In a group of meetings in November 1831, the Lord revealed that the Saints in the latter days should be able to read the revelations being received by Joseph Smith. A new book of scripture would be published, and the precursor to our current Doctrine and Covenants was in the works. During those meetings, the Lord revealed a preface in Doctrine and Covenants 1, an appendix that would become Doctrine and Covenants 133, and the four sections in our study this week: Doctrine and Covenants 67–70. And as recorded in section 70, these words would be “worth … the riches of the whole Earth.”
Segment 1
Scriptures:
D&C 67:1-2 (God knows us)
D&C 67:13 (Continue in patience)
Segment 2
Scriptures:
D&C 1:1-4 (The Lord’s preface is a voice of warning)
D&C 133 (The appendix to the Doctrine and Covenants)
D&C 21:1 (A record shall be kept)
1 Corinthians 12:12-29 (Body of Christ and callings)
Segment 3
Scriptures:
D&C 67:9 (Father of Lights)
Helaman 11:23 (Revelation is an end of strife)
D&C 88:11 (Light leads to understanding)
James 1:17 (Biblical reference to Father of Lights)
D&C 84:45-46 (The word is light)
D&C 67:10 (Strip yourself of jealousy and fear)
D&C 1:19-24 (Weak things of the world)
Translations:
Behold - chazah = Look and see something important (Hebrew)
Segment 4
Scriptures:
D&C 68:25-28 (A command to be baptized)
D&C 67:13 (Continue in patience until perfection)
D&C 68:1-6 (What is scripture)
D&C 50:21-22 (Teaching and learning with the spirit)
Segment 5
Scriptures:
D&C 69 (Oliver’s journey with a true and faithful friend)
D&C 6:28 (Law of witnesses)
Deuteronomy 19:15 (Two or three witnesses)
D&C 69:3 (Make a history)
Study Helps:
Global Histories of the Church
Segment 6
Scriptures:
D&C 70 (The worth of the D&C)
D&C 67:4 (The Lord’s testimony of the D&C)
D&C 84:19-22 (Keys of the mysteries)
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