Article Title

President's Message

Authors

John W. Welch

Keywords

Doctrine and Covenants, Book of Mormon studies, Section 84

Abstract

In 1832, Section 84 of the Doctrine and Covenants was revealed to the Prophet Joseph Smith. In this great section, the Lord explained one of the reasons why the people of the Church languished in spiritual darkness: "And your minds in times past have been darkened because of unbelief, and because you have treated lightly the things you have received..." Members of the Church were told that they would remain under condemnation until "they repent and remember the new covenant, even the Book of Mormon and the former commandments" which had been given to them (D&C 84:53, 57).

Recommended Citation

Welch, John W. (1984) "President's Message," Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship: Vol. 4: No. 2, Article 3.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/insights/vol4/iss2/3