The Book of Mormon

What is the Book of Mormon? Why do we have it? Why should I read it, what can it do for me? These and other questions are things that I hope to address here.

The Book of Mormon is, as the cover states, another testament of Jesus Christ. Not a replacement testament, not a different testament, but one that goes hand in hand with the Bible. It testifies that Jesus is the Christ, our Lord and Saviour. It is proof of His divinity. The purpose of the Book of Mormon is to convince "...the Jew and Gentile that Jesus is the Christ, the Eternal God, manifesting himself unto all nations" (Book of Mormon, Title page)

The Book of Mormon is about a family that lived in Jerusalem. The head of the family was a prophet and was told to flee the city for his life and the life of his family. The Lord lead and guided them to the "Promised Land," which was over on the Americas. Because the Lord loves all of his children, he called prophets over in the Americas just as he did in Jerusalem. They in turn would write according to the prophesies and revelations given to them by the Lord. These records were kept safe for future generations, just like the Bible in the Holy Land. In the climax of the Book of Mormon, Jesus Christ, as the risen Lord, came to the people of the Book of Mormon and taught them His gospel. At the end of the Book of Mormon all the record were compiled by a prophet-historian named Mormon (hence, the Book of Mormon) and were guarded and finally buried by his son Moroni. The record were hid up until they were ready to be brought forth by the power of God.

A man named Joseph Smith was called of God to be the translator of the Book of Mormon. Only a man called of God could do such a work. Only a man of God could bring forth scripture from the Lord. If the Book of Mormon is true that means that Joseph Smith really did see God and Jesus Christ. If The Book of Mormon is true than everything we learned from him is of God. If the book is true than Joseph Smith is a prophet.

As you can see, The Book of Mormon is everything to us. It is the very keystone that holds our religion together. Joseph Smith himself said of the Book of Mormon, "Take away the Book of Mormon and the revelations, and where is our religion? We have none” (History of the Church, 2:52).

I know that the Book of Mormon is true. I learned that through trial and prayer. It has brought me eternal happiness to know that there is truth and that you can know it. If you would like to learn more please ask me. I would love to talk about it.


Check out this Video about the Book of Mormon:
http://old.mormon.org/mormonorg/eng/videos?channelId=ad1fcf6cdfeac110VgnVCM1000003a94610aRCRD&sourceId=bcd9747631f92210VgnVCM100000176f620a____