6/9/2017 - Section 39:1-24
June 9, 2017 Section 39:1-24 James Covill, Seeking the Lord’s Advice, Prayer, Personal Revelation, If Then Scriptures, If Then Promises, Missionary Work Definition, This section, and section 40, have much to do about James Covill…and –in scriptural truth-- about all of us. James Covill was a Baptism minister in Ohio. He journeyed from Ohio to New York in January 1831 in order to meet the Prophet Joseph Smith. This is what JS recorded: “There was a man came to me by the name of James Covill, who had been a Baptist minister for about forty years, and covenanted with the Lord that he would obey any command that the Lord would give him through me as His servant, and I received the following...” and then begins D&C 39. Christ knows James Covill. In v’s 7-9 He says “ I have looked upon they works and I know thee….thine heart is now right before me at this time….Nevertheless, thou hast seen great sorrow, for thou hast rejected me many times because of pride and the cares of t...