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Chapter 55: Moroni 8–9
Title | Chapter 55: Moroni 8–9 |
Publication Type | Manual Lesson |
Year of Publication | 2009 |
Corporate Authors | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
Manual Title | Book of Mormon Student Manual |
Lesson | 55 |
Pagination | 395-400 |
Publisher | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
Place Published | Salt Lake City |
Keywords | Atonement; Baptism; Chastity, Law of; Circumcision; Grace; Infant Baptism; Law of Moses; Meekness |
Abstract | In a day when many followers of Christ forsake righteousness to pursue the enticements of the world, what is expected of faithful Church members? President Ezra Taft Benson (1899–1994) explained: “In the final letter recorded in the Book of Mormon from Mormon to his son Moroni, he gave counsel that applies to our day. Both father and son were seeing a whole Christian civilization fall because its people would not serve the God of the land, even Jesus Christ. Mormon wrote, ‘And now, my beloved son, notwithstanding their hardness, let us labor diligently; for if we should cease to labor, we should be brought under condemnation; for we have a labor to perform whilst in this tabernacle of clay, that we may conquer the enemy of all righteousness, and rest our souls in the kingdom of God’ (Moroni 9:6). You and I have a similar labor to perform now—to conquer the enemy and rest our souls in the kingdom” (in Conference Report, Oct. 1987, 104; or Ensign, Nov. 1987, 85). As the Book of Mormon nears its close, it proclaims the power of the Atonement and demonstrates Mormon’s faithfulness to the cause of righteousness, even while Nephites were falling rapidly into profound wickedness. Mormon’s letters to his son Moroni reveal the inevitable results of sin and how becoming “past feeling” leads to indescribable wickedness. Chapters 8–9 of Moroni offer valuable insight into the importance of living according to the first principles and ordinances of the gospel. |
URL | https://www.lds.org/manual/book-of-mormon-student-manual/chapter-55-moroni-8-9?lang=eng |
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