Extracts from the Book of Doctrine and Covenants--Christ's Testimony
of Himself, of His Power and Calling, etc.--Testimony of Joseph
Smith and Sidney Rigdon--Record of John the Baptist--Extract from a
Sermon by President Brigham Young.
We now turn to the Book of Doctrine and Covenants:
"Behold, I am Jesus Christ, the Son of God. I am the same that came
unto my own, and my own received me not. I am the light which shineth
in darkness, and the darkness comprehendeth it not."--Sec. vi, 21, p.
91.
"Behold, I am Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God, who created the
heavens and the earth; a light which cannot be hid in darkness."--Sec.
xiv, 9, p. 109.
"Remember the worth of souls is great in the sight of God; for,
behold, the Lord your Redeemer suffered death in the flesh; wherefore,
he suffered the pain of all men, that all men might repent and come
unto him. And he hath risen again from the dead, that he might bring
all men unto him, on conditions of repentance." Sec. xviii, 10-12, p.
114.
"I am Alpha and Omega, Christ the Lord; yea, even I am He, the
beginning and the end, the Redeemer of the world. I, having
accomplished and finished the will of him whose I am, even the Father,
concerning me--having done this that I might subdue all things unto
myself."--Sec. xix, 1, 2, p. 117.
"I am Jesus Christ; I came by the will of the Father, and I do his
will."--Sec. xix, 24, p. 119.
"For, behold, I will bless all those who labor in my vineyard with a
mighty blessing, and they shall believe on his words, which are given
him through me by the Comforter, which manifesteth that Jesus was
crucified by sinful men for the sins of the world, yea, for the
remission of sins unto the contrite heart."--Sec. xxi, 9, p. 131.
"Listen to the voice of Jesus Christ, your Redeemer, the great I AM,
whose arm of mercy hath atoned for your sins."--Sec. xxix, 1, p. 142.
"Be faithful unto the end, and lo, I am with you. These words are not
of man, nor of men, but of me, even Jesus Christ, your Redeemer, by
the will of the Father. Amen."--Sec. xxxi, 13, p. 151.
"My son Orson, hearken and hear and behold what I, the Lord God, shall
say unto you, even Jesus Christ your Redeemer; the light and the life
of the world; a light which shineth in darkness, and the darkness
comprehendeth it not; who so loved the world that he gave his own
life, that as many as would believe might become the sons of God:
wherefore you are my son."--Sec. xxxiv, 1-3, pp. 153-4.
"Listen to the voice of the Lord your God, even Alpha and Omega, the
beginning and the end, whose course is one eternal round, the same
to-day as yesterday, and forever. I am Jesus Christ, the Son of God,
who was crucified for the sins of the world, even as many as will
believe on my name, that they may become the sons of God, even one in
me as I am in the Father, as the Father is one in me, that we may be
one."--Sec. xxxv, 1, 2, p. 155.
"Thus saith the Lord your God, even Jesus Christ, the great I AM,
Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the same which looked upon
the wide expanse of eternity, and all the seraphic hosts of heaven,
before the world was made: the same which knoweth all things, for all
things are present before mine eyes: I am the same which spake, and
the world was made, and all things came by me: I am the same which
have taken the Zion of Enoch into mine own bosom; and verily. I say,
even as many as have believed in my name, for I am Christ, and in mine
own name, by the virtue of the blood which I have spilt, have I
pleaded before the Father for them; but behold, the residue of the
wicked have I kept in chains of darkness until the judgment of the
great day; which shall come at the end of the earth."--Sec. xxxviii,
1--5, pp. 159, 160.
"Hearken and listen to the voice of him who is from all eternity to
all eternity, the great I AM, even Jesus Christ, the light and the
life of the world; a light which shineth in darkness and the darkness
comprehendeth it not: the same which came in the meridian of time unto
my own, and my own received me not."--Sec. xxxix, 1-3, p. 164.
Listen to him who is the Advocate with the Father, who is pleading
your cause before him, saying, Father, behold the sufferings and death
of him who did no sin, in whom thou wast well pleased; behold the
blood of thy Son which was shed--the blood of him whom thou gavest
that thyself might be glorified; wherefore, Father, spare these my
brethren that believe on my name, that they may come unto me and have
everlasting life."--Sec. xlv, 3-5, p. 183.
"To some it is given by the Holy Ghost to know that Jesus Christ is
the Son of God, and that he was crucified for the sins of the world;
to others it is given to believe on their words, that they also might
have eternal life if they continue faithful."--Sec. xlvi, 13, 14, p.
192.
"Hear O ye heavens, and give ear O earth, and rejoice ye inhabitants
thereof, for the Lord is God, and beside him there is no Savior: Great
is his wisdom, and marvellous are his ways, and the extent of his
doings none can find out; his purposes fail not, neither are there any
who can stay his hand; from eternity to eternity he is the same, and
his years never fail."--Sec. lxxvi, 1-4, p. 265.
