9/30/2018 - Section 115:1-5
September 30, 2018 Section 115:1-5 Name of the Church, Tribulations and Trials Getting Through Them, Go Forth in Faith, Standard to the Nations, Responsibility Our, This section was received nine days after section 114. The events around 114 occurred at a time of conflict and disunity within…and without…the church—when people once strong in their testimony, and once lifted up by their study and work within the church were angry with each other and with their situations, and in the middle of those hard times, made the decision to leave the church. And here, 9 days later, the Lord goes forward with building up the places where they lived. This section is addressed to the presiding officers of the church. V 3-4 are where Christ gives the official name of the church: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Prior to this moment, the church had been referred to by several different names: The Church of Christ, The Church of Jesus Christ, The church of God,, and The Chur...