[Quester]

I will not be held accountable for what God says that offends you.

... or, presumably, ... by what Joseph Smith said that God said.

Because, the truth is ... there is absolutely no other witness ... to confirm that what Joseph Smith said ... was true.

Even Jesus didn't expect His hearers to believe what He said ... without additional witness.

John 5:31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.

32 There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.

33 Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.

34 But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved.

35 He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.

36 But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.

37 And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.

38 And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.

39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

40 And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.

41 I receive not honour from men.

42 But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.

43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.

44 How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?

45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.

46 For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me.

47 But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?

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37 And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me.

So God the Father is the ultimate witness of Christ. The Holy Ghost bears witness of the divinity of Christ.


46 For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me.

47 But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?


Mormons claim Joseph Smith is a prophet of Christ.

There are human witnesses for and against whether he was a Prophet or not. The test of whether he was a prophet would be if God really did call him to be one and then witnessed that he was a chosen prophet like Moses was.
I believe God did call Joseph Smith as a Prophet.