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Revelation, 9 May 1831 [D&C 50]
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you what ye shall ask & as ye are appointed to the head The spirits shall be subject unto you wherefore it shall come to pass that if ye behold a spirit manifested that ye cannot understand & you receive not that spirit ye shall ask of the father in the name of Jesus & if he gave give not unto you that spirits then ye may know that it is not of God & it shall be given unto you power that spi over that spirit & you shall proclaim against that spirit with a loud voice that it is not of God not with railing accusa tion that ye be not over come neither with boasting nor rejoicing lest you be seased [seized] therewith he that receiveth of God let it [him] account it of God & let him rejoice that he is accounted of God worthy to receive & by giving heed & doing these things which ye have received & which ye shall hereafter receive the Kingdom is given unto you of the father & power to over come all things which is not ordained of him & Behold verily I say unto you blessed are you that hear these words of mine from the mouth of my servent for your sins are forgiven you Let my Servent Joseph [Wakefield] in whom I am well pleased & my servent Parley [P. Pratt] go forth among the Churches & strengthen them by the word of exhortation & also my servent John [Corrill] or as many of my servents as are ordained unto this office & let them labour in the vinyard & let no man hinder them of doing that which I have appointed unto them wherefore in this thing my Servent Edward [Partridge] is not Justified nevertheless let him repent & he shall be forgiven—— Behold ye are little Children & ye cannot bear all things now ye must grow in grace & in the know ledge of the truth fear not little children for you are mine & I have overcome the world & you are of them which my father hath given me & none of them which my father hath given me shall be lost & the father & I are one I am in the father & the father in me & I in you as much as ye have received me ye are in me & am I in you wherefore I am in your midst & I am the good shepherd [p. 84]
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