Section 93

1–5, All who are faithful will see the Lord; 6–18, John bore record that the Son of God went from grace to grace until He received a fulness of the glory of the Father; 19–20, Faithful men, going from grace to grace, will also receive of His fulness; 21–22, Those who are begotten through Christ are the Church of the Firstborn; 23–28, Christ received a fulness of all truth, and man by obedience may do likewise; 29–32, Man was in the beginning with God; 33–35, The elements are eternal, and man may receive a fulness of joy in the Resurrection; 36–37, The glory of God is intelligence; 38–40, Children are innocent before God because of the redemption of Christ; 41–53, The leading brethren are commanded to set their families in order.

1. Verily, thus saith the Lord: It shall come to pass that every soul who

forsaketh his

sins and cometh unto me, and

calleth on my name, and

obeyeth my voice, and keepeth my commandments, shall

see my

face and

know that I am;

2. And that I am the true

light that lighteth every man that cometh into the world;

3. And that I am

in the Father, and the Father in me, and the Father and I are one—

4. The Father

because he

gave me of his fulness, and the Son because I was in the world and made

flesh my

tabernacle, and dwelt among the sons of men.

5. I was in the world and received of my Father, and the

works of him were plainly manifest.

6. And

John saw and bore record of the fulness of my

glory, and the fulness of

John’s record is hereafter to be revealed.

7. And he bore record, saying: I saw his glory, that he was in the

beginning, before the world was;

8. Therefore, in the beginning the

Word was, for he was the Word, even the messenger of salvation—

9. The

light and the Redeemer of the world; the Spirit of truth, who came into the world, because the world was made by him, and in him was the life of men and the light of men.

10. The worlds were

made by him; men were made by him; all things were made by him, and through him, and of him.

11. And I, John,

bear record that I beheld his

glory, as the glory of the Only Begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth, even the Spirit of truth, which came and dwelt in the flesh, and dwelt among us.

12. And I, John, saw that he received not of the

fulness at the first, but received

grace for grace;

13. And he received not of the fulness at first, but continued from

grace to grace, until he received a fulness;

14. And thus he was called the

Son of God, because he received not of the fulness at the first.

15. And I,

John, bear record, and lo, the heavens were opened, and the Holy Ghost descended upon him in the form of a dove, and sat upon him, and there came a voice out of heaven saying: This is my

beloved Son.

16. And I, John, bear record that he received a fulness of the glory of the Father;

17. And he received

all

power, both in heaven and on earth, and the glory of the Father was with him, for he dwelt in him.

18. And it shall come to pass, that if you are faithful you shall receive the

fulness of the record of John.

19. I give unto you these sayings that you may understand and know how to worship, and

know what you worship, that you may come unto the Father in my name, and in due time receive of his fulness.

20. For if you keep my

commandments you shall receive of his

fulness, and be

glorified in me as I am in the Father; therefore, I say unto you, you shall receive

grace for grace.

21. And now, verily I say unto you, I was in the

beginning with the Father, and am the

Firstborn;

22. And all those who are begotten through me are

partakers of the

glory of the same, and are the

church of the Firstborn.

23. Ye were also in the beginning with the Father; that which is

Spirit, even the Spirit of truth;

24. And

truth is

knowledge of things as they are, and as they were, and as they are to come;

25. And whatsoever is

more or less than this is the spirit of that wicked one who was a

liar from the beginning.

26. The Spirit of

truth is of God. I am the Spirit of truth, and John bore record of me, saying: He

received a fulness of truth, yea, even of all truth;

27. And no man receiveth a

fulness unless he keepeth his commandments.

28. He that

keepeth his commandments receiveth

truth and

light, until he is glorified in truth and

knoweth all things.

29. Man was also in the

beginning with God.

Intelligence, or the

light of

truth, was not

created or made, neither indeed can be.

30. All truth is independent in that

sphere in which God has placed it, to

act for itself, as all intelligence also; otherwise there is no existence.

31. Behold, here is the

agency of man, and here is the condemnation of man; because that which was from the beginning is

plainly manifest unto them, and they receive not the light.

32. And every man whose spirit receiveth not the

light is under condemnation.

33. For man is

spirit. The elements are

eternal, and

spirit and element, inseparably connected, receive a fulness of joy;

34. And when

separated, man cannot receive a fulness of joy.

35. The

elements are the

tabernacle of God; yea, man is the tabernacle of God, even

temples; and whatsoever temple is

defiled, God shall destroy that temple.

36. The

glory of God is

intelligence, or, in other words,

light and truth.

37. Light and truth forsake that

evil one.

38. Every

spirit of man was

innocent in the beginning; and God having

redeemed man from the

fall, men became again, in their infant state,

innocent before God.

39. And that

wicked one cometh and

taketh away light and truth, through

disobedience, from the children of men, and because of the

tradition of their fathers.

40. But I have commanded you to bring up your

children in

light and truth.

41. But verily I say unto you, my servant Frederick G. Williams, you have continued under this condemnation;

42. You have not

taught your children light and truth, according to the commandments; and that wicked one hath power, as yet, over you, and this is the cause of your

affliction.

43. And now a commandment I give unto you—if you will be delivered you shall set in

order your own house, for there are many things that are not right in your house.

44. Verily, I say unto my servant Sidney Rigdon, that in some things he hath not kept the commandments concerning his children; therefore, first set in order thy house.

45. Verily, I say unto my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., or in other words, I will call you

friends, for you are my friends, and ye shall have an inheritance with me—

46. I called you

servants for the world’s sake, and ye are their servants for my sake—

47. And now, verily I say unto Joseph Smith, Jun.—You have not kept the commandments, and must needs stand

rebuked before the Lord;

48. Your

family must needs repent and forsake some things, and give more earnest heed unto your sayings, or be removed out of their place.

49. What I say unto one I say unto all;

pray always lest that wicked one have power in you, and remove you out of your place.

50. My servant Newel K. Whitney also, a bishop of my church, hath need to be

chastened, and set in

order his family, and see that they are more

diligent and concerned at home, and pray always, or they shall be removed out of their

place.

51. Now, I say unto you, my friends, let my servant Sidney Rigdon go on his journey, and make haste, and also proclaim the

acceptable year of the Lord, and the

gospel of salvation, as I shall give him utterance; and by your prayer of faith with one consent I will uphold him.

52. And let my servants Joseph Smith, Jun., and Frederick G. Williams make haste also, and it shall be given them even according to the prayer of faith; and inasmuch as you keep my sayings you shall not be confounded in this world, nor in the world to come.

53. And, verily I say unto you, that it is my will that you should

hasten to

translate my scriptures, and to

obtain a

knowledge of history, and of countries, and of kingdoms, of

laws of God and man, and all this for the salvation of Zion. Amen.

1a. Rom. 12:1 (1–3).