15 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.
I used to think that promise
in verse 18 just meant that more scriptures written by John would be restored. (Do
I say that no more records of John will be brought out? No; I know better than to limit the
Lord’s words.) However, when I
consider the things that John bore record of here, it seems to me this may be
promising that we will receive experiences that will allow us to bear the same
testimony John bore. After all, v1
of the same section says:
Verily, thus saith the Lord: It shall come to pass that every soul who forsaketh his 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; (D&C 93:1)
It seems to me that we can’t
have the fullness of the record of
John (assuming record here means testimony) unless we have the same revelatory
experience as John.
Without the experience of
seeing and receiving the testimony of the Holy Ghost, the record is just words,
and there are things words can’t express but can only hint at. We have part of the record when we have
the Holy Ghost testify to us, but the fullness of the record is seeing as well.
I suppose it takes faith to
trust that the fullness will come in the Lord’s time if we are faithful as He stipulates
in v1.
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