History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Volume 5Smith, Joseph, Jr.
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History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Volume 5
Smith, Joseph, Jr.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844
The term "forgiveness of sin" occurs in the revelation on marriage as
follows: "Behold, I have seen your sacrifices [Joseph's], and will
forgive all your sins." This is both a principle and phraseology
frequent in the revelations, as an example, section 64: "There are
those who have sought occasion against him (Joseph) without cause;
nevertheless he has sinned, but verily I say unto you, I, the Lord,
forgive sins unto those who confess their sins before me" (v. 7). Let
the spirit of this be compared with the following from the revelation
on marriage: "Let no one, therefore, set on my servant Joseph, for I
will justify him, for he shall do the sacrifices which I require at
his hands for his transgressions, saith the Lord your God" (v. 60).
"Again, verily I say, let mine handmaid forgive my servant Joseph his
trespasses, and then shall she be forgiven her trespasses wherein she
has trespassed against me" (v. 56).
In the revelation on marriage occurs the following phraseology:
"Verily, verily, I say unto you, that whatsoever you seal on earth,
shall be sealed in heaven; and whatsoever you bind on earth, in my
name, and by my word, saith the Lord, it shall be eternally bound in
the heavens" (v. 46). The same phraseology is used in section 124
in speaking of Hyrum Smith, who was appointed to hold the keys of
the patriarchal blessings upon the heads of God's people; namely,
"Whosoever he blesses shall be blessed, and whosoever he curses shall
be cursed; and whatsoever he shall bind on earth shall be bound in
heaven; and whatsoever he shall loose on earth shall be loosed in
heaven" (v. 93). In section 128 the same phraseology is used in
describing the power of the priesthood (v. 8). And again in v. 10,
quoting it from the New Testament (Matt. 16: 18, 19).
In verse 26 on the revelation on marriage, this phraseology is found:
"They shall be destroyed in the flesh and shall be delivered unto the
buffetings of Satan, unto the day of redemption, saith the Lord God."
The same phraseology occurs in section 82. "The soul that sins * * *
shall be delivered over to the buffeting of Satan until the day of
redemption" (v. 21). The same phraseology occurs in section 78, v.
12; section 104, v. 9, 10. In the revelation on marriage this passage
occurs: "I give unto my servant Joseph, that he shall be made ruler
over many things, for he hath been faithful over a few things." In
Section 117 practically the some phraseology occurs with reference to
William Marks, "Let my servant, William Marks, be faithful over a few
things, and he shall be a ruler over many."
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