by The Book of Mormon - Another Testament of Jesus Christ
Quotes on the Book of Mormon "We have not been using the Book of Mormon as we should. Our homes are not as strong unless we are using it to bring our children to Christ. Our families may be corrupted by worldly trends and teachings unless we know how to use the book to expose and combat the falsehoods in socialism, organic evolution, rationalism, humanism, and so forth.
Our missionaries are not as effective unless they are "hissing forth" with it. Social, ethical, cultural, or educational converts will not survive under the heat of the day unless their taproots go down to the fulness of the gospel which the Book of Mormon contains. Our Church classes are not as spirit-filled unless we hold it up as a standard. And our nation will continue to degenerate unless we read and heed the words of the God of this land, Jesus Christ, and quit building up and upholding the secret combinations which the Book of Mormon tells us proved the downfall of both previous American civilizations". (A Witness and a Warning, p. 6.) (The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson, pp. 60-61) "For
some Church members the Book of Mormon remains unread. Others use
it occasionally as if it were merely a handy book of quotations. Still
others accept and read it but do not really explore and ponder it.
The book is to be feasted upon, not nibbled (see 2 Nephi 31:20)."
"I
have noted within the Church the difference in discernment, in insight,
conviction, and spirit between those who know and love the Book of Mormon
and those who do not. That book is a great sifter."
"It
is not just that the Book of Mormon teaches us truth, though it indeed
does that. It is not just that the Book of Mormon bears testimony
of Christ, though it indeed does that, too. But there is something
more. There is a power in the book which will begin to flow into
your lives the moment you begin a serious study of the book. You
will find greater power to resist temptation. You will find the power
to avoid deception. You will find the power to stay on the strait
and narrow path. The scriptures are called "the words of life"
(D&C 84:85), and no where is that more true than it is of the Book
of Mormon. When you begin to hunger and thirst after those words,
you will find life in greater and greater abundance."
"Brothers and sisters, without reservation I promise you that if you will prayerfully read the Book of Mormon, regardless of how many times you previously have read it, there will come into your hearts an added measure of the Spirit of the Lord. There will come a strengthened resolution to walk in obedience to his commandments, and there will come a stronger testimony of the living reality of the Son of God." President Gordon B. Hinckley “There are … millions of sincere and devout persons who disbelieve, oppose, and openly fight the Book of Mormon. …What is it about some words on a printed page—all of which are clean and uplifting and pertain to historical and doctrinal matters—that arouses such violent antagonism? “Men
ordinarily do not rise up to fight the Bible; they do not organize mobs
and incite them to shed the blood of others because such
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