5/25/2017 - Section 31:1-13
May 25, 2017 Section 31: 1-13 Thomas Marsh, Missionary Instructions & Promises, Lord’s Rules for Living, Missions Bless our Family, Anger Beware, Apostasy Spirit Of, Holy Ghost Signs of Him In Us, This is the last of a series of 4 revelations given to Joseph Smith in Sept 1830,around the time of the first church conference held after the church was officially organized 6 months previously. Section 31 is a revelation to Thomas B Marsh, who had been baptized earlier in the month and ordained to the office of elder. In Smith and Sjodahl Commentary, p 165 it says: “ Thomas B Marsh had embraced the gospel o the testimony of the Spirit concerning 16 pages of the Book of Mormon, and he moved to Palmyra in order to join the Church. This was faith. Many ‘inquirers’ cannot be moved, though they have an entire library from which to draw information. God commends him for his faith.” This section is a beautiful welcome for a new member of the Church. It speaks of wondrous blessings...