Words of The Prophets

In my previous post I had made reference to two books of scripture known as the Holy Bible and the Book Of Mormon. Most of us are at least semi-familiar with what the Bible is so I will be focusing our attention towards the latter.

• What is the purpose of Scripture(The Holy Bible + The Book Of Mormon)?
  


• Where did the Book Of Mormon come from and what role does it play in Christianity?
  

We have established that God, as our Father watching over us, has a great desire for us to return and live with Him in what we generally refer to as "Heaven." Logically now wouldn't it make sense for God to have given us, his children, some instruction on exactly how we are to make it home to Him again? YES it would! The purpose of all scripture is to help us point our thoughts, words, and actions towards Jesus Christ. "...For this intent have we written these things, that they may know that we knew of Christ, and we had a hope of his glory many hundred years before his coming; and not only we ourselves had a hope of his glory, but also all the holy prophets which were before us. 5 Behold, they believed in Christ and worshiped the Father in his name, and also we worship the Father in his name. And for this intent we keep the law of Moses, it pointing our souls to him; and for this cause it is sanctified unto us for righteousness,.... 6 Wherefore, we search the prophets....and having all these witnesses we obtain a hope, and our faith becometh unshaken..." -(Jacob 4:4-6)

The Bible serves as a testament or witness of Jesus Christ, the reality of his mission to teach/show mankind how to gain Eternal Life, and as the account of his eternal sacrifice that makes it possible for each of us to return,"Home to that God who gave them[us] life."Alma 40:11

The Book Of Mormon acts as a second witness to the Bible, that Jesus is our Saviour by whom we may find true happiness and forgiveness of all our mistakes and weaknesses. And through whom we can then find the power to transform these weaknesses into strengths. The Book Of Mormon is a witness that Jesus Christ' true and living Gospel is on the earth, and that God has once again reached out in love by calling a latter-day-prophet to lead us in these trying times. I would love it if you would all watch this video clip from an Apostle of Christ, of his testimony of this latter-day Book Of Scripture, and the enormity of the reality of this work.

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