5/18/2018 - Section 98:1-4
May 18, 2018 Section 98:1-4 Faith in Hard Times, Adversity Living Through, In the Strength of the Lord, Missouri Saints, Church is Not Full of Perfect People, This section was given a short time after the first serious mob action against the saints in Missouri. They had lost property and they had been physically hurt. They were frightened and they were angry. An interesting fact is that Joseph was still in Kirtland, nine hundred miles from Missouri. It is highly unlikely that news of the mobbing could have reached him by the time this revelation was given. I think one of the great challenges of life comes as we yearn toward eternal goals, but live with mortal understanding. That is the very condition here on earth that demands that we must live by faith. The Lord follows this violence with the following advice: “ fear not….let your hearts be comforted….waiting patiently on the Lord….prayers have been heard” And then the most difficult good news—the Lord c...