Revelation, 27–28 December 1832, Extract, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 88:1–124]
Source Note
Revelation, , Geauga Co., OH, 27–[28] Dec. 1832. Extract copied [between ca. 28 Dec. 1832 and 12 June 1833] in Gilbert, Notebook, [81]–[107]; handwriting of ; Revelations Collection, CHL. For more complete source information, see the source note for Revelation, 27 Feb. 1833 [D&C 89].
also they who are quickened by a portion of the shall then receive of the same even a fullness, & they who remain shall also be quickened nevertheless they shall return again to their own place to enjoy that which they are willing to receive, because they were not willing to enjoy that which they might have received, for what doth it profit a man if a gift is bestowed upon him & he receive not the gift, behold he rejoiceth not in that which is given unto him, neither rejoiceth in him who is the giver of the gift And again verily, I say unto you that which is governed by law is also preserved by law & perfected & sanctified by the same, that which breaketh a law & abideth not by law [p. [86]]