SECTION
90
[Kirtland
D&C 82, LDS D&C 93]
A
conference of high priests met in Kirtland, Ohio, May 4, 1833, to
consider the building of a schoolhouse for the instruction of the
elders in the work of their ministry. This was in harmony with the
revelation of December 27, 1832 (D. and C. 85:36). This revelation
was received through Joseph Smith two days later, May 6, 1833, at
Kirtland, Ohio.
1a.
Verily, thus saith the Lord, It shall come to pass that every soul
who forsaketh his sins and cometh unto me, and calleth on my name,
and obeyeth my voice, and keepeth my commandments, shall see my face,
and know that I am, and that I am the true light that lighteth every
man that cometh into the world;
1b.
and that I am in the Father and the Father in me, and the Father and
I are one; the Father because he gave me of his fullness; and the Son
because I was in the world and made flesh my tabernacle, and dwelt
among the sons of men.
1c. I
was in the world and received of my Father, and the works of him were
plainly manifest; and John saw and bore record of the fullness of my
glory; and the fullness of John’s record is hereafter to be
revealed.
1d.
And he bore record saying, I saw his glory that he was in the
beginning before the world was; therefore, in the beginning the Word
was; for he was the Word, even the messenger of salvation, the light
and the Redeemer of the world;
1e.
the Spirit of truth, who came into the world because the world was
made by him; and in him was the life of men and the light of men.
1f.
The worlds were made by him. Men were made by him. All things were
made by him, and through him, and of him.
1g.
And I, John, bear record that I beheld his glory, as the glory of the
Only Begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth; even the Spirit
of truth which came and dwelt in the flesh, and dwelt among us.
2a.
And I, John, saw that he received not of the fullness at the first,
but received grace for grace; and he received not of the fullness at
first, but continued from grace to grace, until he received a
fullness;
2b.
and thus he was called the Son of God, because he received not of the
fullness at the first.
2c.
And I, John, bare record, and lo, the heavens were opened and the
Holy Ghost descended upon him in the form of a dove, and sat upon
him, and there came a voice out of heaven saying, This is my beloved
Son.
2d.
And I, John, bare record that he received a fullness of the glory of
the Father; and he received all power, both in heaven and on earth;
and the glory of the Father was with him, for he dwelt in him.
3a.
And it shall come to pass, that if you are faithful, you shall
receive the fullness of the record of John.
3b. I
give unto you these sayings that you may understand and know how to
worship, and know what you worship, that you may come unto the Father
in my name, and in due time receive of his fullness,
3c.
for if you keep my commandments you shall receive of his fullness and
be glorified in me as I am in the Father: therefore, I say unto you,
You shall receive grace for grace.
4a.
And now, verily I say unto you, I was in the beginning with the
Father, and am the Firstborn; and all those who are begotten through
me, are partakers of the glory of the same, and are the church of the
Firstborn.
4b. Ye
were also in the beginning with the Father; that which is Spirit,
even the Spirit of truth; and truth is knowledge of things as they
are, and as they were, and as they are to come; and whatsoever is
more or less than this, is the spirit of that wicked one, who was a
liar from the beginning.
4c.
The Spirit of truth is of God. I am the Spirit of truth.
4d.
And John bore record of me, saying, He received a fullness of truth;
yea, even of all truth, and no man receiveth a fullness unless he
keepeth his commandments.
4e. He
that keepeth his commandments, receiveth truth and light, until he is
glorified in truth, and knoweth all things.
5a.
Man was also in the beginning with God. Intelligence, or the light of
truth, was not created or made, neither indeed can be.
5b.
All truth is independent in that sphere in which God has placed it,
to act for itself, as all intelligence also, otherwise there is no
existence.
5c.
Behold, here is the agency of man, and here is the condemnation of
man, because that which was from the beginning is plainly manifest
unto them, and they receive not the light.
5d.
And every man whose spirit receiveth not the light is under
condemnation, for man is spirit.
5e.
The elements are eternal, and spirit and element, inseparably
connected, receiveth a fullness of joy; and when separated, man
cannot receive a fullness of joy.
5f.
The elements are the tabernacle of God; yea, man is the tabernacle of
God, even temples; and whatsoever temple is defiled, God shall
destroy that temple.
6a.
The glory of God is intelligence, or, in other words, light and
truth; and light and truth forsaketh that evil one.
6b.
Every spirit of man was innocent in the beginning, and God having
redeemed man from the fall, men became again in their infant state,
innocent before God.
6c.
And that wicked one cometh and taketh away light and truth, through
disobedience, from the children of men, and because of the tradition
of their fathers.
6d.
But I have commanded you to bring up your children in light and
truth,
6e.
but verily I say unto you, my servant Frederick G. Williams, You have
continued under this condemnation; you have not taught your children
light and truth, according to the commandments, and that wicked one
hath power, as yet, over you, and this is the cause of your
affliction.
6f.
And now a commandment I give unto you, if you will be delivered: you
shall set in order your own house, for there are many things that are
not right in your house.
7.
Verily I say unto my servant Sidney Rigdon, that in some things he
hath not kept the commandments, concerning his children; therefore,
firstly set in order thy house.
8a.
Verily I say unto my servant Joseph Smith, Jr., or, in other words, I
will call you friends, for you are my friends, and you shall have an
inheritance with me.
8b. I
called you servants for the world’s sake, and you are their
servants for my sake; and now verily I say unto Joseph Smith, Jr.,
You have not kept the commandments, and must needs stand rebuked
before the Lord.
8c.
Your family must needs repent and forsake some things, and give more
earnest heed unto your sayings, or be removed out of their place.
8d.
What I say unto one I say unto all: Pray always, lest that wicked one
have power in you, and remove you out of your place.
9. My
servant Newel K. Whitney, also a bishop of my church, hath need to be
chastened, and set in order his family, and see that they are more
diligent and concerned at home, and pray always, or they shall be
removed out of their place.
10.
Now I say unto you, my friends, Let my servant Sidney Rigdon go his
journey, and make haste, and also proclaim the acceptable year of the
Lord, and the gospel of salvation, as I shall give him utterance, and
by your prayer of faith with one consent, I will uphold him.
11.
And let my servants Joseph Smith, Jr., and Frederick G. Williams,
make haste also, and it shall be given them even according to the
prayer of faith; and inasmuch as you keep my sayings, you shall not
be confounded in this world, nor in the world to come.
12.
And verily I say unto you, that it is my will that you should hasten
to translate my Scriptures, and to obtain a knowledge of history, and
of countries, and of kingdoms, of laws of God and man, and all this
for the salvation of Zion. Amen.
