President
Ezra Taft Benson’s comments:
I have noted
within the Church a difference in discernment, 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.
(Ensign, December 1988, p. 4)
The Book of Mormon brings men to Christ through
two basic means. First,
it tells in a plain manner of Christ and His gospel. It testifies of His
divinity and of the necessity for a Redeemer and the need of our putting trust
in Him. . . . Second, the Book of Mormon exposes the enemies of Christ. It confounds false
doctrines and lays down contention. (see 2 Ne. 3:12) It fortifies the humble followers of Christ
against the evil designs, strategies and doctrines of the devil in our day.
The type of apostates in the Book of Mormon are similar to the type we have
today. God, with his infinite foreknowledge, so molded the Book of Mormon that we might see the error and know
how to combat false educational, political, religious, and philosophical
concepts of our time. (Ensign,
January 1988, p. 3)
Two great
American Christian civilizations—the Jaredites and the Nephites—were swept off
this land because they did
not ‘serve the God of the land, who is Jesus Christ’ (Ether 2:12) What will
become of our civilization? (Ensign,
November 1987, p. 7).
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