Come, Follow Me Doctrine and Covenants
Doctrine and Covenants 1
January 6–12: “Hearken, O Ye People”
In November 1831, the restored Church of Jesus Christ was just a year and a half old. Though growing, it was still a little-known group of believers living in relatively small towns, led by a prophet in his mid-twenties. But God considered these believers to be His servants and His messengers, and He wanted the revelations He had given them to be published to the world.
Doctrine and Covenants section 1 is the Lord’s preface, or introduction, to these revelations. It clearly shows that even though the membership of the Church was small, there was nothing small about the message God wanted His Saints to share. It is a “voice of warning” for all “the inhabitants of the earth,” teaching them to repent and establish God’s “everlasting covenant” (verses 4, 8, 22). The servants carrying this message are “the weak and the simple.” But humble servants are just what God calls for—then and now—to bring His Church “out of obscurity and out of darkness” (verses 23, 30).
D&C 1: Revelation given through Joseph Smith the Prophet, on November 1, 1831, during a special conference of elders of the Church, held at Hiram, Ohio. Many revelations had been received from the Lord prior to this time, and the compilation of these for publication in book form was one of the principal subjects passed upon at the conference. This section constitutes the Lord’s preface to the doctrines, covenants, and commandments given in this dispensation.
- Study and Teaching Helps: 2025 Doctrine & Covenants, Jonn Claybaugh
- Interpreter Radio Show — December 15, 2024 including Doctrine & Covenants in Context
- Come, Follow Me Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 1: D&C 1 (2021), Jonn Claybaugh
- Audio Roundtable: Come, Follow Me Doctrine and Covenants Lesson 1 (D&C 1) (2021)
- “How long can rolling waters remain impure?”: Literary Aspects of the Doctrine and Covenants, Richard Dilworth Rust, October 6, 2017
- Interpreter Radio Show — March 18, 2018, Administration, March 20, 2018
- Scripture Roundtable: D&C Gospel Doctrine Lesson 1, Introduction to the Doctrine and Covenants and Church History, Administration, December 29, 2016
- Scripture Roundtable: D&C Gospel Doctrine Lesson 41, "Every Member a Missionary", Administration, October 12, 2013
- Scripture Roundtable: D&C Gospel Doctrine Lesson 42, Continuing Revelation to Latter-day Prophets, Administration, October 12, 2013
- Scripture Roundtable: D&C Gospel Doctrine Lesson 1 (2013), Administration, December 13, 2012
- Come, Follow Me—For Home and Church: Doctrine and Covenants 2025
- Prophets, Topics and Questions, Gospel Library
- Chapter 2: Doctrine and Covenants 1, Doctrine and Covenants Institute Student Manual (2017)
- William McLellin’s Five Questions, Revelations in Context
- Embrace the Future with Faith, Russell M. Nelson, Ensign or Liahona, Nov. 2020, 73–76
- Section 1, Harper, Steven C. – D&C Contexts (Book of Mormon Central Archive)
- Doctrine & Covenants 1 – Section Resource, Doctrine & Covenants Central
- BYU Religious Education Discussions on the Doctrine and Covenants: Introduction and Historic Overview
- BYU Religious Education Discussions on the Doctrine and Covenants: A Voice of Warning D&C 1
