Section 91

While Joseph Smith was working on his translation of the Old Testament, part of the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible, he asked the Lord about the Apocrypha—whether or not to translate it too.  The Lord told him that it contained much truth and was a worthwhile read, but that much of it was not true.  So, he was told to go ahead and the glean the good and ignore the false, and counsel others to do the same.  This was to be done through the power of the Spirit. Joseph became very adept at translating.

We also are commanded by the Lord to do our own translation of the things we read.  Much of our excellent literature has an element of earthiness or untruth that must be detected and dealt with.  When we read the scriptures we must also do our own translation, that is, we must see things with fresh and inspired eyes discerning by the Spirit what the Lord wants us to see.

Section 89

20 And shall run and not be weary, and shall walk and not faint.

Enough said.

Section 90

In this section the Lord instructs the First Presidency in their duties, and I found that much of the Lord’s counsel to them applies to me personally:

1 Thus saith the Lord, verily, verily I say unto you my son, thy sins are forgiven thee, according to thy petition, for thy prayers and the prayers of thy brethren have come up into my ears.

18 Set in order your houses; keep slothfulness and uncleanness far from you.

24 Search diligently, pray always, and be believing, and all things shall work together for your good, if ye walk uprightly and remember the covenant wherewith ye have covenanted one with another.

Specifically, the First Presidency hold all the keys necessary to direct the work of the Lord on the Earth until He returns again. At the time of this revelation it was Joseph Smith, Sydney Rigdon, and Fredrick G. Williams.  At present, it is Thomas S. Monson, Henry B. Eyring, and Dieter F. Uchtdorf.  I want the reader to know that I love and sustain the First Presidency.  I believe them to be prophets, seers, and revelators.  I believe Joseph Smith was and is also God’s mouthpiece for this earth.