5/14/2017 - Section 28:1-3
May 14, 2017 Section 28:1-3 Order of Authority & Revelation for the Church, Satan’s Methods, Personal Revelation, There is divine revelation for the Church. There is also revelation that is given to us as individuals. And there is also ‘revelation’ that is a ploy that Satan uses to pull people just enough from the truth as to harm their progression. Section 28 was given when the Church had been officially organized for only 3 months. One of the members, Hiram Page, had received and written down a series of revelations that had come to him via a stone he had found, and were contrary to what is written in the New Testament. Newel Knight, also member of the church, wrote of Hiram’s writings: “… Even Oliver Cowdery and the Whitmer family had given heed to them….Here was a chance for Satan to work among the little flock, and he sought by this means to accomplish what persecution failed to do .” All this occurred just prior to the second conference of the official Church. Josep...