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Preach My Gospel, Lesson 1, Heading 6 “The Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christthrough Joseph Smith”
The Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christthrough Joseph Smith
Preparation:
 Make sure you have a copy of the DVD “The Restoration” or be prepared to tell the story in your own words. If you use the DVD, cue it to 11:45 before the lesson starts (for a 4-minute clip portraying the First Vision). Get the following GAK pictures ready (404, 408, 417). Get 4 artificial flowersand 1 real flower (or use pictures included at the end of the lesson).
 
Opening Song: “We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet”
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 Joseph sought for truth (see JS-H 1:8, 10).
 
Remember the blocks from our lesson last week? When Daddy taught about theGreat Apostasy, all the blocks were knocked down. Do you remember whathappened during the Great Apostasy? (Many different churches were formed aspeople tried to figure out what was true).Show the bouquet of artificial flowers. These flowers are like the many differentchurches. Joseph Smith was born at a time when many people were trying to findtruth. He wondered which of all the churches was the true Church of JesusChrist. He wondered why there were so many arguments about the gospel, andwanted to find out what Heavenly Father wanted him to do. He learned how todo that when he was reading James 1:5. (Read as a family).
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God and Jesus Christ appeared to Joseph Smith (see JS-H 1:16-17).
 
Can anyone tell me the story of what he did and what happened?Place the real flower next to the fake ones. Heavenly Father and Jesus Christappeared and brought the real gospel back to the earth!
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Like prophets in earlier dispensations, Joseph Smith was called as the prophet of this last dispensation.
 
So now was there a prophet on the earth again? Remember what that’s called? Adispensation! Joseph Smith had a very special calling, because he was the firstprophet of the very last dispensation that will happen on this earth. HeavenlyFather has brought the gospel back one last time before Jesus comes again. Isn’t itwonderful that we get to be on the earth right now during this last dispensation?
 
~God restored the fullness of the gospel through Joseph Smith (see D&C 35:17;135:3).
 
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Other heavenly messengers restored the priesthood, and Christ’s Churchwas organized (see D&C 13; 27:12).
 
Heavenly Father sent angels to Joseph Smith as special messengers so that hewould have authority to baptize and give the gift of the Holy Ghost. Show GAKpictures of angels appearing to Joseph Smith.So now all the principles and ordinances of the gospel were back, just like when Jesus was on the earth and organized His church. The blocks were put backtogether again just the way they had been before!
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 A living prophet directs the Church today.
 
Ever since Joseph Smith, there has always been a prophet leading Jesus’ Churchon the earth. Can anyone tell me who our prophet is today? That’s right, ThomasS. Monson! We get to hear him this weekend for General Conference. He is aprophet the same way Joseph Smith was a prophet.Tell your family to imagine they are in the Sacred Grove and to be very quiet andreverent, as we watch a special video about the Restoration. <Watch 4-minuteexcerpt of “The Restoration”, from 11:45 to 15:30.> (If not using video, havesomeone read the account in JS-H while you hold a picture depicting the FirstVision).Bear testimony of Joseph Smith’s role in restoring the gospel of Jesus Christ, andencourage your children to notice the peaceful feelings of the Spirit telling themthis is true.
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