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D&C 41–44
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Watch videos from Gospel scholars and teachers to learn more about these sections of the Doctrine and Covenants. Book of Mormon Central produces weekly videos from Tyler Griffin, Taylor Halverson, John Hilton III, Anthony Sweat, Casey Griffiths, Stephanie Dibb Sorensen and Marianna Richardson. Read commentaries and other resources from KnoWhys, Steven C. Harper, Casey Griffiths, and Susan Easton Black.
Overview
Doctrine and Covenants 41
Doctrine and Covenants 42
Doctrine and Covenants 43
Doctrine and Covenants 44
Daily Reading Plan
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Monday
- Video: What Was the Consecration? - Casey Griffiths (D&C 41–44)
- Commentary: Section 41 Context, Steven C. Harper
- Scripture: D&C 41:1–12
- Commentary: Section 42 Context, Steven C. Harper
- Scripture: D&C 42:1–10
Tuesday
- Scripture: D&C 42:11–29
- Commentary: Casey Paul Griffiths, Doctrine and Covenants Minute, Doctrine and Covenants 42:11–17.
- Commentary: Casey Paul Griffiths, Doctrine and Covenants Minute, Doctrine and Covenants 42:18–30.
Wednesday
- Scripture: D&C 42:30–52
- KnoWhy: How Can the Book of Mormon Help Saints Live the Law of Consecration?
- KnoWhy: How Can Honest Labor and Self-Reliance Bring Lasting Happiness?
Thursday
- Scripture: D&C 42:53–69
- Commentary: Casey Paul Griffiths, Doctrine and Covenants Minute, Doctrine and Covenants 42:53–60.
- Commentary: Casey Paul Griffiths, Doctrine and Covenants Minute, Doctrine and Covenants 42:61–69.
Friday
- Scripture: D&C 42:70–93
- Commentary: Casey Paul Griffiths, Doctrine and Covenants Minute, Doctrine and Covenants 42:70–73.
- Commentary: Casey Paul Griffiths, Doctrine and Covenants Minute, Doctrine and Covenants 42:74–93.
Saturday
- Commentary: Section 43 Context, Steven C. Harper
- Scripture: D&C 43:1–18
- Commentary: Casey Paul Griffiths, Doctrine and Covenants Minute, Doctrine and Covenants 43:1–7.
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Quote: The Lord has declared: “And ye are to be taught from on high. Sanctify yourselves and ye shall be endowed with power, that ye may give even as I have spoken.” The words sanctify yourselves may appear puzzling. President Harold B. Lee once explained that you can replace those words with the phrase “keep my commandments.” Read that way, the counsel may seem clearer.
One must be ever mentally and physically clean and have purity of intent so that the Lord can inspire. One who is obedient to His commandments is trusted of the Lord. That individual has access to His inspiration to know what to do and, as needed, the divine power to do it.
Richard G. Scott, “How to Obtain Revelation and Inspiration for Your Personal Life,” April 2012 General Conference. - Video: Bind Yourselves to Act - John Hilton III (D&C 41–44)
Sunday
- Scripture: D&C 43:19–35
- Commentary: Section 44 Context, Steven C. Harper
- Scripture: D&C 44:1–6
- Commentary: Casey Paul Griffiths, Doctrine and Covenants Minute, Doctrine and Covenants 44:1–6.
Bibliography
Doctrine and Covenants 41
Steven C. Harper, “Section 41,” Doctrine and Covenants Contexts (Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2021), 86–88.
Sherilyn Farnes, “'A Bishop Unto the Church',” Revelations in Context: The Stories Behind the Sections of the Doctrine and Covenants. Salt Lake City, UT: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2016.
Susan Easton Black, “Edward Partridge,” in Restoration Voices Volume 1: People of the Doctrine and Covenants (Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2021).
Susan Easton Black, “Leman Copley,” in Restoration Voices Volume 1: People of the Doctrine and Covenants (Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2021).
“Ye Shall Receive My Law,” Saints, Volume 1: The Standard of Truth (Salt Lake City, UT: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2018), 1:117–119.
Richard Dilworth Rust, “’How long can rolling waters remain impure?’: Literary Aspects of the Doctrine and Covenants,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 27 (2017): 87–83.
D&C 41:9–10
Book of Mormon Central, “What Did the Book of Mormon Teach Early Church Leaders about the Order and Offices of the Priesthood? (Alma 13:8),” KnoWhy 330 (June 23, 2017).
Doctrine and Covenants 42
Steven C. Harper, “Section 42,” Doctrine and Covenants Contexts (Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2021), 89–93.
