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[The spirit of revelation] is thy gift; apply unto it, and blessed art
thou, for it shall deliver you out of the hands of your enemies, when,
if it were not so, they would slay you and bring your soul to destruction. |
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Pray always, that you may come off conqueror; yea, that
you may conquer Satan, and those that
you may escape the hands of the servants of Satan that do uphold
his work. |
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D&C
10, May [1–31], 1829.
BC verse numbers are in brackets.
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| Satan's servants seek to destroy
Joseph |
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[2] Behold, they have sought to
destroy you; yea, even the man in whom you have trusted has
sought to destroy you. |
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And for this cause I said that he is a wicked man, for he has sought to
take away the things wherewith you have been entrusted; and he has also
sought to destroy your gift. |
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| Satan inspired them to change text |
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And, behold, Satan hath put it into their hearts to alter
the words which you have caused to be written, or which you have translated,
which have gone out of your hands. |
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| Satan stirs up men to iniquity |
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[4] Verily, verily, I say unto you, that Satan has
great hold upon their hearts; he stirreth them up to do
iniquity against that which is good; |
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D&C 10,
May [1–31], 1829. |
| Hearts of evil |
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And their hearts are corrupt, and full of wickedness
and abominations; and they love darkness rather than light, because their
deeds are evil; therefore they will not ask of me. |
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Satan stirreth them up, that he may lead
their souls to destruction. |
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And thus he has laid a cunning plan, thinking
to destroy the work of God; but I will require this
at their hands, and it shall turn to their shame and condemnation in the
day of judgment. |
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Yea, he stirreth up their hearts to anger against this work. |
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Yea, he saith unto them: Deceive and lie in wait to catch,
that ye may destroy; behold, this is no harm. And thus he flattereth them,
and telleth them that it is no sin to lie that they may catch a man in a
lie, that they may destroy him. |
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And thus he flattereth them, and leadeth them along until he draggeth
their souls down to hell; and thus he causeth them to catch themselves in
their own snare. |
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And thus he goeth up and down, to and fro in the earth, seeking to destroy
the souls of men. |
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And this I do that I may establish my gospel, that there may not be so
much contention; yea, Satan doth stir up the hearts of the people to contention
concerning the points of my doctrine; and in these things they do err, for
they do wrest the scriptures and do not understand them. |
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D&C 10,
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… it is not expedient in me that ye should
translate any more until ye shall go to the Ohio, and this because of
the enemy and for your sakes. |
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BC 39: 1; Dec. [30], 1830
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| Prepare |
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Wherefore, gird up your loins and be prepared. |
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BC 40:8–9, Jan. 2,
1831 // ¶ D&C 38:9. |
| Enemy not over come |
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Behold, the kingdom is yours, and the enemy shall not overcome. |
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And behold the enemy is combined. |
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BC 40:11 //D&C
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| Plot murder in secret
chambers |
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… the enemy in the secret chambers, seeketh
your lives: … |
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BC 40:22 // ¶ D&C
38:28. |
| Escape … |
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And that ye might escape the power of the enemy, and be gathered unto
me a righteous people, without spot and blameless: |
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BC 40:27–28 // D&C
38:30–32. |
| … to Ohio |
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Wherefore, for this cause I gave unto you the commandment, that ye should
go to the Ohio: and there I will give unto you my law, and there you shall
be endowed with power from on high … |
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... teach them that Shall be converted to flee to the west
& this because of that which is to come, & secret combinations. |
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Book A, Feb. 9, 1831
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… be nourished in [with] all tenderness with [in]
herbs & [and] mild food & [not that] of
the world that not by
the hand of an enemy. |
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Book A, Book B
[Black]: BC 44:35, Feb. [9–23], 1831 // ¶ D&C
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not acceptable witnesses |
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but if any
man [shall] commit adultery he Shall be tried before 2 elders of the Church
or more & every word Shall be established against him by two witnesses
of the church and not of the world enemy.
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shall: BC 47:5
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… ye shall obtain power to organize yourselves, according
to the laws of man; |
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BC: 46:4–6; Feb. [9–23],
1831 // D&C 44:4–5. |
| … to protect against enemies |
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That your enemies may not have power over you, that you may be preserved
in all things; |
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people |
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That you may be enabled to keep my laws, that every bond may
be broken wherewith the enemy seeketh to destroy my people. |
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I hav[e] been engageed in
regulating the Churches here as the deciples are numerous and the devil
has made many att[e]mpts to over throw them |
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it has been a serious Job but the Lord is with
us and we have overcome and have all things regular … |
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I <have> had much Concirn about you but
I always remember you in {your} <my> prayers Calling upon god to keep
<you> Safe in spite <of> men or devils … |
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… after being Colled
out of my bed in the night to go a small distance I went and had {and} an
awful strugle with satan <but> being armed with the power of god he
was cast out and the woman is Clothed in hir right mind … |
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Exorcisms |
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do not Come threw Bufalo for th[e]y will lie in wait for
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The History of Joseph Smith records little but the revelations during
the prophet's historic trip to and from Independence, June–August
1831. Instead, Joseph summarizes the trip as follows: |
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Many things transpired upon this journey to strengthen our faith, and
displayed the goodness of God in such a marvellous manner, that we could
not help beholding the exertions of satan to blind the eyes of the people,
so as to hide the true light that lights every man that comes into the
world. |
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SHOWREF=TS] 5, no. 6
(Mar. 15, 1844): 465. |
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| Gather in Missouri |
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[43] And thus, even as I have said, if ye are faithful
ye shall assemble yourselves together to rejoice upon the land of Missouri,
which is the land of your inheritance, which is now the land of your enemies. |
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D&C 52:42,
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| Gather in Missouri |
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[43] And thus, even as I have said, if ye are faithful
ye shall assemble yourselves together to rejoice upon the land of Missouri,
which is the land of your inheritance, which is now the land of your enemies. |
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ruled by Satan |
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… and after they have fallen asleep, the great persecutor
of the church, the apostate, the whore, even Babylon, that maketh all nations
to drink of her cup, in whose hearts the enemy, even Satan, sitteth to reign:
Behold he soweth the tares; wherefore the tares choke the wheat and drive
the church into the wilderness. |
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1835 D&C 6:1, Dec. 6,
1832 // D&C 86:3.
the whore: ¶ D&C 88:94 |
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Treatment of enemies (standard of peace) |
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False Spirits
Joseph Smith
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