Doctrine and Covenants, Connected
Doctrine and Covenants 41 Agree upon my word
On February 4, 1831, Joseph Smith arrived in Kirtland, Ohio, as Church members were gathering there in response to earlier revelations. The section gives the elders direction about receiving the Lord’s law and governing the Church, and it addresses housing for Joseph and Sidney Rigdon and a new calling for Edward Partridge. John Whitmer’s later note connects the revelation to Joseph’s prayer about an offer from Leman Copley, but the revelation itself does not mention that offer. Confusion among some members about sharing property, a concern that later histories associated with this period.
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Doctrine and Covenants 41
- Hearken and hear, O ye my people, saith the Lord and your God, ye whom I delight to bless with the greatest of all blessings, ye that hear me; and ye that hear me not will I curse, that have professed my name, with the heaviest of all cursings. (5 connected talks)
- Hearken, O ye elders of my church whom I have called, behold I give unto you a commandment, that ye shall assemble yourselves together to agree upon my word; (1 connected talk)
- And by the prayer of your faith ye shall receive my law, that ye may know how to govern my church and have all things right before me. (2 connected talks)
- And I will be your ruler when I come; and behold, I come quickly, and ye shall see that my law is kept. (1 connected talk)
- He that receiveth my law and doeth it, the same is my disciple; and he that saith he receiveth it and doeth it not, the same is not my disciple, and shall be cast out from among you; (4 connected talks)
- For it is not meet that the things which belong to the children of the kingdom should be given to them that are not worthy, or to dogs, or the pearls to be cast before swine. (2 connected talks)
- And again, it is meet that my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., should have a house built, in which to live and translate. (1 connected talk)
- And again, it is meet that my servant Sidney Rigdon should live as seemeth him good, inasmuch as he keepeth my commandments. (1 connected talk)
- And again, I have called my servant Edward Partridge; and I give a commandment, that he should be appointed by the voice of the church, and ordained a bishop unto the church, to leave his merchandise and to spend all his time in the labors of the church; (1 connected talk)
- To see to all things as it shall be appointed unto him in my laws in the day that I shall give them. (1 connected talk)
- And this because his heart is pure before me, for he is like unto Nathanael of old, in whom there is no guile. (2 connected talks)
- These words are given unto you, and they are pure before me; wherefore, beware how you hold them, for they are to be answered upon your souls in the day of judgment. Even so. Amen. (1 connected talk)
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