![]() ![]() There are over 25 doctrines that I have counted for which the Book of MormonĬlarifies or gives us additional insights to those found in the Bible. To not only cleanse us but also perfect us. ![]() Powers, the incomprehensible depths of Christ’s suffering, and of His ability Infinite nature of such Atonement-its retroactive as well as prospective Particularly with regards to the Savior’s Atonement. Is the incredible, staggering doctrine found in the Book of Mormon, They were revealed by God.īut one of the most compelling witnesses to me Produce this litany of memorable phrases and sage counsel. The burning question then becomes: How did Joseph Smith at age 23 Of us would be pleased in a lifetime to have two or three memorable quotes that Have the divine eloquence of the Book of Mormon – one masterful quote afterĪnother – scores of them – such as “men are, that they might have joy” (2 NephiĢ:25) or “when ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the Plates, cement and domesticated barley, all of which the critics claimed wereĪnachronisms in the Book of Mormon, until they were later discovered to exist In addition, time is on the side of the Book of Mormon as additionalĪrchaeological evidences are unearthed, such as the discovery of ancient metal Recanted, whatever the pressures may have been. Truthfulness even under conditions threatening their lives or questioning their Witnesses, men of honor, who repeatedly confirmed their testimony of its There are about 200 statements from the 11 There exist multipleīible prophecies of its coming forth. Of God, then what witnesses do we have to that effect? Fortunately, we have many witnesses, both That would be a fraud, and a fraud does not produce a final moral treatise. Likewise, how can one say that the Book of Mormon is a fine moral treatise on one hand and yet at the same time believe there were no golden plates, no angel Moroni, no Nephite prophets and no visit of Christ to America, all as represented by Joseph to be true. But let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about His being a great human teacher. Either this man was and is the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse. A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. Lewis addressed a similar proposition with regards to the divinity of the Savior: “I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish things that people often say about Him: ‘I’m ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don’t accept His claim to be God.’. That I believe, is exactly how God wants it to be – no lukewarm believers (seeĮxistence, there are to be no fence sitters on this issue.Ĭ.S. ![]() Once Joseph crossed the line and said theĪngel was real, the plates were real, and the history and doctrine were real, Ground, and the inspired nature of the Book of Mormon is one of them. Life after death, or whether or not Christ was the literal Son of God. Ground on issues such as whether or not God exists, or whether or not there is One might as well claim that there is middle Yet somehow the work is still divinely directed. Somehow believe that God “inspired” Joseph Smith and subsequent prophets to lieĪbout the reality of Moroni, the gold plates, the appearance of the Savior, theĮxistence of ancient prophets, and the entire history of the Nephite civilization, Nephites and ministered to them as corroborated by all our prophets or suchĮvent is a fabrication. Historic figures – prophets of God as testified by Joseph or it is all a Nephite civilization or such a representation is a total fraud. God on one hand or the work of the devil on the other – that somehow thereĮxists room for middle ground and hence the reference to the Book of Mormon asĪ proposition is logically impossible under the given circumstances, or as C.S.Įither there exist gold plates containing the actual history of the That the Book of Mormon is not an either/or proposition – either the work of He then said: “That book was either written by God or the devil, and I am going to find out who wrote it.” He read it through twice in the next ten days and then declared: “The devil could not have written in – it must be from God.” He opened it to the center and read a few pages. Years ago my great-great-grandfather Willard Richards picked up a copy of the Book of Mormon for the first time. ![]()
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