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I'm really excited to talk about this section with you today, Brian, Section 25 of the

Doctrine Covenant, one of the very first revelations in the church.

We have a church that's brand new April of 1830, and in Harmony, Pennsylvania, in July

of 1830, the Lord be speaking to Emma specifically, isn't he?

He is.

And this is a landmark section.

This week, we're supposed to cover 23, 24, 25 and 26.

Well, 23 and 24 and 26 are great and they have some wonderful application, but they don't

rise to the level that 25 is at.

25 is a landmark section.

It was even called out by President Nelson in his talk in October of 2019.

He elevates Section 25 to a very prominent position.

It's worthy of our sole focus, the only section given to a woman in all of the Doctrine

Covenant, 138 sections, and this is the one it was given to Emma.

Now I'm going to suggest to you that there are at least three layers to Section 25, and

you can even find more, but we're going to focus on three layers.

Layer number one is the Lord speaking to Emma Smith.

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