The Articles of Faith / A Series of Lectures on the Principal Doctrines of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

by James E. Talmage

8. Describe the usual manifestation characterizing each of the following gifts, with scriptural illustrations of each:—1, The gift of tongues and interpretation; 2, of healing, and the gift of faith to be healed; 3, of visions; 4, of dreams; 5, of prophecy; 6, of revelation.

9. Cite scriptural promises that certain sign-gifts of the Spirit shall follow the believer.

10. Give instances of miracles wrought by evil powers.

11. Cite the predictions of John the Revelator regarding such imitations of the gifts of the Spirit, which are to characterize the work of God in the last days.

12. What did Christ say about signs and wonders that would be wrought by wicked men?

13. What evidence have you of the existence of spiritual gifts in the Church today?

LECTURE XIII, ARTICLE 8.

The Bible.

1. What position does the Bible occupy among the standard works of the Church?

2. What reservation does the Church make in accepting the modern versions of the Bible as the unchanged word of God?