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Joseph Smith—History 1:1–26 | Scott Woodward & Casey Griffiths | Come Follow Me LDS 2025 | Jan 13–19

2 h 4 min · 14. juni 2026
episode Joseph Smith—History 1:1–26 | Scott Woodward & Casey Griffiths | Come Follow Me LDS 2025 | Jan 13–19 cover

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Come Follow Me January 13–19 Joseph Smith—History 1:1–26 Scott Woodward and Casey Griffiths discuss Joseph Smith's First Vision in today's Come Follow Me lesson. They delve into the context of Joseph Smith's family and social surroundings that led to him asking that pivotal question in 1820. They discuss the differences and insights into the four main accounts of the First Vision and what role historical transparency plays in understanding the First Vision. This is unofficial supplementary resource to the Come, Follow Me curriculum produced by Scripture Central and the Church History Matters Podcast hosted by Scott Woodward and Casey Griffiths. Scott and Casey focus their weekly study on the 4 C's: Context, Content, Controversies, and Consequences of each section of the Doctrine and Covenants. Listen to the Church History Matters Podcast https://doctrineandcovenantscentral.org/church-history-matters-podcast/ https://www.youtube.com/@UCqtKadDOHIbx_Zjq9BhxQYg Follow Church History Matters on Social Media https://www.instagram.com/churchhistorymatterspodcast/ https://www.threads.net/@churchhistorymatterspodcast https://www.tiktok.com/@church.history.matters?lang=en https://www.facebook.com/churchhistorymatterspodcast https://x.com/chrchhstrymtrs ____________________________________________ 0:00 Introduction - Number of accounts 8:25 Content - 1838 account Joseph introduces himself and family 15:05 Second great awakening and religious strife 24:07 Asking God 31:45 Darkness and light 36:10 Seeing Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ 41:10 Different Christian creeds 49:10 Fullness of the gospel or everlasting covenant 54:34 Aftermath and persecution from the first vision 1:04:20 Controversies - Multiple accounts? 1:08:47 Controversies - Multiple messengers? 1:12:18 Controversies - Joseph’s age? Concealing accounts? 1:21:50 Religious fervor? 1:26:16 Consequences - Fruits of the first vision ____________________________________________ Thank you for joining us at Scripture Central! We hope that you have enjoyed this content. Please leave a comment below with your thoughts and insights regarding this video and please consider subscribing to this channel and visiting our website for more content like this: https://scripturecentral.org/ *Donate to Scripture Central: https://form-renderer-app.donorperfect.io/give/scripture-central/donations *Download our free scripture study tool: https://www.scriptureplus.org/ *Sign up for our weekly emails to receive notifications and more Come, Follow Me resources: https://forms.aweber.com/form/87/2078810487.htm ____________________________________________ *The opinions expressed may represent the views of the individual creators or guests alone, and do not necessarily represent official positions of Scripture Central or of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. *This channel may make use of copyrighted material, the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. This constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. *This Channel may also make use of artwork, voices, video, and effects that are generated by AI (Artificial Intelligence). We do our best to disclose when necessary our use of AI, but know that we make regular usage of AI materials in our content. We do not use AI to deceive or mislead. #ScriptureCentral #ComeFollowMe #ChurchOfJesusChristOfLatterdaySaints Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

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