8/31/2018- Section 108:1-8
August 31, 2018 Section 108:1-8 Doubts, Our Standing with the Lord, Promptings, Holy Ghost Following, Obedience, Christ’s Role, Draw Near Unto Me, Companions I love the history of this section. Lyman Sherman had been one of the members of in Zion’s Camp (1834) as many of the brethren went to give aide to the Missouri saints. In this endeavor, that didn’t evolve as many supposed it would have, there had been many spiritual experiences, as well as many delays and many, many hardships. After Zion’s Camp in Feb 1835, Lyman had been called to be one of the seven presidents of the seventy, and in Nov 1935, he had been released. The day after Christmas, 1935, Lyman came to Joseph asking “ to have the word of the Lord through [Joseph Smith] for I have been wrought upon to make known to you my feelings and desires and was promised that I should have a revelation which should make known my duty.” The Smith and Sjodahl commentary speaks about Lyman’s struggle in a way t...