Daily Gems: The Book of Mormon Was Written for Us

Daily Gems
The Book of Mormon Was Written for Us
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“President Ezra Taft Benson reaffirmed the fact that the Book of Mormon is of particular value to our time when he said:

” ‘The Book of Mormon was written for us today. God is the author of the book. It is a record of a fallen people, compiled by inspired men for our blessing today. Those people never had the book–it was meant for us. Mormon, the ancient prophet after whom the book is named, abridged centuries of records. God, who knows the end from the beginning, told him what to include in his abridgment that we would need for our day’ (“The Book of Mormon Is the Word of God,” Ensign, May 1975, 63).

“How often we read the record primarily as a history of a fallen people, failing to remember that it was compiled by inspired prophets for the purpose of helping us come unto Christ. The major writers of the Book of Mormon did not intend it to be a history book at all.”

Topics: Book of Mormon, Latter-days

(L. Tom Perry, “Blessings Resulting from Reading the Book of Mormon,” Ensign, Nov. 2005, 7-8)