My Testimony of Joseph Smith

Hi, I’d like to take this opportunity to talk to you about a church that I joined and a man by the name of Joseph Smith. The Church that I joined is called The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. And the leader of that church, the first president and prophet, is a man by the name of Joseph Smith.

Now Joseph Smith, when he was 14, he went into a grove and he knelt down to pray to find out which church to join. And in doing so, he had a vision. And in this vision, he saw the Heavenly Father and he saw Jesus Christ. And they spoke to him and told him not to join any church. He would later go on to meet an angel by the name of Moroni. And he was told where there were some golden plates buried in the ground. And he took these golden plates and he translated them into what we have now – The Book of Mormon.

And on the plates was information about the people who lived on the North and South American continents. Now Jesus, when he was resurrected, he came to Jerusalem and other areas around there and showed himself to his apostles and to others. And he said “Other sheep I have which are not of this fold”. And that’s in the book of John, in the Bible. Now, I believe that the other sheep were the people over on this continent. So when he came over to this continent, the people saw him and were excited and they kept a record of it. And they wrote it down.

And that was part of what was on the plates that Joseph Smith translated. This is my message today. And I bear my testimony to you that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is true and it’s the one and only true church on the earth today. That Joseph Smith is a prophet, that the Book of Mormon is true and that Jesus Christ is the son of God and I say this in his holy name. In the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.