12/27/2017 - Section 78:1-5
December 27, 2017 Section 75:1-5 Missionary Work How To, Missionary Work Rewards Of, Missionary Stories, Missionary Concerns About ‘Success’, One of the themes of this section is missionary work. The section heading states “Certain elders, who had encountered difficulty in bringing men to an understanding of their message, desired to learn more in detail as to their immediate duties. This revelation [ section 75 ] followed.” I remind myself that this counsel is given by the Lord to those who had been called to go on missions, but who had never done anything like this. They had responded to their call, and had gone to work doing their best, but they did not feel they were being successful in their work. The first thing Christ clarified is in v 3: “ Behold, I say unto you that it is my will that you should go forth and not tarry, neither be idle but labor with your might.” V 4 tells them to do this by ‘ lifting up your voices’ (i.e. talking—to everyone). He explains the m...