Doctrine and Covenants 45: 29

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THE
DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS
OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS

SECTION 45

29 But they ^areceive it not; for they perceive not the light, and they turn their ^bhearts from me because of the ^cprecepts of men.

Footnotes

29a	John 1: 5. 5 And the ^alight shineth in ^bdarkness; and the darkness ^ccomprehended it not.
b	Matt. 15: 8 (8-9). 8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their ^amouth, and ^bhonoureth me with their lips; but their ^cheart is far from me. TG Hardheartedness.
c	Titus 1: 14. 14 Not giving heed to Jewish ^afables, and ^bcommandments of men, ^cthat turn from the truth. D&C 3: 6 (6-7). 6 And behold, how ^aoft you have ^btransgressed the commandments and the laws of God, and have gone on in the ^cpersuasions of men. D&C 46: 7. 7 But ye are commanded in all things to ^aask of God, who giveth liberally; and that which the Spirit testifies unto you even so I would that ye should do in all ^bholiness of heart, walking uprightly before me, ^cconsidering the end of your salvation, doing all things with prayer and ^dthanksgiving, that ye may not be ^eseduced by evil ^fspirits, or doctrines of devils, or the ^gcommandments of men; for some are of men, and others of devils. JS-H 1: 19. 19 I was answered that I must join none of them, for they were all ^awrong; and the Personage who addressed me said that all their creeds were an abomination in his sight; that those ^bprofessors were all ^ccorrupt; that: “they ^ddraw near to me with their lips, but their ^ehearts are far from me, they teach for doctrines the ^fcommandments of men, having a form of godliness, but they deny the ^gpower thereof.”