Many have given their lives so that we can have the
scriptures. William Tindell wanted everyone to have The Bible and read it and
he was burned at the stake because he translated The Bible into English. How
many lives were lost while attempting to preserve the writings of the prophets
so we could read them? I am grateful for all the those who wrote their
prophecies down and for those who preserved them for us today.
Nephi, the first prophet in the Book of Mormon said
that his purpose in writing was: “the fulness of mine intent is that I may persuade
men to come unto the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of
Jacob, and be saved”. (1
Nephi 6:4)
Mormon and Moroni dedicated their lives to abridging
the records that had been kept for a thousand years so that we could have the
scriptures known as the Book of Mormon. Moroni warned us that one day we would
have to face him if we rejected his writings. He said:
“then shall ye know that I have seen Jesus, and that
he hath talked with me face to face, and that he told me in plain humility,
even as a man telleth another in mine own language, concerning these things. .
. And now, I would commend you to seek this Jesus of whom the prophets and
apostles have written, that the grace of God the Father, and also the Lord
Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost, which beareth record of them, may be and
abide in you forever. Amen.” (Ether
12:39, 41)
How much time do we spend in the scriptures? When we
do read them, are we reading them like we do a novel, or do we study hungering
to learn everything we can from them? Nephi suggested how we should study the
scriptures when he said:
“ye must press forward with a steadfastness in Christ,
having a perfect brightness of hope, and a clove of God and of all men.
Wherefore, if ye shall press forward, feasting upon the word of Christ, and endure
to the end, behold, thus saith the Father: Ye shall have eternal life.” (2
Nephi 31:20)
One of my new goals for the year is to feast upon the
words of Christ found in all our scriptures and the modern prophets. We live in
the dispensation of the fullness of times and have living prophets to guide us
through troubled times. I testify that as we take time daily to feast on the
words of Christ, we will be protected from those who would have us stray from
the Gospel of Jesus Christ. What a blessing it is to have all the scriptures
that have been preserved by God for us. What are you and your family doing with
the scriptures?
I invite you to take the time to watch the following
video: “Scriptures Legacy”. As always, your comments and questions are welcome.
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