Is Joseph Smith a Prophet?

This week in class we are starting a study on Mormonism. I wanted to read a little about the group so that I could get a better understanding of there beliefs, so I went over to the Watchmen Fellowship website to see what they had written on the subject. I ran across a very interesting article called Joseph Smith and the Biblical Test of a Prophet. In the article it ask the question,”What is the test for a Prophet?”. According to the Mormons the Passage Moroni 10:4, is enough evidence to support that Joseph Smith is a great prophet, and they use the passage to support more. The article helps us to understand the what the biblical test of a prophet is by looking at a text from Deuteronomy 18:20-22. In this text it says that we can test a prophet by checking its prophecies. Are the prophecies true? Now, this may be a little hard for some to grasp, as a matter of fact it is obvious that some have not grasped this fact still, but pay very close attention. NO matter how many prophecies a person prophesies if one of the prophecies is not true than the prophet is not a true prophet. How can I make this clearer? If a prophecy never happens you may want to check the ingredients on your prophet. So the article continues, is Joseph Smith a Prophet? According to the rest of the article it seems to me that he would be a false prophet. The article gives you types of prophetic statements such as there are open dated predictions, self-fulfilling prophecy, and conditional prophecy. After looking at these different types of prophetic statements the article then begins to test the truthfulness of Joseph Smith in being a prophet. This is a great article that everyone should read.

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