Joseph Smith

So......why Joseph Smith? What is he to the LDS (Mormon) people? Is he God?
   The answer is simple and follows thousands of years of Christian history. From the creation of Adam God has led His people by means of a prophet. A prophet is an individual whom God has chosen to have special communication with Him in behalf of all people.
   God has NOT left us alone.
The Bible teaches that after Jesus Christ there would be an apostasy from his gospel and the church He organized through His apostles. People would wander the earth seeking the truth....and would not find it. However, the Bible also teaches that a restoration of all things would take place in the latter days and the Kingdom of God would again be established never again to be taken from the earth.
   Joseph Smith was a young man seeking to know the truth, seeking to know which Church was the true church of God. After visiting the meetings of many religions and speaking with their ministers he was so confused that he could not come to a conclusion which was right. In James he read that if one lacked wisdom they need but ask of God. He decided to do just that. He went to the woods to be alone and knelt in prayer. In answer God the Father and Jesus Christ appeared to him. The Father introduced His Son and Jesus instructed Joseph. He was told that His true Church was not on the earth. The churches on the earth professed the truth but their hearts were far from it. Joseph was told that the true Church would be restored to the earth and that he would be an instrument in bringing that forth.
   Joseph was then tutored by angels on how that was to take place. To begin he was guided to an ancient record and given the power to translate the record which contained the pure teachings and doctrines of God.
   I cannot read about Joseph Smith and how the Lord tutored him and led him to restoring The Church of Jesus Christ upon the earth and not feel that he was indeed a prophet of God. Here was an uneducated boy as to the things of this world who, through the truths restored through him bring us closer to God and give us a greater understanding of who God is and what this life's purpose is than any other individual other than Jesus Christ, Himself.
   When one reads and asks God if these things are true....God answers those prayers. God loves us, His children. He has not left us alone but has given us the answers to the purpose of this life and what we must do to return to live in His presence once this life has passed.
I know these things are true. God has answered my prayers. I thank Him for His love in my life.

I invite Anyone to ask questions about me or my Faith...(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints). If I don't know the answer...I'll research it.
I am not a closed minded person, in fact it is because I have searched and asked questions myself that I have the convictions and faith that I do.