How to obtains revelations from God
In order to obtain revelation from God and in order
to prove when we do obtain a revelation whether it is from
God or not we must follow the teaching of the revelations of
God unto us. sayes "if any man lack wisdom let
him ask of God who giveth liberally and upbraideth not and it
shall be given him". [James 1:5] Again ask and you shall receive, ◊◊ask
and it shall be given unto you. [Matthew 7:7] It was upon this promise
that went before the Lord and prayed in the name
of Jesus Christ and asked for knowledge wisdom & understa-
nding in order to know what to do to ^be^ saved and he plead the
promise of St James before the Lord and the Lord opened the
heavens unto him, and the Father & Son was revealed unto him
and the voice of the great unto him was this is my
Beloved Son hear ye Him [Joseph Smith—History Note:14-17] this was the first revelation of God
to him and He did harken to the voice of Jesus Christ all his
life afterwards and received a code of revelations and the unto him as long as He dwelt in the flesh and left as
strong a testament as ever given to the Human family & sealed that
testament with his own life & blood, [Doctrine and Covenants 135:3] and we all have to pursue
the same course in order to obtain revelations from God. But I wish
to impress this truth upon the and all who read this
testimony that the Lord does not give revelation, or send angels to
men, or work miracles, to accomodate the notions of any man
who is seeking for a sign, when we have the principles of the Gospel
revealed to us through the mouth of the savior or by inspired
prophets or Apostles we have no need to ask the Lord to reveal them
How to obtains revelations from God
In order to obtain revelation from God and in order
to prove when we do obtain a revelation whether it is from
God or not we must follow the teaching of the revelations of
God unto us. St sayes "if any man lack wisdom let
him ask of God who giveth liberally and upbraideth not and it
shall be given him". Again ask and you shall receive,◊ask
and it shall be given unto you. It was upon this promise
that went before the Lord and prayed in the name
of Jesus Christ and asked for knowledge wisdom & understanding in order to know what to do to be saved and he plead the
promise of St before the Lord and the Lord opened the
heavens unto him, and the Father & Son was revealed unto him
and the voice of the great unto him was this is my
Beloved Son hear ye Him this was the first revelation of God
to him and He did harken to the voice of Jesus Christ all his
life afterwards and received a code of revelations and the word of
the Lord unto him as long as He dwelt in the flesh and left as
strong a testament as ever given to the Human family & sealed that
testament with his own life & blood and we all have to pursue
the same course in order to obtain revelations from God. But I wish
to impress this truth upon the and all who read this
testimony that the Lord does not give revelation, or send angels to
men, or work miracles, to accomodate the notions of any man
who is seeking for a sign, when we have the principles of the Gospel
revealed to us through the mouth of the savior or by inspired
prophets or Apostles we have no need to ask the Lord to reveal them
