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book of mormon

  • We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly; we also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God.
    Eighth Article of Faith

  • The book of Mormon [is a] great and ancient record that offers us special perspective that comes only from studying what is roughly one thousand years of human history. We see the cycles of nations as they turn to and then away from righteousness. We see the unity that comes from a faith in god and a desire to build His kingdom. And we see the dissension that results when the hearts of the people turn to selfish wants and desires, to the pleasures of the flesh, to riches and worldy possessions
    --- L Tom Perry
    Ensign, March 1989, p7

  • 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, through it indeed does that, too. But there is something more. There is 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.
    --- Ezra Taft Benson
    Ensign, April 1975, p.97

  • And for this very purpose are these plates preserved, which contain these reacords - thta the promises of the Lord might be fulfilled which he made to his people;
    And the Lamanites might come to the knowledge of their fathers, and that they might know the promises of the Lord, and that they may b elieve the gospel and rely upon the merits of Jesus Chrsit, and be glorified through fiath in his name, and that through their repentatnce they might be saved. Amen
    DC 3:19-20

  • From the Book of Mormon we learn how deciples of Christ live in times of was... And more than anywher else we see in the Book of Mormon the dangers of materialism and setting our hearts on the things of the word. Can anyone doubt that this book which was meant for us and that in it we find great power, great comfort, and great protection?
    --- Ezra Taft Benson
    Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson, p 59

  • To those who may not be familiar with the Book of Mormon but are sincerely seeking truth, reading it will have a profound effect on your life. It will expand your knowledge of the way God deals with man and will give you a greater desire to live in harmony with his gospel teachings. It will also provide for you a powerful testimony of Jesus.
    --- Howard W Hunter
    Ensign, March 1989, p6

  • I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book.
    --- Joseph Smith
    Book of Mormon, Introduction

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  • There is power in the [scriptures] 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.
    --- Ezra Taft Benson
    Ensign, April 1975, p.97

  • I think that people who sutdy the scripturs get a dimension to their life that nobody else gets and that can’t be gained in any other way except by studying the scriptures. There’s an increase in faith and a desire to do what’s right and a feeling of inspiration and understanding that comes to people who study the gospel -- meaning particularly the Standard Words -- and who ponder the principles, that can’t come in any other way.
    --- Bruce R McConkie
    Church New, 24 Jan 1976, p.4

  • When we follow the counsil of our leaders to read and study the scriptures, benefits and blessings of many kinds come to us. This is th most profitable of all tudy in which we could engage.
    --- Howard W. Hunter
    Ensign, Nov 1976, p. 64

  • Let us continually reread the Book of Mormon so that we might fully come to Christ, be committed to Him, centered in Him, and consumed in Him.
    --- Ezra Taft Benson
    Ensign, Nov 1987, p. 83

  • Studying and searching the scriptures is not a burden laid upon [Saints] by the Lord, but a marvelous blessing and opportunity...
    The Lord was not promising Joshua material wealth and fame, but that his life would prosper in righteousness and that he would have success in that which matters most in life, namely the quest to find true joy. (See 2 Ne 2:25)
    ---Gordon B Hinckley
    “The Power of the Word,” Ensign, May 1986, p.81

  • Study the scriptures. They offer one of the best sources we have to keep in touch with the Spirit of the Lord. One of the ways I have gained my sure knowledge taht Jesus is the Crhist is through my study of the scriptures.”
    --- M. Russel Ballard
    Ensign, May 1987, p. 15

  • This book of the law shall not depart out of they mouth; but thou shalt mediate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
    Joshua 1:8

  • And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.
    Deut 8:3

  • To those who may not be familiar with the [scriptures] but are sincerely seeking truth, reading it will have a profound effect on your life. It will expand your knowledge of the way God deals with man and will give you a greater desire to live in harmony with his gospel teachings. It will also provide for you a powerful testimony of Jesus.
    --- Howard W Hunter
    Ensign, March 1989, p6

  • There is no question ... personal or socail or political or occupational ... that need go unaswered. Therein [the scriptures] is contained the fullness of the everlasting gospel. Therein we find principles of truth that will resolve every confusion and every problem and every dilemma that will the human family or any individual in it.
    - Elder Boyd K. Packer

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Misc

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  • Nobody ever outgrows Scipture; the book widens and deepens with our years.
    --- Charles Haddon Spurgeon

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  • If we abide by the principles taught by the Bible, our country will go on prospering.
    --- Daniel Webster

  • To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
    ---Edmund Burke

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last updated: Mar 23