"By the power of the Spirit our eyes were opened and our
understandings were enlightened, so as to see and understand the
things of God--even those things which were from the beginning before
the world was, which were ordained of the Father, through his Only
Begotten Son, who was in the bosom of the Father, even from the
beginning, of whom we bear record, and the record which we bear is the
fulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ, who is the Son, whom we saw and
with whom we conversed in heavenly vision."--Sec. lxxvi, 12-14, p.
266.
"And while we meditated upon these things, the Lord touched the eyes
of our understandings and they were opened, and the glory of the Lord
shone round about; and we beheld the glory of the Son, on the right
hand of the Father, and received of his fulness; and saw the holy
angels and they who are sanctified before his throne, worshiping God,
and the Lamb, who worship him for ever and ever. And now, after the
many testimonies which have been given of him, this is the testimony
last of all, which we give of him, that he lives; for we saw him, even
on the right hand of God, and we heard the voice bearing record that
he is the Only Begotten of the Father--that by him and through him,
and of him the worlds are and were created, and the inhabitants
thereof are begotten sons and daughters unto God."--Sec. lxxvi, 19-24,
p. 266, 267.
"That he came into the world, even Jesus, to be crucified for the
world, and to bear the sins of the world, and to sanctify the world,
and to cleanse it from all unrighteousness; that through him all might
be saved whom the Father had put into his power and made by him, who
glorifies the Father, and saves all the works of his hands, except
those sons of perdition, who deny the Son after the Father has
revealed him."--Sec. lxxvi, 41-43, p. 268-9.
"These are they whose names are written in heaven, where God and
Christ are the judge of all. These are they who are just men made
perfect through Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, who wrought
out this perfect atonement through the shedding of his own
blood."--Sec. lxxvi, 68, 69, p. 271.
"Verily, thus saith the Lord, it shall come to pass that every soul
who forsaketh their sins and cometh unto me, and calleth on my name,
and obeyeth my voice, and keepeth my commandments, shall see my face
and know that I am, and that I am the true light that lighteth every
man that cometh into the world; and that I am in the Father, and the
Father in me, and the Father and I are one: the Father because he gave
me of his fulness, and the Son because I was in the world and made
flesh my tabernacle, and dwelt among the sons of men. I was in the
world and received of my Father, and the works of him were plainly
manifest; and John saw and bore record of the fulness of my glory, and
the fulness of John's record is hereafter to be revealed. * * * And I,
John, saw that he received not of the fulness at the first, but
received grace for grace: and he received not of the fulness at first,
but continued from grace to grace, until he received a fulness; and
thus he was called the Son of God, because he received not of the
fulness at the first. And I, John, bear record, and lo, the heavens
were opened, and the Holy Ghost descended upon him in the form of a
dove, and sat upon him, and there came a voice out of heaven saying,
This is my beloved Son. And I, John, bear record that he received a
fulness of the glory of the Father; and he received all power, both in
heaven and on earth, and the glory of the Father was with him, for he
dwelt in him."--Sec. xciii, 1-6, 12-17, pp. 328-9.
"But, behold, I say unto you, that little children are redeemed from
the foundation of the world through mine Only Begotten."--Sec. xxix,
46, p. 147.
"Every spirit of man was innocent in the beginning, and God having
redeemed man from the fall, men became again in their infant state,
innocent before God." Sec. xciii, 38, p. 331.
"And then shall the Lord set his foot upon this mount, and it shall
cleave in twain, and the earth shall tremble and reel to and fro, and
the heavens also shall shake, and the Lord shall utter his voice, and
all the ends of the earth shall hear it; and the nations of the earth
shall mourn, and they that have laughed shall see their folly, and
calamity shall cover the mocker, and the scorner shall be consumed,
and they that have watched for iniquity shall be hewn down and cast
into the fire. And then shall the Jews look upon me and say, What are
these wounds in thine hands and in thy feet? Then shall they know that
I am the Lord; for I will say unto them, These wounds are the wounds
with which I was wounded in the house of my friends. I am he who was
lifted up. I am Jesus that was crucified. I am the Son of God. And
then shall they weep because of their iniquities; then shall they
lament because they persecuted their King. And then shall the heathen
nations be redeemed, and they that knew no law shall have part in the
first resurrection; and it shall be tolerable for them; and Satan
shall be bound that he shall have no place in the hearts of the
children of men."--Sec. xlv, 48-55, p. 187-8.
From a discourse by President Brigham Young, August 8, 1852:
"Christ is the Author of this Gospel, of this earth, of men and women,
of all the posterity of Adam and Eve, and of every living creature
that lives upon the face of the earth, that flies in the heavens, that
swims in the waters, or dwells in the field. Christ is the Author of
salvation to all this creation, to all things pertaining to this
terrestrial globe we occupy."