Come, Follow Me Doctrine and Covenants
Doctrine and Covenants 111–114
Have you ever had a spiritual experience that made you feel confident and secure in your faith in Christ—but then life’s afflictions tried your faith, and you found yourself struggling to recover the peace you felt before? Something similar happened to the Saints in Kirtland. Less than a year after the spiritual outpourings connected with the dedication of the Kirtland Temple, troubles arose. A financial crisis, conflict in the Quorum of the Twelve, and other trials caused some Saints to waver in their faith despite their earlier experiences.
We can’t avoid trials, so how can we keep them from threatening our faith and testimony? Maybe part of the answer can be found in the Lord’s counsel in Doctrine and Covenants 112, given while adversity in Kirtland was swelling. The Lord said, “Purify your hearts before me” (verse 28), “Rebel not” (verse 15), “Gird up thy loins for the work” (verse 7), and “Be thou humble” (verse 10). As we follow this counsel, the Lord will “lead [us] by the hand” through adversity and into healing and peace (see verses 10, 13).
D&C 111: Revelation given through Joseph Smith the Prophet, at Salem, Massachusetts, August 6, 1836. At this time the leaders of the Church were heavily in debt due to their labors in the ministry. Hearing that a large amount of money would be available to them in Salem, the Prophet, Sidney Rigdon, Hyrum Smith, and Oliver Cowdery traveled there from Kirtland, Ohio, to investigate this claim, along with preaching the gospel. The brethren transacted several items of Church business and did some preaching. When it became apparent that no money was to be forthcoming, they returned to Kirtland. Several of the factors prominent in the background are reflected in the wording of this revelation.
D&C 112: Revelation given through Joseph Smith the Prophet to Thomas B. Marsh, at Kirtland, Ohio, July 23, 1837, concerning the Twelve Apostles of the Lamb. This revelation was received on the day Elders Heber C. Kimball and Orson Hyde first preached the gospel in England. Thomas B. Marsh was at this time President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
D&C 113: Answers to certain questions on the writings of Isaiah, given by Joseph Smith the Prophet, at or near Far West, Missouri, March 1838.
D&C 114: Revelation given through Joseph Smith the Prophet, at Far West, Missouri, April 11, 1838.
Audio Roundtable: Come, Follow Me Doctrine and Covenants Lesson 41 (D&C 111–114)- Come, Follow Me—For Home and Church: Doctrine and Covenants 2025
- “A House for Our God”, Revelations in Context
- More Treasures Than One, Revelations in Context
- Chapter 44: Doctrine and Covenants 111–14, Doctrine and Covenants Institute Student Manual (2017)
If They Harden Not Their Hearts, Doctrine and Covenants Teaching Videos
- The Faith and Fall of Thomas Marsh, Revelations in Context
- How do we draw upon the powers of heaven? – Doctrine and Covenants 121, Liahona – Come, Follow Me: Doctrine and Covenants
- Section 111, Harper, Steven C. – D&C Contexts (Book of Mormon Central Archive)
- Section 112, Harper, Steven C. – D&C Contexts (Book of Mormon Central Archive)
- Section 113, Harper, Steven C. – D&C Contexts (Book of Mormon Central Archive)
- Section 114, Harper, Steven C. – D&C Contexts (Book of Mormon Central Archive)
- Doctrine & Covenants 111, Doctrine & Covenants Central
- Doctrine & Covenants 112, Doctrine & Covenants Central
- Doctrine & Covenants 113, Doctrine & Covenants Central
- Doctrine & Covenants 114, Doctrine & Covenants Central
- Doctrine and Covenants 111 to 114 – “I Will Order All Things for Your Good”, BYU Studies
- BYU Religious Education Discussions on the Doctrine and Covenants: More Treasures Than One D&C 111-113
- BYU Religious Education Discussions on the Doctrine and Covenants: The Stakes of Zion D&C 114-116