Steven C. Harper, “The Law,” Revelations in Context: The Stories Behind the Sections of the Doctrine and Covenants. Salt Lake City, UT: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2016.
Lisa Olsen Tait, “'I Quit Other Buiness': Early Missionaries,” Revelations in Context: The Stories Behind the Sections of the Doctrine and Covenants. Salt Lake City, UT: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2016.
Sherilyn Farnes, “'A Bishop Unto the Church',” Revelations in Context: The Stories Behind the Sections of the Doctrine and Covenants. Salt Lake City, UT: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2016.
“Ye Shall Receive My Law,” Saints, Volume 1: The Standard of Truth (Salt Lake City, UT: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2018), 1:117–119.
“After Much Tribulation,” Saints, Volume 1: The Standard of Truth (Salt Lake City, UT: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2018), 1:125–127.
“A Holy and Consecrated Land,” Saints, Volume 1: The Standard of Truth (Salt Lake City, UT: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2018), 1:300–302.
Book of Mormon Central. “How Can the Book of Mormon Help Saints Live the Law of Consecration? (Mormon 4:19).” KnoWhy 297 (April 7, 2017).
Steven C. Harper, "'All Things Are the Lord's': The Law of Consecration in the Doctrine and Covenants," The Doctrine and Covenants: Revelations in Context, ed. Andrew H. Hedges, J. Spencer Fluhman, and Alonzo L. Gaskill (Provo and Salt Lake City: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, and Deseret Book, 2008), 212–28.
Blair G. Van Dyke, “Conquest of the Heart: Implementing the Law of Consecration in Missouri and Ohio,” Religious Educator 3, no. 2 (2002): 45–65.
Richard D. Gardner, “Consecration Brings Forth Zion, Not Just Disaster Relief: An Examination of Scholarly and Prophetic Statements on the Law of Consecration,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 26 (2017): 123–226.
“United Firm,” Church History Topics.
“Consecration and Stewardship,” Church History Topics.
“Bishop,” Church History Topics.
“Church Discipline,” Church History Topics.
D&C 42:8–9
Book of Mormon Central. “Where Did Joseph Smith Get His Ideas about the Physical and Spiritual Gathering of Israel? (2 Nephi 21:11).” KnoWhy 290 (March 22, 2017).
Book of Mormon Central, “Why Do the Prophets Speak of Multiple Jerusalems? (Ether 13:3-6),” KnoWhy 247 (December 7, 2016).
D&C 42:12
Book of Mormon Central, “What Was Mormon’s Purpose in Writing the Book of Mormon? (Mormon 5:14),” KnoWhy 230 (November 14, 2016).
Sharon Anderson, “Moroni, Son of Mormon,” in The Glory of the Son (Orem, UT: Time-Lines Etc., 2019), 57.
D&C 42:16
Sharon Anderson, “Testifying,” in The Glory of the Son (Orem, UT: Time-Lines Etc., 2019), 89.
D&C 42:22
Book of Mormon Central. “Where Did Joseph Smith Get His Teachings on the Family? (3 Nephi 18:21).” KnoWhy 285 (March 10, 2017).
D&C 42:30–31
Book of Mormon Central, “How Can Honest Labor and Self-Reliance Bring Lasting Happiness? (2 Nephi 5:17),” KnoWhy 365 (September 19, 2017).
Doctrine and Covenants 43
Steven C. Harper, “Section 43,” Doctrine and Covenants Contexts (Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2021), 94–96.
Jeffrey G. Cannon, “'All Things Must Be Done in Order',” Revelations in Context: The Stories Behind the Sections of the Doctrine and Covenants. Salt Lake City, UT: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2016.
D&C 43:24
Book of Mormon Central, “Why Did Jesus Christ Compare Himself to a Hen? (3 Nephi 10:4),” KnoWhy 200 (October 3, 2016).
D&C 43:25
Book of Mormon Central, “What Does Mormon Teach Us about Ministering as Angels? (Moroni 7:29),” KnoWhy 425 (April 17, 2018).
D&C 43:33
Book of Mormon Central, “Why Do the Scriptures Compare Hell to an Unquenchable Fire? (Mosiah 2:38),” KnoWhy 81 (April 19, 2020).
D&C 43:46
Sharon Anderson, “Twelve Oxen and the Brazen Sea,” in The Glory of the Son (Orem, UT: Time-Lines Etc., 2019), 25.
Doctrine and Covenants 44
Steven C. Harper, “Section 44,” Doctrine and Covenants Contexts (Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2021), 97–98.
