Elder Vaiangina Sikahema

Prophets, Seers, and Revelators

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In brief

Elder Sikahema tells of his Tongan grandparents, missionaries who buried their infant son after a storm at sea and still sailed on to hear an apostle in 1947. He traces the ancient famine of hearing the word of the Lord, ended when the Father and the Son appeared to Joseph Smith and prophets and apostles were restored. Opening the conference, he urges listeners not to treat the words of living prophets as a light thing.

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~9minutes

14.7references to Christ per 1,000 words

2questions asked

1direct invitation

Themes in this talk

Witness 25 Adversity 5 Covenants 1 Striving 1 Giving 1

Number of coded passages from this talk in each theme.

Direct invitations

Sentences where the speaker directly invited, urged, asked or pleaded with us to act, in the exact words.

Study the conference talks and act on them

“let us not be guilty of holding ‘the oracles of God … as a light thing’”

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Teach this talk

Three ready-to-teach 30-minute lessons built on this talk.

Adults · 30 minutesWorth the VoyageLiving apostles and prophets are a gift from the Savior that was missing from the earth for centuries, and we honor that gift by refusing to treat their words as a light thing.Youth · 30 minutesTwo and a Half Days, or One TapHaving living prophets and apostles is a rare gift, and the fact that we can hear them so easily is no reason to treat what they say lightly.Children · 30 minutesI Can Listen to the ProphetHeavenly Father loves us, so He gives us prophets and apostles who teach us about Jesus Christ, and I can listen to them.

Test yourself on this talk

Three short quizzes on what Elder Sikahema taught: easy for families and first-time listeners, medium for understanding, hard for careful study.

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Key passages

Witness · living prophets valued

“What a blessing it is to live in a time when apostles and prophets are on the earth.”