5/8/2017 - Section 24: Preface
May 8, 2017 Section 24:Preface Persecution, Comfort How the Lord Provides, Seek the Lord in All Times, Priesthood Power, The student manual speaks of increased persecution, particularly of the leaders of the newly organized church. In the previous Section 23, it states that while visiting Colesville, and spending time in the Joseph Knight Sr’s home. (Joseph Knight Sr –not a member at that time had come to JS (along with Oliver Cowdery, Hyrum, Samuel and Joseph Smith Sr) to seek revelation from the Lord for themselves—Section 23 came as a result of their request.) Now Joseph Smith had traveled to the Knight’s home. While visiting there, Joseph Smith cast out an evil spirit from Newel Knight, one of Mr Knight’s sons . “Most of those who witnessed the miracle eventually sought baptism. This brought increased opposition from neighbors, some trying to prevent baptisms, others bringing lawsuits against the Prophet based on trumped-up charges. The Prophet was acq...