughout the world. The inspiration of the Lord has gone out and takes hold of the minds of men, though they know it not, and they are directed by the Lord. In this manner He brings them into His service that His purposes and His righteousness, in due time, may be supreme on the earth.
I do not believe for one moment that these discoveries have come by chance, or that they have come because of superior intelligence possessed by men today over those who lived in ages that are past. They have come and are coming because the time is ripe, because the Lord has willed it, and because He has poured out His Spirit on all flesh
(in Conference Report, Oct. 1926, 117).
12. Prayerfully study the words of the Living Prophet
and apply his Counsel in our lives.