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What is the source of Salvation? We look, of course, to Christ and his atonement for salvation. But when we try to understand how that salvation works, where do we turn? The lesson covers the words of Isaiah, which we are told will all be fulfilled, but Isaiah is sometimes quite obscure to readers today (from the difficulty of translating both the words and the cultural context they were written in), so I don\u2019t think its easy to use Isaiah for understanding salvation.<\/p>\n
Also, the lesson talks about prophets, their role and how they were called. Certainly, we can find more information about salvation in the words of the prophets. And since we have living prophets today, whose words are less obscure because we belong to the same or a very similar culture, we can likely rely on the living prophets for this information.<\/p>\n
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The most important sign that someone is a true prophet is that their words are fulfilled. We trust in what these prophets say, and when our trust is validated, our faith is confirmed. And this confirmation gives us a certain freedom\u2014a trust in what will happen that allows us to choose actions that will bless our lives.<\/p>\n
This freedom is the subject of the following poem by William Willes. Written during the \u201creformation\u201d of 1856, Willes suggests not only that \u201cthe Prophet’s words fulfill\u201d, but also that this freedom will allow the Saints to \u201cmagnify our \u00a0calling\u201d and \u201cdo their duty.\u201d<\/p>\n
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by William Willes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Perhaps the most important role of a prophet is attention to the current circumstances we face\u2014what Ezra Taft Benson called TNT\u2014\u201cToday\u2019s News Today.\u201d Translating the Gospel\u2019s principles to what is needed today helps us avoid sin and find repentance, as this section suggests. Everyone benefits from this current knowledge and the warnings that our prophets provide.<\/p>\n
The following poem, written by Charles Penrose, who would later be added to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, shows how listening to the words of the prophets, suggesting a kind of utopia that will arrive after we follow the prophet\u2019s warnings and seek the promised hope that comes through repentance.<\/p>\n
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by Charles W. Penrose<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Another role of prophets is to facilitate the work of God\u2014to lead His people to accomplish a great work. In these latter days, we talk about the \u201cMarvelous Work and a Wonder\u201d as the restoration of the gospel and the coming forth of a new people to serve the Lord. Especially in the earliest days of the restoration, this \u201cgreat work\u201d was perceived as the crowning achievement of this work.<\/p>\n
Here, the celebrated musician and longtime director of the Tabernacle Choir, Evan Stephens, celebrates this \u201cgreat work\u201d in a hymn written for the centennial of the founding of the Church in 1830. Stephens is also known for writing the text of many hymns, including \u201cConsider the Lillies of the Field\u201d and \u201cLet Us All Press On.\u201d<\/p>\n
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by Evan Stephens<\/p>\n<\/div>\n