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Doctrine and Covenants 111

0 witnesses of Christ here, and 2 further echoes from the reading.

Jehovah

Jehovah — the Lord Jesus Christ who speaks the revelations

I, the Lord your God, am not displeased with your coming this journey, notwithstanding your follies. Doctrine and Covenants 111:1

The Lord Jesus Christ speaks with patience to men who made a foolish trip. He is not displeased with them in spite of their follies.

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Jehovah

Therefore, be ye as wise as serpents and yet without sin; and I will order all things for your good, as fast as ye are able to receive them. Amen. Doctrine and Covenants 111:11

The Savior repeats what He told His Twelve in mortality, to be wise as serpents. He promises to order all things for His servants' good.

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  • quotes Matthew 10:16 — Jesus: "be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves."
  • alludes to Romans 8:28 — All things work together for good to them that love God.