Russell M. Nelson teaches to focus on the spiritual message of the Book of Mormon.

Date
Oct 1999
Type
Speech / Court Transcript
Source
Russell M. Nelson
LDS
Hearsay
Direct
Reference

Russell M. Nelson, "A Testimony of the Book of Mormon," General Conference, October 1999

Scribe/Publisher
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
People
Russell M. Nelson
Audience
Reading Public
Transcription

I would like to add my testimony of the divinity of this book. I have read it many times. I have also read much that has been written about it. Some authors have focused upon its stories, its people, or its vignettes of history. Others have been intrigued by its language structure or its records of weapons, geography, animal life, techniques of building, or systems of weights and measures.

Interesting as these matters may be, study of the Book of Mormon is most rewarding when one focuses on its primary purpose—to testify of Jesus Christ. By comparison, all other issues are incidental.

When you read the Book of Mormon, concentrate on the principal figure in the book—from its first chapter to the last—the Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God. And look for a second undergirding theme: God will keep His covenants with the remnants of the house of Israel.

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