5/22/2018 - Section 99:1-8
May 22, 2018 Section 99: 1-8 Missionary Promises, Missionary Service, Callings Timing Of, Convert Promises, I love this section. It was given specifically to John Murdock—a regular guy who had embraced the gospel when Sidney Rigdon and his group passed through the Kirtland area on that first western journey to the Lamanites. It’s also a good lesson to me to realize that Sidney Rigdon and his companions used their travel time to proclaim the gospel to those they met. John Murdock’s directions are simple: (v1) go east, go from house to house, from village to village, from city to city proclaiming the gospel. He is also given a ‘head’s up’ that he will “ proclaim mine everlasting gospel…in the midst of persecution and wickedness.” Just as it is today, being a missionary is not all roses. But John is also given a promise: (2)“ …and you shall have power to declare my word in the demonstration of my Holy Spirit.”, and then he is reminded of the effect his...