Come, Follow Me
Doctrine and Covenants Lesson 37:
September 6–12

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As you read Doctrine and Covenants 98–101, pay attention to the thoughts and impressions that come. How might acting on them help you become the person God wants you to be?

D&C 98: Revelation given through Joseph Smith the Prophet, at Kirtland, Ohio, August 6, 1833. This revelation came in consequence of the persecution upon the Saints in Missouri. Increased settlement of Church members in Missouri troubled some other settlers, who felt threatened by the Saints’ numbers, political and economic influence, and cultural and religious differences. In July 1833, a mob destroyed Church property, tarred and feathered two Church members, and demanded that the Saints leave Jackson County. Although some news of the problems in Missouri had no doubt reached the Prophet in Kirtland (nine hundred miles away), the seriousness of the situation could have been known to him at this date only by revelation.

D&C 99: Revelation given through Joseph Smith the Prophet to John Murdock, August 29, 1832, at Hiram, Ohio. For over a year, John Murdock had been preaching the gospel while his children—motherless after the death of his wife, Julia Clapp, in April 1831—resided with other families in Ohio.

D&C 100: Revelation given to Joseph Smith the Prophet and Sidney Rigdon, at Perrysburg, New York, October 12, 1833. The two brethren, having been absent from their families for several days, felt some concern about them.

D&C 101: Revelation given to Joseph Smith the Prophet, at Kirtland, Ohio, December 16 and 17, 1833. At this time the Saints who had gathered in Missouri were suffering great persecution. Mobs had driven them from their homes in Jackson County; and some of the Saints had tried to establish themselves in Van Buren, Lafayette, and Ray Counties, but persecution followed them. The main body of the Saints was at that time in Clay County, Missouri. Threats of death against individuals of the Church were many. The Saints in Jackson County had lost household furniture, clothing, livestock, and other personal property; and many of their crops had been destroyed.

Resources on ChurchofJesusChrist.org

•   Come, Follow Me—For Individuals and Families (lesson materials at ChurchofJesusChrist.org)
•   Come, Follow Me—For Sunday School (lesson materials at ChurchofJesusChrist.org)
•   Come, Follow Me—For Aaronic Priesthood Quorums and Young Women Classes (lesson materials at ChurchofJesusChrist.org)
•   Come, Follow Me—For Primary (lesson materials at ChurchofJesusChrist.org)
•   “Help Me, Dear Father,” Children’s Songbook, 99.

• Waiting for the Word of the Lord, Revelations in Context
•   Afflictions Can Be For Our Good, Doctrine and Covenants Teaching Videos, Elder Dallin H. Oaks
•   Proclaim Peace, Doctrine and Covenants Teaching Videos, Elder Russell M. Nelson
• Section 98, “Renounce War and Proclaim Peace”, Doctrine and Covenants Institute Student Manual (2002), pp 230–34
• Chapter 38: Doctrine and Covenants 98–100, Doctrine and Covenants Institute Student Manual (2017)
• “I Quit Other Business”: Early Missionaries, Revelations in Context
• Section 99, the Word of the Lord to John Murdock, Doctrine and Covenants Institute Student Manual (2002), pp 235–36
• A Mission to Canada, Revelations in Context
• Section 100, Words of Comfort to Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon, Doctrine and Covenants Institute Student Manual (2002), pp 236–37
•   Gather in Stakes, Doctrine and Covenants Teaching Videos, Elder Dallin H. Oaks
•   God Raised Up Wise Men to Establish the Constitution, Doctrine and Covenants Teaching Videos, President Ezra Taft Benson
•   The Lord Tests His People, Doctrine and Covenants Teaching Videos, President James E. Faust
• Section 101, The Saints Are “Cast Out from the Land of Their Inheritance”, Doctrine and Covenants Institute Student Manual (2002), pp 238–45
• Chapter 39: Doctrine and Covenants 101, Doctrine and Covenants Institute Student Manual (2017)
•   The Parable of the Nobleman: A Lesson in Obedience – Doctrine and Covenants 101, Liahona – Come, Follow Me: Doctrine and Covenants

Resources on Interpreter Foundation

•   Come, Follow Me Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 37: D&C 98–101, Jonn Claybaugh
•     Audio Roundtable: Come, Follow Me Doctrine and Covenants Lesson 37 (D&C 98–101)
•     Nibley Lectures: Come, Follow Me D&C Lesson 37
•   Nibley Lecture – D&C 90-101, Dec 16, 1979
•   Nibley Lecture – D&C 101, Dec 23, 1979

Resources on Other Sites

•   Doctrine and Covenants 98–101, FAIR
•   Section 98, Harper, Steven C. – D&C Contexts (Book of Mormon Central Archive)
•   Section 99, Harper, Steven C. – D&C Contexts (Book of Mormon Central Archive)
•   Section 100, Harper, Steven C. – D&C Contexts (Book of Mormon Central Archive)
•   Section 101, Harper, Steven C. – D&C Contexts (Book of Mormon Central Archive)
•     Come Follow Me with Casey Paul Griffiths (Doctrine and Covenants 98-101, September 6-12), Book of Mormon Central
•   Come Follow Me Insights (Doctrine and Covenants 98-101, Sep 6-12), Book of Mormon Central
•   Come Follow Me: Act in Doctrine (Doctrine and Covenants 98-101, Sep 6-12), Book of Mormon Central
•   Come Follow Me with Taylor Halverson (Doctrine and Covenants 98-101, September 6-12), Book of Mormon Central
•   Doctrine & Covenants 98, Doctrine & Covenants Central
•   Doctrine & Covenants 99, Doctrine & Covenants Central
•   Doctrine & Covenants 100, Doctrine & Covenants Central
•   Doctrine & Covenants 101, Doctrine & Covenants Central
•   Doctrine and Covenants 101, with Scott Woodward, Doctrine & Covenants Central
•   Come Follow Me Doctrine and Covenants 98-101 (Sept. 6-12) Don’t Miss This, Don’t Miss This
•   Come Follow Me – Doctrine and Covenants 98-101: “Be Still and Know”, Unshaken
•   September 6–12, 2021 Come, Follow Me Songs, Music for Latter-day Life
•     Come, Follow Me Podcast #37: “Be Still and Know That I am God”, Doctrine and Covenants 98-101, Meridian Magazine
•   Doctrine and Covenants 98 to 101 – “Be Still and Know That I Am God”, BYU Studies