Notes on Doctrine and Covenants, Section 38

Revelation given through Joseph Smith
Date: January 2, 1831
Location: Fayette, NY
Originally published in: History of the Church 1:140-143
NOTE: This was given at a general conference

• Jesus Christ is “the Lord your God,” “the Great I Am,” “the beginning and the end,” (D&C 38:1)
• Jesus knows all things, he is omniscient (D&C 38:2)
• Jesus was the creator (D&C 38:3)
• Jesus pleads before the Father on behalf of “as many as have believed” (so his blood was “spilt” for only those who would believe?) (D&C 38:4)
• All flesh is corrupted before God (even the flesh of those few who do good in his sight, see D&C 33:4; 35:12) (even the flesh of those little ones who are sinless and redeemed by Jesus, see D&C 29:46-47) (D&C 38:11)
• God is no respecter of persons (D&C 38:16)
• Every man should esteem his brother as himself (D&C 38:24, 25)
• Mormons commanded to move to Ohio (D&C 38:32)
• Pride is wrong (D&C 38:39)