Tag: Doctrine and Covenants

D&C 20I knew that the ordinances of baptism and the sacrament were recorded here and that the duties of elders, priests, teachers, and deacons were listed, but I did not realize that so much was said about the keeping of records and the giving of certificates to maintain order in the church.

D&C 19In this revelation to Martin Harris, the Lord commands not to talk of tenets but rather to preach repentance and faith in Christ. In other words, don’t try to convert people through revealing mysteries, or logical persuasion. Give them pure doctrine by inviting them to come unto Christ. Martin is told that this command…

D&C 18I did not realize that Oliver Cowdery and David Whitmer were commanded to seek out the 12 as early as 1829. I also love the command to “Contend against no church save the church of the devil.”

D&C 16This is a word for word duplicate of section 15 except that it is directed to Peter Whitmer instead of John.

D&C 15This is a who’s who of the future witnesses of the Gold Plates. John Whitmer was one of the 8 witnesses.

D&C 14This is again like section 4 but I like the details given here. Like the revelation to Martin Harris where the Lord tells him that if he is faithful he may become one of the witnesses, the Lord here tells David Whitmer that if he will ask the Father in faith he might also…

D&C 12It seems that many of these revelations to individuals contain largely the same doctrine. It makes me wonder if we would have included all of them, or only one or two representative revelations to individuals if we had the perspective of time when compiling the Doctrine and Covenants. This one looks quite a bit…

D&C 11The Lord tells Hyrum – Ye shall know all things pertaining to righteousness that ye shall desire of me. Seek first to obtain my word – the Book of Mormon so that you may know of my doctrine with surety before seeking to declare my word.